Cognizant Java Software Engineer Reviews

Likes

I like lot of things, work culture, team members, projects, learning, gym at Cognizant, etc

Dislikes

I can't say I dislike anything. But recently promotions of people have been held for some time and hikes % has been lowered to very low. 5 rating person has 4.5% hike. This is really low compared to industry standards

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Infrastructure

Dislikes

Glencore was a horrible project Management was threatening the employees to work day and night to complete the work which has less impact Too much burden, except project work many other management work has been given to the employees

Work Details

Work timings: Strict Timings

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Likes

Learning and nothing else.

Dislikes

No job security is here..they suddenly release you from project and you will not get project. Bench period is very bad. After some days Hr will terminate you.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

I appreciate the collaborative environment at Cognizant, where learning and sharing knowledge are highly encouraged. The company offers plenty of growth opportunities and exposure to diverse technologies, such as Salesforce and more, which helps in continuous skill development. Also I became GenC next here right after one year and got all the timely increments and promotions.

Dislikes

While Cognizant offers a lot of growth opportunities, the fast-paced environment can sometimes lead to high work pressure, and balancing multiple projects can be challenging. Additionally, the communication between teams could be improved for smoother project coordination.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Likes

No work life balance at all and management is not good.

Dislikes

Lack of work life balace they have policy of 10 hrs working on top of that management is asking to work more than that. Other MNC companies in the market have 9 hrs working

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

The environment is pretty good and gets to learn new things.Also workload is manageable.

Dislikes

No job security. Silent layoffs are done in a disrespectful way including good employees. Very low salary for employees. And mainly doesn't settles your remaining amount after your resignation.

Likes

No comments

Dislikes

I am working alone in project, people know my good work and hardworking, but no recognition, no good rating, no promotion, and not satisfied with hike as well, worst experience, notice period is 90 days i want early release from company, please take a look on it

Likes

If joined as a fresher then too many learning opportunities will be there. If worked hard and learned all necessary skills as a fresher then environment will remain good.

Dislikes

If joined as a fresher and didn't developed necessary skills then layoff is fixed. Project interviews will be tough. Some manager will own you whereas some projects and people of projects are actually good. So it's like 50/50.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Likes

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.

Dislikes

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.

Likes

N/A

Dislikes

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 Details

Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Company culture was very good. Senior management was also good.

Dislikes

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 Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Likes

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

Dislikes

Senior management isn't great. They are just reacting to different situations, but ideally no proper governance.

Likes

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

Dislikes

Not good approasal No timely appraisal No promotion policies No standard salary parameters as per exp No benchmarking for compensastion

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Cognizant with flexible with work time and place and gives opportunity to upskill

Dislikes

The bench process and forced allocation of over qualified resources to underqualified roles. More oppertunity to learn and grow in organization

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

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.

Dislikes

The appraisal system dropped drastically in couple of years. Very minimum salary hike with high ratings.

Likes

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.

Dislikes

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 Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)