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Cognizant
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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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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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IT Infrastructure Services Department
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Here HR’s don’t even listen to our problems. When we need help from HR’s they don’t even respond to our messages or mail but when they need something from us they directly call us. Here, TMP team will say you will get project but when our bench time ends they force us to take up service desk projects by lying you can change projectafter 6 months. They treat us like we are some garbage and they quickly want to throw us in some garbage pot. These service desk project team leads are uneducated, don’t know how hiring happens. They will very much pressure and workload....Read More
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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Software Development Department
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I like Cognizant it's give hybrid work model and not pressure to work from office on daily basis.
Appraisal not happens as per our expectations and no any party organized .
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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Operations Support Department
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All fine but this is depending on the client you are working for... I worked for 2 projects till now where the 1st one was overall good but the next one is disaster. .
The bench process and project allocation process is not good.. They auto allocate projects which is is. Not related to your domain, sometimes they lie in talent marketplace in designation . Big issue is 10hrs working a day
Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
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Software Development Department
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Nothing much, it's average service type company with decent salary. But leaves are good. 30 leaves per year in a service company is really commendable.
1. They hire based on prospective projects, and often the projects don't land. And then they have very limited time on bench, hence job security is an issue. 2. Work from office schedule is very strict, there should be some flexibility. 3. No proper employee benefits such as outings or lunches or parties, all they care about is billing. 4. Little too much of micro-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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IT Support Department
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Clean office Pickup and drops are available Canteen facilities provided(chargeable)
People from a certain region have monopolised the system. The HRs assigned to projects are usually freshers and do not take any action against managers even if they constantly breach or misuse their powers by providing promotion to their favorites and intimidating others into working overtime without any salary benefits.
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Software Development Department
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Work culture mostly depend on Project and project manager. In my case i got very good project manager and project. I also got wfh and manage to wlb easly.
Ratings is not based on your some time they give ratings as per favouritsm of manager.
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Department
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Good CSR initiative where you can help Society in many ways. Ok work life Balance.
Just like all other Service Based companies, work is mundane and do not expect to get any knowledge or skillset. It all depends on the Manager / BU Head how you get Promoted or get good hike. Not recommended for achievers.
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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The best part of job is the opportunity to constantly learn and grow, i wax regurarly face new challenges that help me grow professionally and personally, i was enjoy the collaborative environment in my office
Too much politics I know it is everywhere and in all kinds of jobs. But i never thought that i would be saying this because i'm not that kind of person who'd give shit anyone's political or selfish motives.
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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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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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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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Software Development Department
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If you swith to Cognizant, they will provide good salary compared to other service based company. They also push their associate for skill development with regular certification drive.
The appraisal system dropped drastically in couple of years. Very minimum salary hike with high ratings.
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DevOps Department
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Liked the policies that is shown publicly or that a employee will feel initially but later when employees faces problems there is no guidelines and proper accountability.
The internal policies and politics are very bad. The managers are too arrogant. There is no way the employee can provide appraisal to the managers. There should be a appraisal process for Managers from employees as some companies are having.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
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