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Cognizant
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Monday to Friday
83% employees reported
Flexible timing
88% employees reported
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100% employees reported
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Senior Research Associate in Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Full Time
Finance Department
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Compensation is in par with industry.Other than this work life balance is also good
- Work-life balance - Good
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Management is not employee centric and there are ver few learning opportunities as they just want to generate revenue and no career growth.Ratings are not given as passed by client to avoid bonus and higher pay
- Skill development - Poor
- Promotions - Poor
- Work satisfaction - Poor
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Working as senior research associate for investment banking client.Asked for new project but was avoided opportunity every time despite good performance
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Senior Research Associate in Pune
Full Time
Engineering & Manufacturing Department
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Se x girls dhivar was girl her figure was awesome I used to fu ck her in canteen and training roomm her name was Shital dhivar
Dislikes
Smell in canteen no proper food
- Skill development - Poor
- Job security - Poor
- Work satisfaction - Poor
- Company culture - Poor
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Work timings: Flexible Timings
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Senior Research Associate in Manyata tech park
Full Time
BFSI Department
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Company is good u can learn the things soo fast
- Skill development - Excellent
- Job security - Excellent
- Company culture - Excellent
Dislikes
Doing overtime
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Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Saturday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Senior Research Associate in Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Finance Department
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Everything is good.
- Skill development - Excellent
- Job security - Excellent
- Promotions - Good
- Work satisfaction - Excellent
- Company culture - Excellent
- Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Compensation could be higher.
Work Details
Good work life balance.
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Senior Research Associate in Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Cognizant Research Center Department
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That's an apt question, because pointers are very few to count. Job security and a bit flexible work timing were the only pros of this company for my department. Work from home facility was taken away from all the department members since Jan 2019 till the pandemic hit the country.
- Job security - Good
Dislikes
Quite a lot. Not enough space to count all, but will point out the major ones: No work life balance for associates working for some internal clients No perks or benefits reach the associate level employees Manager and upper level management has cripled the success rate of the company because when the team is not happily willing to work, they can't give 100% quality work No billable department associate are trained with the mindset of like "we are the servants of billable department employees" No team outings, no skill trainings provided to new joiners or existing employees, no team work spirit from managers...Read More
- Salary - Bad
- Skill development - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Bad
- Company culture - Poor
- Work-life balance - Poor
Work Details
Pathetic. Just work for their salaries
Work timings: Flexible Timings
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Senior Research Associate in Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Business Intelligence & Analytics Department
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People here are from diverse backgrounds that help us elevate and showcase our skills and yet work together to accomplish anything that comes
- Skill development - Excellent
- Job security - Good
- Promotions - Excellent
- Work satisfaction - Excellent
- Company culture - Good
- Work-life balance - Good
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Work life has been amazing. Have interacted with lot of great minds
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Senior Research Associate in Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Finance Department
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Pathetic culture
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Senior Management approach towards the work
- Salary - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Bad
- Company culture - Bad
- Work-life balance - Bad
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Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Senior Research Associate in Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Equity Research Department
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Worst management
- Salary - Poor
- Skill development - Poor
- Promotions - Poor
- Work satisfaction - Bad
- Company culture - Bad
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Senior Research Associate in Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
Data Science & Machine Learning Department
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Technical Lead in Kolkata
Full Time
IT Infrastructure Services Department
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- Salary - Good
- Skill development - Good
- Company culture - Good
Dislikes
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.
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Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
Software Development Department
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I got offer during pandemic as fresher since then I worked remotely which helped me.
- Skill development - Good
- Job security - Good
- Promotions - Good
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
The promotion and salary hike is not as per the employee performance
Work Details
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Software Developer in Chennai
Full Time
Business Process Quality Department
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Nothing
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No hike, no job security, no skill development, no easy transportation.even if you learn new technologies they will ask for experience and make you work in technology which you already know.if you do "jing jack" you will get everything else you will be cornered and make you to think resigning is best than staying there
- Salary - Bad
- Skill development - Bad
- Job security - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Bad
- Company culture - Bad
- Work-life balance - Bad
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Work timings: Flexible Timings
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Technical Lead in Pune
Full Time
Software Development Department
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Cognizant has hybrid work model, which is good for employees.
- Skill development - Good
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Cognizant bench policy is bad, they give less days to get yourself into a project. Also salary hike is low.
- Job security - Poor
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Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.
Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
Software Development Department
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Flexibility in location and timings Too many learning opportunities
- Skill development - Good
- Job security - Excellent
- Work satisfaction - Good
Dislikes
Depends lot on project and people Work life balance Salary and increments
- Salary - Poor
- Promotions - Poor
- Company culture - Poor
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Work policy: 2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.
