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Not satisfactory, I worked for 12 years and not at all happy with cognizant. Looking for a change.
In the last couple of years cognizant lost direction. The CEO is usless
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
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Colleagues are good and very co-operative.
There is a lack of work-life balance, a poor work culture, and ineffective leadership management. While some managers are supportive, others practice excessive micromanagement. Leave approvals are rarely granted, and the work environment is highly demanding. Being on the bench puts you in the red zone, whereas being in a project offers job security.
Work days:Â Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This job involves Travel Within City.
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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:Â Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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I got offer during pandemic as fresher since then I worked remotely which helped me.
The promotion and salary hike is not as per the employee performance
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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Learning scope is good. You have a dedicated platform to explore and learn the skill of your choice at your convenience.
Promotion cycle/criteria changes recently adopted (Internal Job Moves) - allowing supervisors to promote the resources to next level without a specific criteria. This is creating official platform for favourability.
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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:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.
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Technology / IT Department
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MNC benefits.
Authoritative Leadership, Office politics, Biased opportunities and performance reviews. Forced attrition. Insurance policy is not good. Delayed hikes and promotions, Extended work hours due to hybrid work policy. Pets take most of the perks unless you work so hard that they have to share some. However, these are most common things that you will come across all IT companies. Just learn to survive, upskill and excel. Do not depend on your job or salary, have multiple streams of income without moonlighting and switch jobs whenever you get a good opportunity. Work for your own success not for the company....Read More
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)
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Software Development Department
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Flexibility in location and timings Too many learning opportunities
Depends lot on project and people Work life balance Salary and increments
Work policy: 2 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.
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Engineering Department
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I don't like working in this company. I just don't have any other options left.
What's there not to dislike. Biggest issue is that there's no HR to raise ur concerns to. All they have is a portal and that too just for show.
Work days:Â Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This job involves 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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Software Development Department
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Company is doing g a large expenses on skill development, learning and training.
There is no fix yearly increment cycle .it's every year got change and happy all most 1.5 years..that is a bad and demotivate
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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IT Support Department
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I had a disappointing experience working at Cognizant as a Process Executive in the GIS field. The work environment was toxic, with a lack of professionalism among colleagues and management. Favoritism and partiality were prevalent, making it difficult to grow based on merit. Work-life balance was poor, as excessive pressure and unrealistic expectations left me with little time after work. The overall culture did not foster a supportive or motivating atmosphere. Based on my experience, I wouldn’t recommend it to those seeking a healthy and professional workplace....Read More
Work policy: It was work from home
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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IT Consulting Department
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Cognizant is more concentrated what I thought prior to my joining, it's really having a very good culture and work environment for fresher and lateral resources. In terms of career growth it is the ultimate organisation to look forward for an SAP employee specifically. Also it is having some good projects to work on. S4 HANA projects are there but greenfield implementation do not have as of now.Overall it is good....Read More
Should look into more S4 Hana implementation projects and onsite opportunities for India employees.
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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Leadership matters the most. If you are under right leader you will have proper growth. You will have flexibility to work.
Organization still blindly believing some unskilled leaders. Noone seems to cross questioning on their capacity. Mostly onshore team members rushes behind taking someone's credit on their name. There are many positions where unskilled people are present which will let you work without playing politics.
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IT Security Department
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For me provide learning and development opportunities such as certification vouchers from various companies.
For me not giving salary hike as per my payable work for last 3 years but it depends on projects to projects and manager's not a company issue.
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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Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Department
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The organisation is giving opportunity to learn new things every time , in a very short pan of time I have learnt many new things.
Only 1 point I will say the shift timing.
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Business Intelligence & Analytics Department
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Cognizant offers a competitive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. They also have programs to support employee well-being and work-life balance.
Some employees at Cognizant have reported concerns about long working hours, potential for job insecurity due to the company's reliance on large contracts, and occasional bureaucratic processes.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This job involves Travel Within City.
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Technology / IT Department
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To begin with, there is 10 hours shift wherein in the offer 9 hours is mentioned. Without proper training, they expect a new joiner to learn every single thing. Loads of politics and backstabbing from the management. No work transparency No support for the new joiners, they have to figure out everything on their own.. especially when you relocate
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Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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Rating criteria. No hike. No job security. Politics. No work life balance Bad attitude of managers. No appreciation. Rating concept of an employee is the bad criteria
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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Data Science & Machine Learning Department
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I like the culture most.
They had forced me to give resignation letter. Due to I was in bench 35 days . They gave trainees as pyspark but they didn't provided as our skill based Project.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.
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Business Intelligence & Analytics Department
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Good work culture work life balance, they have many clients. Skill development is also good they will provide free udmey course.
Even if we work good and get good appreciation from client you will get only 2 rating. This is the worst part and hike percentage is very low.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This job involves Travel Within City.
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