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Cognizant Senior Programmer Analyst Reviews

based on 11 reviews

Updated 24 Jun, 2024

Overall Rating

2.7/5

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Category Ratings

3.0

Salary & Benefits

2.6

Skill development

2.5

Company culture

2.2

Work-Life balance

2.0

Promotions/Appraisal

1.8

Job Security

1.6

Work Satisfaction

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Senior Programmer Analyst in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

3.0

Skill Development

3.0

Company Culture

2.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

2.0

Job Security

3.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 24 Jun 2024

Likes

Salries

Dislikes

Job security and sales

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Senior Programmer Analyst in Gurgaon / Gurugram

Full Time

·

Data Science & Machine Learning Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Promotions/Appraisal

3.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

3.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

1.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 22 Aug 2022

Likes

Nothing.

Dislikes

Long work hours. No stability in projects duration. No team bonding and no collegue support.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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an associate data engineer

I have an offer as Data Engineer from orion innovations with 12.5(11.75 fixed) lpa and EY with 11.3 +5%variable in kochi location .which one should I choose .

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Senior Programmer Analyst in Chennai

Full Time

·

Technology / IT Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Promotions/Appraisal

2.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

2.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

1.0

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posted on 12 Oct 2023

Likes

Don't ever work in British telecom project

Dislikes

Work culture Colleague behaviour Some senior behaviour Work load Less resource

Work Details

Work days: Alternate Saturday off (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Programmer Analyst in Pune

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

2.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

3.0

Work Satisfaction

2.0

Salary & Benefits

2.0

Job Security

3.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 26 Dec 2019

Likes

Lots of onshore opportunities if in the right place at the right time. After 7 years got a very good manager

Dislikes

Promotion not on merit but based on good networking. Need to push for learning and development

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Programmer Analyst in Gurgaon / Gurugram

Software Development Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Promotions/Appraisal

1.0

Skill Development

3.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

1.0

Salary & Benefits

2.0

Job Security

1.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 18 Apr 2022

Likes

One thing that is good here is the company's culture but it has poisoned by Indian management so these people are degrading company's core values.

Dislikes

There is no growth opportunities here, Management is very biased. Nothing as such which can empower and encourage employees at work

Work Details

Poor

Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Programmer Analyst in Chennai

Quality Assurance and Testing Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Promotions/Appraisal

3.0

Skill Development

4.0

Company Culture

2.0

Work Satisfaction

2.0

Salary & Benefits

3.0

Job Security

3.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 15 Feb 2022

Likes

It's a good company to work but you won't get any kind of recognition for your work... Work culture is good...

Dislikes

No hike and promotion if u stay in this company for more than 3 yrs especially in the testing domain

Work Details

Work life balance is bad... We have to stay in office for 9 hrs even of we have no work...

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Programmer Analyst in Kolkata

IT Network Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Promotions/Appraisal

1.0

Skill Development

2.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

2.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

2.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 08 Jul 2020

Likes

No I feel sorry but I don't like anything about Cognizant

Dislikes

In the difficult time Cognizant is leaving hand of his employee. People and gov should ban this company

Work Details

Horrible

Work timings: Strict Timings

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Senior Programmer Analyst

Software Development Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

5.0

Skill Development

5.0

Company Culture

3.0

Work Satisfaction

5.0

Salary & Benefits

5.0

Job Security

5.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 01 Jan 2019

Likes

Work environment

Dislikes

The shift timings

Work Details

Subject matter expert(SME), handling team and monitoring, raise a radar if any issue araises and problem solving.

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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Senior Programmer Analyst in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Promotions/Appraisal

5.0

Skill Development

4.0

Company Culture

4.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

4.0

Job Security

3.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 10 Nov 2018

Likes

It’s been a great experience

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Senior Programmer Analyst in Kolkata

Software Development Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Promotions/Appraisal

3.0

Skill Development

2.0

Company Culture

2.0

Work Satisfaction

2.0

Salary & Benefits

2.0

Job Security

2.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 29 Sep 2018

Dislikes

Career Growth.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Senior Programmer Analyst in Kolkata

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

Company Culture

Work Satisfaction

Salary & Benefits

Job Security

3.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 05 May 2017

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Gender Based Ratings for Cognizant Senior Programmer Analyst

based on 10 reviews

Rated 3.5 for Company Culture and 2.8 for Work-Life Balance

Rated 3.1 for Salary & Benefits and 2.6 for Skill Development

Working Days for Cognizant Senior Programmer Analyst

based on 11 reviews

Monday to Friday

70%

Rotational Shift

10%

Monday to Saturday

10%

Alternate Saturday off

10%

Work Timings for Cognizant Senior Programmer Analyst

based on 11 reviews

Flexible timing

Strict (2pm - 11pm)

Strict (4pm - 1pm)

36%

16%

16%

32% employees reported other strict timings

Shift Timings for Cognizant Senior Programmer Analyst

based on 11 reviews

Day shift

Night shift

80%

20%

Business Travel for Cognizant Senior Programmer Analyst

based on 11 reviews

No travel

70%

Within city

30%

Cognizant Senior Programmer Analyst Salary

based on 74 salaries

₹3 L/yr - ₹9.5 L/yr

61% less than the average Senior Programmer Analyst Salary in India

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Employee Benefits for Cognizant Senior Programmer Analyst

Office cab/shuttle

5 total responses

International/On-site exposure

1 total response

Health insurance

1 total response

Office gym

1 total response

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