Associate level employee moving from cognizant to Randstad? Wise idea ?
Benifits Salary as compare to Manager in cognizant or more i.e. 110k Green card process will be started in 3 months
You will be screwed if you run out of projects.
I believe Randstad has lot of clients and my friend is working with them feom last 4 years and changed almost 3 projects
The market is tight for last 4 years. Wait for downturn and you see the true colors of these consulting companies. I didn’t mean to discourage you from joining them.. just if possible try to find a full time with your skill set...
Randstad fires you and revokes H1-B if you can't get it into another project after you are done with current project. It happened for my friend, he had to leave the country. Don't mess with them especially if you have dependents here
On which technology he was working?
Great move it is employee friendly..if you are skilled and willingness to learn latest technologies.....dnt worry you will be placed
Randstad is another company or?
Depends on location. Where are you relocating?
You would be fine then. Depending on the technology you work in, I would suggest look up more salary details and negotiate accordingly. It is not about the jump from current level, but what is the fair comp at market level. Cognizant might not be paying you upto market level because you might have come from offshore. See if you can find out about the comp of lateral hires at your level. I would think they would be at 95K level, depending on location and technology.
Thats right i came from offshore. I checked with my few friends they are also getting around 100k. Moreover if i get promote this year in cognizant, max i would get 80k not more than that. Location would be east coast only (not NJ,NY) like NC, ohio, PA
I blv cognizant increased pay even for ppl coming from offshore post visa scrutiny, less than 70 is too less. What is your current location and technology? Yoe: 8+ Current TC:97K Location: Michigan
Ohio and technology MSBI, sql server
Why are you still at A and not promoted? My colleague came in as A 2 years back, kept fighting for fair pay, his TC was increased to 82K in an year, he got promotion this year and a good hike; his current TC is 90K; same yoe. Joined cognizant offshore as fresher
I wish i cud answer that, nobody from my location got EA rating or promoted . Pathetic management and no visibility at all. 90k for SA is too much, i dont think one can get 90k at onsite if he joined as a fresher
Laterals are getting 95-100K at SA (7 - 10 yoe). And this colleague, yes, he joined as a fresher and is getting 90K. Of course he fought every 3 months
Go for it. Just get your I140, stay six months and move to a more stable firm. You can easily survive in Randstand if you are a good developer. They may be doing a lot of C2Cs also.
What?
Thats right, have 8+ experience