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Technology / IT Department
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Process oriented Good work culture
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Great career path.
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Cognizant has changed its strategy that is based on insights of human intuition to deliver intuitive engineered solutions. This tagline has changed organization culture that embrace diversity at work with cutting digital platform to encourages accelerated career growth
There are disconnected role expectation among few at grass root that leads to a section of population sacrifice their work life balance.
Program Manager
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves International Travel.
Software Development Department
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Empowerment
Salary hikes is non existent
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Horrible
Current work culture
Not worth after Bryan took over
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Technology / IT Department
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Over the period of time there was a decline in people care
Work timings: Flexible Timings
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IT Support Department
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Flexible working hours
Company policies are not transparent. Salary, remunerations are not good. Not employee friendly Skill development process is not good
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
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Business Intelligence & Analytics Department
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Will get salary that is ok
But if you give more importance to mental health than salary don't join this company. You are literally a slave of the client and no body will speak for you.. and if your too lucky to get a client like Novartis(pharmaceutical company) and especially get into celonis tool project then you can say bye bye to your mental health and just hug the salary you get and stay. Working hard is not the issue but the politics they play and the slavery you guys will experience is more than what was done in the colonization period. Hope everyone understands my mental health state currently and would deeply analyze before joining cognizant or Novartis....Read More
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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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They provide hybrid work culture & location approval as per your need that is the best thing of working in Cognizant.
Here job security is less & those people who were in bench were high chances of layoffs as they don’t get any project.
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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Technology / IT Department
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Overall typical service based company, with lower appraisal %, ideal to stay for 3 years max, else growth would be stopped compared to market and you will be in comfort zone.
Appraisal cycle is worst, they do rating in Dec month and release in Jan, but appraisal will be in impact from June salary. Promotion is a problem here, and you will have to cry every year. It takes minimum 3 years once u r at one level to expect promotion.
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Learning scope is good. You have a dedicated platform to explore and learn the skill of your choice at your convenience.
Promotion cycle/criteria changes recently adopted (Internal Job Moves) - allowing supervisors to promote the resources to next level without a specific criteria. This is creating official platform for favourability.
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Back Office Department
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Growth Opportunities. International opportunities are available for the right individuals
Nothing that I can think off. Salary can be enhanced a little more!!!
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves International Travel, Travel Within Country.
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Technology / IT Department
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MNC benefits.
Authoritative Leadership, Office politics, Biased opportunities and performance reviews. Forced attrition. Insurance policy is not good. Delayed hikes and promotions, Extended work hours due to hybrid work policy. Pets take most of the perks unless you work so hard that they have to share some. However, these are most common things that you will come across all IT companies. Just learn to survive, upskill and excel. Do not depend on your job or salary, have multiple streams of income without moonlighting and switch jobs whenever you get a good opportunity. Work for your own success not for the company....Read More
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)
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Software Development Department
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Company is doing g a large expenses on skill development, learning and training.
There is no fix yearly increment cycle .it's every year got change and happy all most 1.5 years..that is a bad and demotivate
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
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Health Informatics Department
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Work life balance, Work culture and learnings
Appraisal, release before rating and too much dependencies on one location (Chennai). Now no onsite
Work policy: 2 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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Bad company
Managers are worst they will do what they rohit tikare and bhavani chukula are managers and they play with careers of employees This bhavani smoke cigar on face of employees
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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DBA / Data warehousing Department
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No good quality need to mention
Terrible experience, lots of politics in case of promotion, onsite opportunity, no salary increment even you have received good rating
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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IT Consulting Department
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If you are not satisfied with anything here that's all depends on your reporing manager. Since my reporing manager is below average, my bonus salary hike is worst, and promotion never think of it even if I stay here for next 3 years. I got first promotion and 100% hike in just 1 year when my ex lead was there, it has been almost 3 years from my last promotion from then very less hike. But the amount hard work 4 persons work handling single handed....Read More
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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No consideration for senior employee and the management is not so good as expected especially in POI project
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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IT Infrastructure Services Department
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Work life balance is good. There is no pressure on employees.
They will not pay correctly when your in notice period. They will cut the salary without any reason.if you ask for the reason. They will tell blaaa...bla....no proper reason will provide
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
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Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Department
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Work from home culture until corona.
No work life balance, no promotions in time, no hard work appreciate, not a good salary at all, not even the basic needs fulfill.
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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Business Intelligence & Analytics Department
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Yes
For a 2.5 lakh package, the health benefits are the same as those for a 10 lakh package. However, based on the cost of living, there are no benefits for associates on low packages (e.g., in BPO or non-growth departments) after more than five years. There is a lack of development opportunities, leading to career stagnation at Cognizant.
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DBA / Data warehousing Department
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Work life balance is good and flexibility of work pressure but it's surely depends on the project and the manager.
No recognition if you are worthy enough for promotion only depending upon seniority
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
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Software Development Department
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Lots of project, so job security is there. Work-life balance (again depends on the client and project).
Extra benefits like (insurance and term insurance etc are not up to standard.) Salary hike is very less.
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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IT Infrastructure Services Department
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Cognizant policy and benifits was good.
Partiality, Lake support from your current supervisor when you release from any project you have to interview again many times, location was also the main concern since lake of opportunity in North.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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