Cognizant Programmer Kolkata Reviews

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nice work culture friendly colleagues

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skill assessment of candidates is poor before assignment of project.

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Good

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If you released from current project, it's difficult to get new project.

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Good for freshers to start there career.

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Overall everything good only work scope is less.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Worklife balance is very good

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Nothing to say bad for cognizant

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Team bonding

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Nil

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Best

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Good Experience. You can use Cognizant Learn for Skill Development/Learning.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

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Everything is fine

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Nothing such but only promotion

Work Details

Work timings: Flexible Timings

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For a fresher it is a very good company to start with,training is good and freshers can get a good opportunity to gain their knowledge.

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There are so many things i personally dislike about cognizant. 1)RDP or internal exams,if u do not complete them within the given time period,then you have a great possibility to loose your rating.Though it shows it has only 30% weight-age to your YEA,but if u don't complete them,then u can get a very bad rating. 2)They are stoppingmost of the services in the name of cost cutting,the latest one is shutting down the inter office shuttle service. 3)HR's are there only to confuse you,they will not answer any of your questions.They will answer you in such a way so that you do not ask any question second time to them. 4)Job security is another concern.When they loose some big accounts,for sure some big heads will be asked to leave. though it is not there fault. 5)Compensation for candidates who are not B.tech(BCA or comp science graduate) is very very poor,u can not even imagine how less they are getting paid.Though they are doing the same work as engineering graduates(even more in some cases). 6)Non engineering graduates suffer in cognizant because there promotion criteria is higher compared to engineering graduates.On an average your every promotion will get delayed for 2-3 years compared tothose who have an engineering background. 7)i used to go to office every alternate sundays,without getting a single penny,they do not even provide you lunch.They only reimburse your cab fare,but please be cautious,your cab fare should not cross more than 500,or you might not get the reimbursement.It is not that client is not giving the cost of project for sundays,but higher management is not willing to give u overtime. A free advise to all the graduates except engineering graduates,please do not join cognizant before completing MCA, only after MCA u will get a salary like engineering graduates and your promotions will be in normal way.Anyhow they will crush you with work pressure,so its better to be crushed after getting a normal compensation rather than very low salary....Read More

Work Details

Work is good,no complain about work and teammates.But lots of mismanagement was there for higher management.From manager and above level.We use to come every alternate sundays of a month,without getting paid a single penny.It might vary project to project

Work timings: Flexible Timings

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Some of the colleagues are very supportive

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have to work extra hours after the normal working time

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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There are a lot of events you can see in your cognizant journey. But mentally you will be upset if your salary and management was not that good. Otherwise if you are the lucky one then you will enjoy a lot..

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Salary for Programmer designation is very poor but work load is similar with others. So it's better not to join after completing any Three year degree course (like B.Sc, BCA etc.).Otherwise you have to suffer with money crisis and feel depressed.

Work Details

Not that much good. I am still struggling and I am planing to switch for better opportunity.

Work timings: Flexible Timings

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.