Just been made an offer from Cognizant - taking my salary from 68k at Deloitte to 95k at Cog. Role is similar to what I am doing now and is FS focused.

Finding it difficult to ignore, stick or twist?

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What's witch? I guess Wipro Infosys TCS cognizant HCl, but wanna make sure

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Just say "Bodyshop" bro it's not that hard

I thought Senior Consultant was same as manager in cognizant. Is that what your offer is for?

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There’s no way back once you cross the path into WITCH early on in your career

Take the offer and negotiate with Deloitte on a higher base or retention bonus

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WITCH = Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, HCL

aka IPP = Indian Pure Plays

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That salary difference is crazy, I would say go. Can always come back.

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As an ex-cognizant and current employee of b4. I would advise you to see through the role and grades they offer. 90k to 95k Base is for Associate Director. The role requires mostly establishing projects and making a good client repo, pitching new ideas and bringing business. There is no percentage-based bonus concept in the cog. It's a fixed bonus. The max you can get is 8k if you perform extraordinarily in your role and make a huge profit for the business and all this is based on your performance rating. There will be politics and favouritism which you normally find in any corporate. Slow career growth lot of extra hours are needed to prove your worth. Most of the time you will be seen as a number instead a person if your presence is not exposed to senior leadership. It will be a different case if you are going into a sales role at this level. Think twice before you make a decision.
Work culture will be very different if your boss is from India. They don't understand the Uk work culture or vacation concept.
You will be disturbed even if you are on vacation.
The mentioned above are the reasons for me to change jobs from WITCH to B4.

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Your YOE and domain/tech of work?

You should definitely go. Don’t even think about it. Always follow the money.

What level and role at cog?

Take the money. You could always move after 1 year if the culture is not for you.

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