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Cognizant
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Software Development Department
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Worse experience with Cognizant, the project they will assign you won't have future and you have no option they will make you work or go on the bench
No future growth ,the management are just to save there position, no technical knowledge, they will treat you like slave ,they won't approve the leaves and make you to work on Saturday. Mentally they will torcher the agent ,and after few day they will ask the employe to be on the bench and take search new job
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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Office campus, work Environment
No job Security, any day they can throw you
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Banking Operations Department
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Work Life Balance is good
Appraisals and hikes are less
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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Work life balance is good.
Salary hikes are quite low.
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Banking Operations Department
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10 hours working day
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Good work environment and culture. Work life balance depends upon the project/manager. Poor appraisal process. No fair compensation for hard working employees. Too much internal politics. Hike only in single digits.
Promotion process is very slow. Too much compensation given to external hires. Instead try to give hikes to eligible associates working in the company.
Work timings: Flexible Timings
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Software Development Department
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Good projects
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work culture and level 5 company
once done interview they will tell selected or not
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
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Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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I got offer during pandemic as fresher since then I worked remotely which helped me.
The promotion and salary hike is not as per the employee performance
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Non Voice Department
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Its completely dependent on the Manager you are reporting to, but ideally the evironment is not great. The senior managment doesn't know how to lead by example. They are trying to enfore work, they are in frenzy
Senior management isn't great. They are just reacting to different situations, but ideally no proper governance.
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Business Process Quality Department
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Nothing
No hike, no job security, no skill development, no easy transportation.even if you learn new technologies they will ask for experience and make you work in technology which you already know.if you do "jing jack" you will get everything else you will be cornered and make you to think resigning is best than staying there
Work timings: Flexible Timings
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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Good I like that there are good projects available. If you get that great you will get experience and knowledge.
1. Salary and hikes are low. 2. Poor employee welfare activities, once a year they take you out for team lunch. If you missed then nothing, no gifts, abs nothing, saving so much money but gives back nothing.
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Software Development Department
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Cognizant has hybrid work model, which is good for employees.
Cognizant bench policy is bad, they give less days to get yourself into a project. Also salary hike is low.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.
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Technology / IT Department
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Ample of learning opportunities if you are willing to take it. Good work life balance in general. Good culture. Leadership if open to hearing employees issues and support them as possible.
Salary is lower compared to other firms.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work timings: Flexible Timings
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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Flexibility in location and timings Too many learning opportunities
Depends lot on project and people Work life balance Salary and increments
Work policy: 2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.
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Health Informatics Department
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No job security at all . You will be laid off without prior intimation. Toxic work culture
No job security at all. You will be laid off at any time . Toxic work culture from higher management.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Engineering Department
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I don't like working in this company. I just don't have any other options left.
What's there not to dislike. Biggest issue is that there's no HR to raise ur concerns to. All they have is a portal and that too just for show.
Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.
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IT Security Department
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It may vary project to project and management to management. My previous project experience is very bad due to the management only. My current project , client and management is quite good.
There is no skip level meeting happens and I found HRs are already teamed up with the management.
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Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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Work environment is good as compared to other competitors.
Salary hikes and promotions are not given to eligible candidates. Favouritism is there.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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I got very high learning opportunities with great role and responsibilities and they had high trust in me.
As other MNCs we have all the dislikes especially we will get support even if we are developers, won't get enough resource for the project as needed so will get high work but I'm lucky to get into the right project but my colleagues were unlucky in there as well.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.
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Software Development Department
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It is permanently closed
It was closed without informing anyone. While acquiring they infomerd all the employees that unit will not be closed. But within one year they closed all the units from by Cognizant
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.
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Technology / IT Department
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One of the best employee centric company in service based industry, recent statements from leaders from other organisation is shameful and treating their employee as daily wage labourer but thankful to my company leadership who has great vision and decisions are made towards employee focus. Company is still following hybrid model and no fixed days yet.
Promotions and appraisal are not process based, frequent change in salary increament schedule are changed and also arrear are not paid for 3months.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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Good environment and work culture. Work life balance exists in my project (it is totally depends on your ptoject)
There is no appraisal and salary hike. Promotion is a day dream here
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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I believe working in a company is totally depends on the project team with whom we are working. As per my team experience I don't have any issues with the people and the culture of the company. The teammates and seniors around me are helpful and also the manager is good, he always motivate us to grow more.
Some time when somebody need to change their work location for the clients need then company should provide sufficient facilities which company does not provide, this is something which is unexpected.
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IT Infrastructure Services Department
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Bad company culture Slave system Compulsory WFO for 5 days a week 3%hike that too delayed by 6 months Toxic Managers Useless HRs Hired us through campus placements as programmer analyst and gave us service desk role. No training was provided by company and cheated us . We were around 1000+ who got the same support roles after being selected as programmer analyst from campus.
Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Banking Operations Department
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Company culture was very good. Senior management was also good.
No job security, suddenly one day you will know that now your not part of your project. Salary and other benefits are very less as compared to other it company.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
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Procurement & Purchase Department
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Cognizant has strong capebilities in delivering technology services with a robust support. People are satisfied working here but since past couple of years company has not given ample opportunitiesto employees in terms of growth and compensastion
Not good approasal No timely appraisal No promotion policies No standard salary parameters as per exp No benchmarking for compensastion
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Finance Department
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Cognizant with flexible with work time and place and gives opportunity to upskill
The bench process and forced allocation of over qualified resources to underqualified roles. More oppertunity to learn and grow in organization
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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