Reportedly Cognizant technology Solutions (CTS) is said to be pruning its staff strength in some verticals such as healthcare and life sciences and the number of people being asked to leave may touch around 800, as per a report. Meanwhile a large part of these employees may be from a centre in Pune where Cognizant has a subsidiary Trizetto.
Furthermore this is a company that Cognizant had acquired in 2015 and it specializes in developing software for the healthcare sector. Reports suggest there are some 1500 employees in this offshore centre in Pune and a bulk of the staff now being downsized will be from here. Perhaps many of these employees have already been sounded out by the HR department on what’s coming. Apparently Cognizant has not confirmed the development except to state that it continues to enjoy a strong hold on the healthcare segment as far as providing IT solutions are concerned.
Moreover the company made changes at the top level of the healthcare business bringing in Jeff Heenan-Jalil from Wipro. Jalil was handling healthcare in Wipro. Perhaps independent experts feel this current move by Cognizant to downsize its headcount in the healthcare business is a good one and will pay off in the long run.
