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Cognizant is biased towards Chennai people, if you are based in North India your chances of growth is very lean.
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 most I disliked is the annual hikes which is just peanuts. They have given 3-5% hikes to all the employees ( 5% was the maximum hike given to the top performers, rest all got 3-4%. Management forced us to work on weekends from office which could have been easily managed from home as no one comes on weekends and feels like I am in graveyard, and the entire bay remains empty.
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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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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Banking Operations Department
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Flexibility in working hours, hybrid working policy, positive work environment, flexible leave policy
Slow growth, learning opportunities should be more
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
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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)
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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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Management Consulting Department
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Work life balance. They have multiple clients and projects.
The appraisal process is not good. They are using the bell curve. That promotes mediocrity . They have multiple projects but they deploy you as per their convenience not as per your profile or preference.
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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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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Finance Department
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Cognizant work culture is good and cognizant managers also so much helpful for the new joiners.
About increment method.
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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Wfh policy is not strictly enforced unlike a few other service companies.
Internal job movement is a hassle and I could not leave my current project even though I wanted to change for the last 6 months.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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CTS provides a good work life balance and decent salary. All other things depends on the type of project which you got.
As a fresher you will be getting support projects , so be aware before choosing 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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Business Process Quality Department
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Promotions should be given as per the hard work and caliber of an employee . There shouldn't be any partiality for the employees from supervisors.
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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Software Development Department
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Before Ravi Kumar , Cognizant used to be best in the business in every aspect .
After Ravi Kumar , Yearly hike became just formality , auto promotion has been stopped , job security reduced .
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
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Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Business Intelligence & Analytics Department
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Cognizant has its challenges as a workplace. While there are learning opportunities, the work environment and work-life balance heavily depend on the project, which can make the experience unpredictable. Overall, it’s not the most rewarding place to work.
The salary is low, promotions take forever, and the work culture isn’t great. It really depends on the project, but overall, it’s not the best experience.
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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Work-life balance (Although it depends on project to project) Good work culture and friendly team.
1. Salary 2. Scope to learn and apply it in project. CTS provides access to Udemy where we can enroll into courses as much as we want, but our team faced lack of opportunities to apply them in project.
Work policy: 2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
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Banking Operations Department
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It is good for beginners, avoid going into support project as they will make you work even on your sick days off. And HR wont help in this case either.
Work-life balance is close to non-existant. Really poor promotion cycles. No help from anyone if the project shuts down, you will have to look for another one on your own , else they will remove you. Used to pay fairly but is now as good as literally any other company like TCS, Infosys in terms of both work quality and compensation. No real way to move vertically based on merit unlike TCS.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.
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IT Support Department
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We can get free online portal like udemy.
Once you are hired, there is no relevant project assignment, you need to forcefully work on assignment project and not based on your profile. No work satisfaction and company culture. Not good promotions, salary.
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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Health Informatics Department
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Seniors and team leader are very toxic. Seniors scold very badly to freshers even if you don't small mistake. They will call you anytime other than shift timings for their convenience. They are pressuring to complete your work before the shift timings. There is no work life balance
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Saturday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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