Just how bad are the WITCH consultancies?

Have an offer from Cognizant in their corporate strategy group. Most of the team is ex-MBB, and the comp package looks really good.

Would generally interact with CEO-2 & CEO-3 level individuals within the company.

Keep hearing horror stories from this bowl and others though.

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Slightly different opinion ... Think about what is important for you. everyone talks about brand dilution etc. but what exactly is the brand doing for you ? is your bank balance going up ? work life balance is getting better ? you love your work ? your wife ( assuming you are married ) is proud you are MBB ? friends treat you on a pedestal ?

in the end - it’s what it matters to you. we left india ( making another assumption here ) for a better life here. better life definition is different for everyone. do your research make a call. “don’t do it” for someone might be this is an “ best decision so far” for another.

See if this level offers you base comp + bonus + RSUs. if you qualify for RSUs only at higher level , see if you can go at that level.

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Best response so far, thanks for taking the time to write this

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It is like living in Edison NJ (Cognizant) vs living in Malibu (MBB)

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Update:

They lowballed me in the offer, I said “would love to discuss it further with hiring manager (to negotiate)” and in response, they ghosted me LOL

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Damn. I am not surprised!

Lol I am hearing this term WITCH consultancies, took me a while to figure but had me in splits 😂

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Welcome to reality

Comp is good for a reason - Cognizant has serious attrition / poor retention issues and they have to make up for that. I’d be somewhat wary of any job posting advertising “ex-MBB” so strongly. Expect a strong offshore culture (meetings early morning and late night). Because of that, expect a lot of things to be decentralized. Might be hard to get anything done if you have to do any PMO.

A quick search on LinkedIn: team looks bloated with quite a few senior managers/associate directors and not many associates

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Don't

They're glorified body shops. Do you want to join one? No matter at what level

Interesting. How much are they paying you. I still think it is a huge step down in brand. The ex MBB must have gotten boatloads to come work for cognizant.

OP - was this the offer you received? 250K at AD level?

AD is Associate Director. Guessing it’s like 7-10 YOE?

Function of what’s more important to you at this stage of your life.. decides your go or no-go

Corp strat should be a fairly high visibility group. Probably worth the attention if the pay is good. I wouldn’t expect crazy hrs but that’s something you might have gotten a sense of during your interview.

Depends on where you are in your career. If you are jobless, take it. If you have a job that you are able to tolerate for now then don’t

Wait. The C in WITCH was Capgemini, not Cognizant!

What are the witch consulting companies?

Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant and HCL

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