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Cognizant
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BD / Pre Sales Department
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Its amazing environment, collaborative !
Pay is not that great
Work policy: 2 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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QEA SAP Department
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Not much to like except job security.
Not much growth both in terms of personality and career. I feel like this role is more sort of meeting organiser, with no dead end at the work you'll get. If your team is not supportive you'll struggle throughout the day. No respite during the weekend of some proposal submission.
Pretty bad, since this role can not be billed to any customer/client, there is no end for the proposals as Cognizant is supposedly a "big brand". Tons of proposals and few guys supporting and slaving for Client Partner who are rude and have zero respect.
Work timings:Â Strict Timings
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Its very great platform to learn and very supportive managers and great work life balance and compensation is also very good and very decent work place
Very good place to start tour career, lot of growth and learning opportunities. Work pressure can be high to stressful and relaxed ,it all depends on the project.
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
BD / Pre Sales Department
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Good exposure to global clients
Work timings, may have to work till nights even if you're not on a night shift (US clients)
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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Great learning
Poor management
Work timings:Â Flexible Timings
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Finance Department
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Nothing, you can just work until you don't get job anywhere.
When tire 4 and 5 companies gives good hike, meanwhile this company is soo kanjoos to give hike. Also every year they use to change the months of the hike. One year it will be April another year it will be August without arrear. Please don't go to this company.
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This job involves Travel Within Country.
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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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Accounting & Taxation Department
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Work culture and job security
Salary is to less compared with other organisations. No proper hikes
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Service Delivery Department
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Auto Promotion seems to be a good thing however, I didn't get it as I am completely 2 years with organization
No HR representative transperancy to contact, I thought that every employee tries to avoid the risk from doing the task
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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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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:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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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:Â Flexible Timings
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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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:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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Cognizant provides good CTC to candidates.
Extended working hours on almost daily basis. Sincere employees are overburdened with work while the insincere ones just enjoy. No time for self learning due to long working hours. Appraisal is based on office politics and not credibility.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This job involves Travel Within Country.
Full Time
Software Development Department
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Appraisal process is not good, too much expectation and no hike in return.
Very less project in SAP and very small small account where job security is always in question
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This job involves Travel Within City.
Full Time
Recruitment & Talent Acquisition Department
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Flexi working
They don't event respect contract employee even though they are senior's than on roll employees. If they any lag in your task they won't even inform you or discuss with you 1 to 1, straight away they will ask you to leave not even considering about the employee life.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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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 policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
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Non Voice Department
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Benefits and salary is good. But if you are fresher then you will not get the salary as good for living
First they hire with wrong information and ones you get hired then they will let you know in which process they are dealing with. Second thing the notice period they will ask to serve 3 month of notice period.
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Software Development Department
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Time flexibility Increments are slightly better than other rivals
No proper team No support from seniors There no proper resource management
Work policy: 2 days/week from office
Work timings:Â Flexible Timings
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Other Department
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I have started as fresher, so learning process was good. They gave good training period to learn the things.
Work-life balance was zero in this company which led to struggle personal life.
Work policy: 2 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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Flexibility for in office hours
There is no recognition for work, performance ratings are mostly average even after outperforming and fulfilling all the parameters set by supervisor, one can not expect promotion if they have joined as an experienced candidate for atleast 5-6 years even after being eligible
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Technology / IT Department
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Opportunity to learn - since people are leaving everyday !
Most of the senior mgmt in cognizant are old , stubborn, egoistic and obnoxious people . They refused to work in teams, they refused to work at par with young associates and they have a very capitalistic mentality - they won't read mails and ask for updated on weekends ! The tools used in CTS are outdated and buggy making the work very very slow
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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-Its a big organization and there are bureaucracy. But still the process are smooth (Yes, there are delays here & there which is expected) - You have the flexibility to work from any cognizant location you desire (Depends upon some project too) - I personally didn't have any problems availing leaves, which is one of the few things I really appreciate.
- Favoritism ( u will get every opportunity if u are an a** licker) - No scope for growth (If you ambitious, even a little bit do not join this organization. The promotion & salary hikes are horrible) - Leadership team is pathetic. If push comes to shove, they will throw you under the bus and will not hesitate. (Generally it's the duty of a leader to absorb the blow if things don't go a certain direction as they are the one making these decisions.)...Read More
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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As working here is quite good when your manager is cooperative. Though In previous two years work and manager both was good no complaints for them and i worked from home till now and everyone was cool.
Now during current project my so called manager is psycho. Here in cognizant manager also do coding but he is like only I have to do everything and he just wants credit for it. Even to other squads he is like only he is doing work. He oftenly insulted me and two other team mates. I talked with my home manager but no benefit. Only you have to suffer in that scenario.
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DBA / Data warehousing Department
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I feel like a home and work space in cognizant is extremely good, I really wish to work with your company again.
I dislike about salary increments.
Work days:Â Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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