"This is like a nightmare for me," writes an anonymous former Cognizant employee on Quora regarding the recent mass layoffs at the information technology (IT) major. As reported in March this year, Cognizant is said to be reducing its employee count by as much as five per cent, which translates to close to 10,000 workers. Wipro, Infosys and Tech Mahindra have also either started handing out pink slips or are in the process.

After fairing poorly in the current appraisal cycle, the poster was asked to resign. The poster writes, "... I am jobless after 3.4 years of ...