Trending @Cognizant; I feel good today as it's my last working day at Cognizant
Long Post Alert ‼️ I don't know from where to start.. but today I am very happy that I am out of this toxic organisation. It was like a whole 2 year battle which I had to do with them . But today I feel so free and happy that finally i am out.
I joined cognizant as a fresher and I was tagged to EAS Salesforce domain (Even I have a keen interest on this CRM). But then, they assigned me to some other tech stack/domain which was related to data migration. I had no interest in it as the project work was not that great, same/repetitive tasks. I was getting no learning out of that project. Now since I had a different goal in my life (which was to work on Salesforce) this thing was completely making me frustrated, i spoke with my manager for my release, but he said " tum toh abhi fresher ho , jo mila wahi se abhi kaam sikho " .
My question - is this right ? Just because we are freshers so does that allow them to allocate us anywhere irrespective of our skills/interest ?
Anyway, I had to manage in that same project for at least 10 months (or more) then I got to know that finally that project is going to end soon. I was so happy to hear that finally i will get released. But again my manager, without taking my permission again he again tried to assign me into some data migration project once again (without informing me ) , though he knew it very clearly that I had my interest in Salesforce, yet he tried to play with my career. I got to know about this somehow and I confronted him , i then requested him to not to allocate me there as I am not interested ( I was lucky enough that he agreed that time). My manager then informed me that I'll be on bench soon and I will have to communicate with other managers for getting a different project/opportunity. So, i started doing so.. and thankfully I was able to crack an interview (internally). But then again he played that ugly game with me he didn't release me from the client account. I remember I was so frustrated and depressed at that time , I was crying i almost used to get panic attacks at night. Finally after months of struggling like this , they allocated me to a Salesforce project (Yes I was happy at that time).
I guess after a lot of struggle finally my luck was in my favour. I learnt a lot from that project , and now here I am . I resigned from this sh*t hole and holding a decent offer letter.
They really made me suffer a lot , they even delayed my promotion even after getting (4 rating ) . They tortured me mentally in every possible way . I guess all the freshers like me had to go through the same situation like me (or even worse maybe ).
I really hope y'all out there (if you are having a bad time - don't lose hope just wait. Good times will come soon)
Thanks . I just wanted to rant somewhere.
Congrats and do well. what you went through is a process which every fresher deals with especially in a service based company. Now you are bragging with an offer which you where only able to get with the experience and branding of Cognizant. PA’s and Juniors should learn company cannot meet everyone’s need. If you are interested in a particular domain you need to up skill and apply for interviews. Every year lakhs of students graduate wanting to become developers but is there vacancy for all? Lot of PA’a don’t clear internal interviews and at the end made to select some project which has openings and may not within their desired skillset. You should either resign or be good enough to clear interviews in other companies.
Ya, i somehow agree with you that they can't meet everyone's needs . If they can't then they should stop giving internships on such domains , because it creates a hope within candidates and we all are here to learn , if they are not giving the platform to learn then ofc it's very devastating. 😞 And i agree we all are on the same boat. I hope someday situation will improve , because I don't want everyone to go through the same which I have faced .
Also, after clearing our internship, they took our interview on Salesforce (specifically) which we had to clear , even after that if they can't allocate a bare minimum project then ig you can understand who's at wrong 🙂
I feel for you bro To get somewhere you have to get out of where you are. Good job for not making this your comfort zone. You did the right thing. I am also approaching my LWD, mixed emotions....
Were you in office for 9 hours on you lwd or just submitted everything and left?
No no , I just submitted my stuffs and left the place . I have no emotions attached with that place so no point of staying.
All the best for ur new opportunity
All the very best for new heights bro🎊
All the best bro 💪
Edit : 2 years back , i also informed my manager that it's actually harming my mental health but he left my texts on seen. No one really cares , what I realised is that we are just some bare minimum resource for them . I fought alone with that situation.
The same situation is going on with me.
