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Cognizant
based on 44.9k Reviews
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Full Time
Software Development Department
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Full Time
DBA / Data warehousing Department
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1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
3.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
2.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
2.0
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If you have a project, and are actively working then it is a good place to grow your skills.
The bench period is absolute worst. After 35 days you will be sacked off. No one but you are solely responsible for getting new project opportunities. Your manager and higher ups will simply not care. Very few project opportunities available for programmar analyst role.
Work policy: 5 days if you are in bench. Otherwise 3 days per week
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Full Time
Software Development Department
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2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
2.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
4.0
Job Security
2.0
Work-Life Balance
You will get Good learning opportunity, plenty of resource.
It's all depends on own luck. I have seen employees who haven't any work from more than 2.5 year. Atlast , CTS will release you . Many are also there , who got projects on-time. So, I will say it's totally on your own luck.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Full Time
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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1.0
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1.0
Skill Development
1.0
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1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
1.0
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Cognizant work culture was good but because of New CEO Ravi kumar S . Cognizant culture become worst.he has not increasing payment of the employees till 36 month .
Don't join this organization. 0% job security and only one person is getting benefits in Cognizant and that one is CEO They will but certain condition to not increase your salary.
Full Time
Technology / IT Department
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2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
4.0
Work Satisfaction
2.0
Salary & Benefits
5.0
Job Security
5.0
Work-Life Balance
There is a lot opportunity and learning in workday practise, you can get certifications without any bond.
only drawback will be the compensation. You won't get market standard compensation here.
Work policy: 2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Full Time
Software Development Department
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3.0
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4.0
Skill Development
3.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
3.0
Job Security
3.0
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Learned lot of new things and i have worked with good team and great support from senior managers when you got strucked somewhere. Overall it's a good experience working with cognizant.
End of the day it's a service base company without proper work life balance and not much advisable to stay long in the service based companies like this.
Full Time
IT Consulting Department
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2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
3.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
2.0
Salary & Benefits
2.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
Employees can utilise the platform to learn. There are many ways that you can enhance your skills and profile by free external certification, and also free courses.
No Job security, in the past one year I have seen alot of people getting forcefully terminated. There are almost no new project in CTS. Only the long term client still remains. Most of the newly hired freshers and being in bench for more than 18 months and getting terminated after that. Yearly Hike percentage dropped very very low.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.
Full Time
Software Development Department
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2.0
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3.0
Skill Development
4.0
Company Culture
5.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
The environment is pretty good and gets to learn new things.Also workload is manageable.
No job security. Silent layoffs are done in a disrespectful way including good employees. Very low salary for employees. And mainly doesn't settles your remaining amount after your resignation.
Full Time
IT Support Department
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
1.0
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Absolutely nothing. Worst experience. Joined as a fresher in 2021. Then my manager gave me the worst experience of my life. HR policy is really disgusting here. Please don't join this company.
They should be more employee friendly, or else there is nothing to like about this company.
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Full Time
IT Support Department
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Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
1.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
2.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
1.0
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Companies is full of south indians , they only support their people they will treat north indians like a piece of paper don't care about them , basic humanity and curtisy they don't have
Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Full Time
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
2.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
One thing I like about Cognizant is the emphasis on continuous learning and skill development.
There are many drawbacks which I will mention below: 1. Not enough project : One will spend their whole year without getting any project as there is no new projects available in Cognizant. 2. Work life balance: Your work life will be messed up there I had some worst experience there, they would tell you to stay in office dor 9-10 hours long for nothing without any projects and without any work. 3. Dirty Politics: There are so many dirty politics here(this might be different for others) I have been working at Kolkata location from past 2 years, I had given many interviews for project requirement and I got selected in few of them, but got released later on as they told There are many head counts so we have to release you but the day after I got to know 2 people has been selected for the same project as they were Bengali and I am a non-Bengali, In that project there were 40 peoples and out of them only 1 was non-Bengali, there is too much discrimination in Kolkata location....Read More
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Full Time
Software Development Department
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5.0
Promotions/Appraisal
5.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
5.0
Work Satisfaction
5.0
Salary & Benefits
5.0
Job Security
5.0
Work-Life Balance
I have switched the company now, now I am in TCS. But Cognizant is the best organization so far I worked.
Nothing, I had best time with Cognizant. Seriously I want to go back to Cognizant.
Work policy: 2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Full Time
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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Category Ratings
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
5.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
4.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
5.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
Most of the things are good about this company you can learn new things as there will be moderate/low workload
Since the new CEO joined appraisal and hikes are sub standard
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Full Time
IT Infrastructure Services Department
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3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
4.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
3.0
Job Security
3.0
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Good company culture. Flexible work timings.
Growth will be slow unless you are popular among management and colleagues. There is favoritism and whether you have a good career or not depends on the project you choose. Mentality to please the customers is there everywhere and there is little importance given for individual growth.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Full Time
Procurement & Purchase Department
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2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
4.0
Company Culture
4.0
Work Satisfaction
4.0
Salary & Benefits
5.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
My happy place very good company based on project I enjoyed a lot there my favourite part and good learnings and good cab facilities for 2 ways.
It's too long to travel for me and night shift allowance is too low and hike also too low, otherwise okay 👍 good choice
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Full Time
Operations Support Department
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1.0
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1.0
Skill Development
1.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
1.0
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there is nothing to like about cognizant .its a horrible place to work.
it is exploitation. they treat u as labours. pay less than daily wage workers. make u work for 13 to 15 hours a day. no leaves ..no week offs .. every week end is a ED ( extra day)..literally no week offs .. forced OTs ... don't choose cognizant if u are not ready for this .....Work life balance is negative.
Work timings: Strict Timings
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Full Time
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Department
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4.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
2.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
4.0
Salary & Benefits
2.0
Job Security
2.0
Work-Life Balance
Initially cognizant was good in all aspects. Promotion, salary, increments, work life . But now only work work without any benifits.
Work culture became bad after corona period. Working hours are more than 12 hrs. Constant work pressure.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Full Time
Software Development Department
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Category Ratings
2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
3.0
Job Security
2.0
Work-Life Balance
Professional behaviour , hybrid work model good to some extent with kind of micro management
No proper leaves during post hospitalisation recovery as they don’t have money to get another resource and they say they can’t request client for payment of another resource even though you had serious health issues. It is kinda chilled if project and work is not good - speaking from previous project experiences
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work timings: Flexible Timings
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country, Travel Within City.
Full Time
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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Category Ratings
2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
2.0
Company Culture
2.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
3.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
Clear salary structure
Micromanagement of work from office Tug of war between Cognizant tasks and client tasks Irregular appraisal cycles Remove senior members from the team and onboard junior members Upper Management creates unnecessary facade to generate fake buzz
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Full Time
IT Security Department
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Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
2.0
Skill Development
1.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
2.0
Job Security
1.0
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Learning opportunities
Work life balance is pathetic. Manager expect to work 13-15 hrs every. There is very limited resources in a project. They are calling to office but not ready to give food facilities for night shift all the cafeteria is totally closed after 8 pm
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Full Time
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
2.0
Skill Development
1.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
There's nothing to like
Worst company ever specially after this new CEO . No hike . forget about promotion . Micro managing . Manager centric culture
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work timings: Flexible Timings
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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