Cognizant SDE (Software Development Engineer) Reviews
Updated 25 Sep, 2022
Overall Rating
4.5/5
based on 2
reviews
Rating distribution
Category Ratings
5.0
Job security
5.0
Skill development
4.5
Company culture
4.0
Salary
4.0
Promotions
4.0
Work satisfaction
3.5
Work-life balance
Cognizant is rated
4.5 out of 5 stars on
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Cognizant is rated
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Senior Process Associate in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
Β Β·Β
Digital Marketing Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
5.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
5.0
Promotions
5.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 22 Mar 2025
Likes
As a whole cognizant is excellent. They provide excellent skill development.
Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
At Hyderabad location a manager called sankalp is very rude and very miss behaved person and a manager called simran they both handle google projects since they both are friends. They have favouritism in them very worst managers because of them many employees drop. And cognizant is loosing its name.
Work Details
Work policy:
No hybrid structure all 5 days there was wfo.
Work days:Β Monday to Friday
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Process Specialist in
Pune
Full Time
Β Β·Β
Voice / Blended Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Salary
1.0
Skill development
1.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
1.0
Work-life balance
posted on 22 Mar 2025
Likes
Colleagues
Dislikes
Healthcare process -:Management is racist, womaniser. Regional language (marathi) is not allowed on floor. Wherein management will speak Bhojpuri, Bengali, Malyali languages which is not regional according to them. Even if company is in Pune Maharashtra they strictly inform not to speak in marathi as management is not Maharashtrian.If they hate marathi language why are they living in Maharashtra , they should go to their native State. Promotion are only for female employes, lickers ππ chatus and for others who bring π₯πΊ for management.
Leaves are given only to favourite emp. Even if medical documents are submitted they will apply NCNS. People who are issued warning letter for abusing on floor, fighting on floor are given promotion as they are favourite,lickiers ππchatus. Management has created there own family on floor which includes bhai, behne, bhabhi, devar, jeth, jethani, nand, soutan and Big Daddy. Management needs full gossip of every employe. Management watches reels and do videos call on floor and says mobile is not allowed to employees.
Favouritism is the policy followed by management.
Markdowns will be reverted only for favourite and lickers ππ chatu employees. False hopes given to retain employees. Personal grudges are kept if u don't become slave of the management....Read More
Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad
Work Details
Work days:Β Monday to Friday
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Senior Associate in
Pune
Full Time
Β Β·Β
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
4.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 21 Mar 2025
Likes
Competitive Salary offered to lateral joiners.
Work life balance is good but yes it depends on project to project.
Salary - Good
Job security - Good
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Promotions are very less here
Promotions - Poor
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days:Β Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Senior Associate in
Chennai
Full Time
Β Β·Β
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
4.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
4.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 21 Mar 2025
Likes
Better work-life balance after Covid.
High learning curve and standards
Environment would be better when compared with other tech giants
Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Promotion cycle
Hike
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days:Β Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Senior Associate in
Noida
Full Time
Β Β·Β
Software Development Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
4.0
Skill development
2.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
2.0
Company culture
2.0
Work-life balance
posted on 20 Mar 2025
Likes
As working here is quite good when your manager is cooperative. Though In previous two years work and manager both was good no complaints for them and i worked from home till now and everyone was cool.
Skill development - Good
Dislikes
Now during current project my so called manager is psycho. Here in cognizant manager also do coding but he is like only I have to do everything and he just wants credit for it. Even to other squads he is like only he is doing work. He oftenly insulted me and two other team mates. I talked with my home manager but no benefit. Only you have to suffer in that scenario.
Job security - Poor
Promotions - Poor
Company culture - Poor
Work-life balance - Poor
Rpa Project Manager in
New Delhi (working remotely)
Full Time
Β Β·Β
Technology / IT Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
4.0
Skill development
4.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 20 Mar 2025
Likes
Work from home and they don't put you in multiple projects paralalley
Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
In the name of annual increament all you get is peanut and that too 6 months delayed.
Promotions - Poor
Work Details
Work days:Β Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Software Engineer2 in
Noida
Full Time
Β Β·Β
Software Development Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
1.0
Skill development
1.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
3.0
Work-life balance
posted on 19 Mar 2025
Likes
Salary on time
Dislikes
No recognition
No satisfactory work
No onsite opportunity if you are not south Indian
Poor bonus
Poor increment
They won't even provide a cup to let you drink water
Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days:Β Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Senior Associate in
Pune
Full Time
Β Β·Β
IT Consulting Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
2.0
Skill development
1.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
2.0
Work satisfaction
2.0
Company culture
2.0
Work-life balance
posted on 19 Mar 2025
Likes
1. salary do not have varaibale component.
2. Co-workers are good.
Dislikes
1. Low job security
2. Forcing people to work from office(ODC)
3. Mostly support projects
4. Very low transparency with poor management
5. Work satisfaction is very average
Skill development - Poor
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Poor
Work-life balance - Poor
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days:Β Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This job involves
Travel Within City.
Programmer Analyst in
Indore
Full Time
Β Β·Β
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
3.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
2.0
Work satisfaction
4.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 19 Mar 2025
Likes
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Bad appraisals, strict wfo policy because of which you will get stuck during big emergencies, strict promotional criterias, low salary for entry level, not sure about higher level people
Salary - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Poor
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days:Β Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This job involves
Travel Within Country.
Associate in
Chennai
Full Time
Β Β·Β
Operations, Maintenance & Support Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Salary
2.0
Skill development
3.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
2.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 18 Mar 2025
Likes
We can enjoy the company of colleagues in the beginning as a fresher.
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Hike and the ratings are absolutely worse as they compare with your peers and downgrade stating as normalisation. I got downgraded twice and was told both the times as next time will take care but useless. Absolutely zero appreciation of hard work here. Max 2 years and then switch.
Salary - Poor
Skill development - Poor
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Poor
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work days:Β Monday to Friday
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Β This job involves
Travel Within City.
People also ask about Cognizant's SDE (Software Development Engineer)s
How is Cognizant to work for?
Cognizant is rated 4.5 out of 5, based on 2 reviews by employees on AmbitionBox.
Cognizant is known for Job security which is rated at the top and given a rating of 5.0. However, Work-life balance is rated the lowest at 3.5 and can be improved. To know first hand how it is like to work at Cognizant read detailed reviews based on various job profiles, departments and locations in the reviews section.
How is the salary at Cognizant?
According to AmbitionBox ratings, Cognizant employees rate its salary and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. You can know more about Cognizant Salaries at AmbitionBox
How is the work culture at Cognizant?
Work culture is rated 4.5 at Cognizant by 2 employees. While job security is rated 5.0 and work-life balance is rated 3.5 at Cognizant. Read detailed reviews by employees of Cognizant on AmbitionBox.