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Cognizant
3.7
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Cognizant Associate Hyderabad / Secunderabad Reviews
Updated 8 Apr, 2025
Overall Rating
3.9/5
based on 841 reviews
5% above industry's average
know moreRating Distribution
5
303 (36%)
4
296 (35.2%)
3
149 (17.7%)
2
45 (5.4%)
1
48 (5.7%)
Category Ratings
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.8
Skill Development
3.7
Company Culture
3.6
3.5
Job Security
3.5
Salary
3.2
Promotions
What employees say about Cognizant?
Insights from employee reviews on AmbitionBox
Workplace insights
Hybrid
90% employees reported
Monday to Friday
92% employees reported
Flexible timing
75% employees reported
No travel
67% employees reported
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Gender based rating
4.0
Rated by Women
267 reviews
3.8
Rated by Men
551 reviews
Cognizant is rated
3.7 out of 5 stars on
AmbitionBox, based on 841 company reviews.This rating
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Likes: Premium courses are available at free of cost.
Offers free certifications.
My manager always support me at any time.
Dislikes: Need to work more than 11 hrs a day.
No allowance for weekend support.
there's no cab facility.
Less insurance amount.
Very very less annual hike (1 % to 5%)
There are no dine out programs and team building activities.
Always work work work.
Sometimes need to work on weekends too.
Promotions are very tuff.
Ps: this is my project expe... Read More
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Likes: Dislikes: No work-life balance. you need to work like a machine no matter day or night. Still gets very less hikes and that too after too much delays. If your project is completed so as you are. You'll be removed from org. On investment on employee engagement and no proper promotion and hikes. 
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
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I have the following offers and confused to choose one.
Exp: 6.8 Java backend dev
cognizant - 25 lpa (24 fixed)
Epam - 28 fixed
Citi - 30 fixed
If i ask epam with citi offer they will increase their offer, but my question is that worth negotiating with them? Please give you suggestions. My Last working day is 31 March 2025.
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Likes: Work life balance is good. There is no pressure on employees.
Dislikes: 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 Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
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Likes: Work life balance is good and flexibility of work pressure but it's surely depends on the project and the manager.
Dislikes: No recognition if you are worthy enough for promotion only depending upon seniority
Work Details
Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Likes: The work life balance is pretty good for me, but again that depends on the project you are into.
Dislikes: Everything was good until the new CEO Ravi Kumar taken over. Promotions are halted, yearly hikes are dropped.
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Likes: Hikes and promotions are good
Dislikes: The company culture is very bad, senior management doesn't care about work life balence, just want to focus on work. They mostly manage with freshers
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Likes: No likes Dislikes: I don’t see any positives here. I have worked at different companies, and the work culture in this one is not as good compared to others. There is no value for employees.
I think many people have been working here for long years, but most senior employees, especially project managers, don’t have knowledge of the current project domai... Read More 
Work Details
Work timings: Strict Timings
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Likes: Good when joining as a fresher as there's a lot to learn and we have time to.
Dislikes: Regional discrimination, favouring the people from Tamil and no respect to the other regions. Even the deserving appreciation is never recieved.
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Likes: Oppurtunities provided for freshers to start their career and help them in gaining expertise in technologies by providing such a great work environment.
Dislikes: Recognition of associates can be improved. Providing decent hikes can motivate the employees to keep up their hardwork.
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Likes: Flexibility of extended remote work
Dislikes: The management is never in the favour of its employees.
You will not get any benefits apart from the extra work that you have to do everyday.
The appraisal is very less and on some years they delay it. I got a rating of 5/5 and my delayed appraisal for this year was 8%
They will never release you from the project even if you're unh... Read More
Likes: Work life balance was good.
Learnt so much about new technologies. Dislikes: No promotion from past 5 years even I was managing project alone, there was no support from anyone and no appreciation.
Very low hike.
Poor management.
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Likes: Coordination between colleagues Dislikes: Projects which can happen through work from home is being done by work from office
Mainly the project is of Chennai client location and all my colleagues are at Chennai location , only I am working at Hyderabad location and I am being forcely called to office which has no use I just come and swipe for 2 min and travel 1 hr and come... Read More
Likes: Shift allowances and WFH due to shift and no team in my location
No micromanagement. Dislikes: Very less hikes and no promotion
They have Internal job movement policy but don’t have positions to move around
Manager doesn’t know what/how we are performing (which directly effects appraisal )
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Likes: Team culture is good. Solid work life balance but again it depends on the project you're assigned to and your manager
Dislikes: Salary hike is meagre, not much appraisals in income.
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Likes: Work life balance
Office culture
Skill up resources
Dislikes: No employee career growth from year 2023
Job security
Before 2023 cognizant was very good.
New CEO impact
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Likes: Very good MNC and very good work culture and conducts good events like out reach events
Dislikes: They train freshers and put them in support projects which effect their future alot
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Likes: Nothing I have learned the management is too worst Dislikes: The company fires the employee without any notice the main reason they don't have projects to assign to employees they will give you a showcase mail and will make you do force resignation
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Likes: Cognizant offers best employee environment and gave scope to learn new technologies. I lenjoyed working in cognizant
Dislikes: No dislikes about working at cognizant
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Likes: If you are put in projects that have latest technology or the tech that you would like to work or learn then you will enjoy. Okay Work Life Balance.
Dislikes: The problem is that you don't have the option to choose what tech you work on even switching might be difficult to a different service line as Associate Directors and other leader might need to give the approvals.
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Likes: I don’t think there is anything about Cognizant that is like worthy.
Dislikes: I hate the work culture at cognizant and also the favouritism towards the South Indian employees and biasness towards men. Cognizant should give equal opportunity to everyone irrespective of gender.
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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The experience of working at any company can vary based on factors like team, manager, role, company policy etc. However, with an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5 from over 841 employee reviews, it's clear that most associates have an average experience working at Cognizant, Hyderabad / Secunderabad.
Work-Life balance holds the highest rating at 3.8, while career growth is rated the lowest amongst all factors at 3.2.
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According to AmbitionBox reviews, Cognizant, Hyderabad / Secunderabad associates rate their salary and benefits at 3.5 out of 5, based on 841 reviews. The rating reflects an average level of satisfaction among employees regarding compensation and benefits, indicating that while employees find the compensation and benefits acceptable, there is room for improvement in these areas. You can know more about Cognizant, Hyderabad / Secunderabad's associates salaries
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Work culture at Cognizant, Hyderabad / Secunderabad for associates is rated 3.7 out of 5 by 841 employees on AmbitionBox, indicating an average environment. Work culture encompasses aspects like collaboration, support, and overall employee satisfaction. The rating reflects that while some aspects of the work culture are satisfactory, there is room for improvement in certain areas.To read reviews specifically about work culture at Cognizant, Hyderabad / Secunderabad for associates,
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How is the job security at Cognizant, Hyderabad / Secunderabad for Associates?
Based on 841 reviews on AmbitionBox, Cognizant, Hyderabad / Secunderabad's associates rate job security at 3.5 out of 5. This lower rating indicates that a significant number of employees may have concerns about their job stability and the reliability of their roles at Cognizant, Hyderabad / Secunderabad. To read reviews about job security at Cognizant, Hyderabad / Secunderabad for associates,
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Is work from home available to Associates at Cognizant, Hyderabad / Secunderabad?
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Employee Benefits at Cognizant Associate Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Office cab/shuttle
23 total responses
International/On-site exposure
8 total responses
Free meal
1 total responses
Health insurance
42 total responses
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