AmbitionBox
Reviews
i
Cognizant
based on 51.2k Reviews
Proud winner of ABECA 2024 - AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards
Rating distribution
Category Ratings
Skill development
Job security
Work-life balance
Company culture
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Salary
Insights from employee reviews on AmbitionBox
100% employees reported
100% employees reported
50% employees reported
View more detailed insights
1 reviews
8 reviews
Jobseekers also viewed
Full Time
Technology / IT Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Upskill program
Salary disparity between new member and long timer in Cognizant. Criteria and rules, are too much and completely illogical.
Full Time
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Excellent learning and career development. If you are good at what you do, you would be recognized
Little unbalanced at this moment (2022/23) with a lot of CXO level changes. Need stability and a visionary.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
What people are saying about Cognizant
Full Time
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Had good 15 years because of good people and culture
Recent restructuring had been too confusing and non realistic
Full Time
Technology / IT Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Global Teams, Fortune 500 customers
Appraisal, Feedback are outdated
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Technology / IT Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
The working culture is good and as per country based policy the work hours will be defined. No need to worry about Job security, unless someone performed very bad in work. Decent salary package and regular benefits as par with other peers.
Work days:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This job involves International Travel.
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Good environement and Leads
Salary for long termers are less compared to laterals
Technology / IT Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Flexible working
Matrics reporting structure
Good
Work days:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This job involves Travel Within City.
Product Management - Technology Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Job security and the opportunity to learn new things
Work days:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Discover interview dos and don'ts from real experiences
Technology / IT Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Nothing specific to company.it all depends onproject
Compensation and Appraisal
Work timings:Β Flexible Timings
Full Time
Lending Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Overall Rating
Full Time
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Lots of project, so job security is there. Work-life balance (again depends on the client and project).
Extra benefits like (insurance and term insurance etc are not up to standard.) Salary hike is very less.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
IT Infrastructure Services Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Cognizant policy and benifits was good.
Partiality, Lake support from your current supervisor when you release from any project you have to interview again many times, location was also the main concern since lake of opportunity in North.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Β Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
Operations Support Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
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:Β Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
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:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
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
Work days:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
IT Support Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
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:Β Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
IT Support Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Flexible working hours
Company policies are not transparent. Salary, remunerations are not good. Not employee friendly Skill development process is not good
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.
Full Time
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
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:Β Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Β This job involves Travel Within City.
Full Time
IT Infrastructure Services Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
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:Β Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
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:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
Digital Marketing Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
As a whole cognizant is excellent. They provide excellent skill development.
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 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.
Full Time
Voice / Blended Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Colleagues
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
Work days:Β Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Competitive Salary offered to lateral joiners. Work life balance is good but yes it depends on project to project.
Promotions are very less here
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Better work-life balance after Covid. High learning curve and standards Environment would be better when compared with other tech giants
Promotion cycle Hike
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
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.
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.
Full Time
Technology / IT Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Work from home and they don't put you in multiple projects paralalley
In the name of annual increament all you get is peanut and that too 6 months delayed.
Work days:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
Software Development Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
Salary on time
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
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Β Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Β This is a desk job.
Full Time
IT Consulting Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
1. salary do not have varaibale component. 2. Co-workers are good.
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
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.
Full Time
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
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
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.
Full Time
Operations, Maintenance & Support Department
Overall Rating
Category Ratings
Salary
Skill development
Job security
Promotions
Work satisfaction
Company culture
Work-life balance
We can enjoy the company of colleagues in the beginning as a fresher.
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.
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.
By reading the reviews on this page, you agree that they are (often anonymous) personal opinions and views of reviewers/users of AmbitionBox, which may be biased, and for this, AmbitionBox has no liability. If you believe that a review is inappropriate, please click on "Report" (shown as a flag) present below each review and our moderation team will look into it as soon as possible.
AmbitionBox has 10 Cognizant reviews submitted by Cognizant employees. Read reviews on salaries, working hours, work culture, office environment, and more to know if Cognizant is the right company for you. 100% of employees reported th...e working days at Cognizant as Monday to Friday. 100% employees reported the work timings at Cognizant as Flexible timing. Read moreTCS
Infosys
Wipro
Accenture