Software Engineer in Pune
Full Time
Engineering Department
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I don't like working in this company. I just don't have any other options left.
- Job security - Good
Dislikes
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.
- Salary - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Bad
- Company culture - Poor
- Work-life balance - Bad
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Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.
Technical Lead in Kolkata
Full Time
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.
Dislikes
There is no skip level meeting happens and I found HRs are already teamed up with the management.
- Job security - Poor
- Promotions - Poor
Technical Lead in Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
IT Infrastructure Services Department
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Nothing
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Here HR’s don’t even listen to our problems. When we need help from HR’s they don’t even respond to our messages or mail but when they need something from us they directly call us. Here, TMP team will say you will get project but when our bench time ends they force us to take up service desk projects by lying you can change projectafter 6 months. They treat us like we are some garbage and they quickly want to throw us in some garbage pot. These service desk project team leads are uneducated, don’t know how hiring happens. They will very much pressure and workload....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 policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Technical Lead in Noida
Full Time
Software Development Department
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I like Cognizant it's give hybrid work model and not pressure to work from office on daily basis.
- Salary - Good
- Skill development - Excellent
- Job security - Good
- Work satisfaction - Good
- Company culture - Good
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Appraisal not happens as per our expectations and no any party organized .
Work Details
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Software Engineer in Pune
Full Time
Software Development Department
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There is nothing to like.
Dislikes
Pathetic conditions as there are no good projects and bench policies are strict as hell that will land you up in the situation of getting terminated.
- Salary - Bad
- Skill development - Poor
- Job security - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Bad
- Company culture - Bad
- Work-life balance - Bad
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Programmer Analyst in Noida
Full Time
IT Security Department
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For me provide learning and development opportunities such as certification vouchers from various companies.
- Skill development - Good
Dislikes
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 Details
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Clinical Data Analyst in Mumbai (working remotely)
Full Time
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.
- Salary - Good
- Skill development - Excellent
- Job security - Excellent
- Work satisfaction - Excellent
- Company culture - Good
- Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Only 1 point I will say the shift timing.
- Promotions - Poor
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Associate Data Analyst in Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
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.
- Salary - Excellent
- Promotions - Excellent
- Work satisfaction - Good
- Company culture - Good
- Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
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 Details
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Softwaretest Engineer in Kochi
Full Time
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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Nothing
Dislikes
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
- Salary - Bad
- Skill development - Bad
- Job security - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Bad
- Company culture - Bad
- Work-life balance - Bad
Work Details
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Data Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
Data Science & Machine Learning Department
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I like the culture most.
- Company culture - Good
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
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.
- Skill development - Poor
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Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.
Power BI Developer in Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
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.
- Skill development - Good
- Work satisfaction - Good
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
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.
- Salary - Poor
- Promotions - Poor
- Company culture - Poor
Work Details
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Programmer Analyst in Kolkata
Full Time
IT Infrastructure Services Department
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Good
- Skill development - Good
- Job security - Good
- Promotions - Good
- Work satisfaction - Good
- Company culture - Excellent
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
I have joined as fresher and i would say it's a good company to start. They give you a good platform to learn things and utilities things better in terms of corporate life.
Work Details
Work policy: 2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Programmer Analyst in Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
Data Science & Machine Learning Department
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Worst of Worstest. no sleep no hike no work life balance toxic co workers no cab facility no proper response we dont know who is our HR till we resigned. never Join Cts.
Dislikes
everything. expect for some sweet peope I meet there. worst
- Salary - Bad
- Skill development - Bad
- Job security - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Bad
- Company culture - Bad
- Work-life balance - Bad
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Work timings: Strict Timings
Senior Process Executive and Data Analyst in Hyderabad / Secunderabad (working remotely)
Full Time
Accounting & Taxation Department
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Company culture, got work from home option. Diversity and career growth.
- Salary - Good
- Skill development - Excellent
- Job security - Excellent
- Promotions - Excellent
- Work satisfaction - Excellent
- Company culture - Excellent
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Need to reduce working hours and notice period
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Gurgaon / Gurugram
Full Time
IT Network Department
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Nothing much
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No promotions No work life balance Very less or no appraisal No fixed appraisal cycle Doesn't provide good health insurance Job security big question mark Management is visionless Majorly run from south india
- Salary - Poor
- Job security - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Poor
- Company culture - Bad
- Work-life balance - Bad
Work Details
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
- HQ - Teaneck. New Jersey., United States (USA)
- IT Services & Consulting
- 1 Lakh+ Employees (India)
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