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Cognizant
based on 48.7k Reviews
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Service Delivery Department
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Great onsite opportunity
As you climb the ladder your job security is at stake
Work policy: 2 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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After Sales Service & Repair Department
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Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing
Everything everything everything everything
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
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DBA / Data warehousing Department
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Great place to work
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Great
Work days:Â Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This job involves International Travel.
Full Time
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.
Full Time
Business Intelligence & Analytics Department
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Will get salary that is ok
But if you give more importance to mental health than salary don't join this company. You are literally a slave of the client and no body will speak for you.. and if your too lucky to get a client like Novartis(pharmaceutical company) and especially get into celonis tool project then you can say bye bye to your mental health and just hug the salary you get and stay. Working hard is not the issue but the politics they play and the slavery you guys will experience is more than what was done in the colonization period. Hope everyone understands my mental health state currently and would deeply analyze before joining cognizant or Novartis....Read More
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Technology / IT Department
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One of the best employee centric company in service based industry, recent statements from leaders from other organisation is shameful and treating their employee as daily wage labourer but thankful to my company leadership who has great vision and decisions are made towards employee focus. Company is still following hybrid model and no fixed days yet.
Promotions and appraisal are not process based, frequent change in salary increament schedule are changed and also arrear are not paid for 3months.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
Full Time
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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They provide hybrid work culture & location approval as per your need that is the best thing of working in Cognizant.
Here job security is less & those people who were in bench were high chances of layoffs as they don’t get any project.
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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Overall typical service based company, with lower appraisal %, ideal to stay for 3 years max, else growth would be stopped compared to market and you will be in comfort zone.
Appraisal cycle is worst, they do rating in Dec month and release in Jan, but appraisal will be in impact from June salary. Promotion is a problem here, and you will have to cry every year. It takes minimum 3 years once u r at one level to expect promotion.
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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.
Full Time
Back Office Department
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Growth Opportunities. International opportunities are available for the right individuals
Nothing that I can think off. Salary can be enhanced a little more!!!
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves International Travel, Travel Within Country.
Full Time
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)
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.
There is no skip level meeting happens and I found HRs are already teamed up with the management.
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IT Network Department
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Nothing much
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
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
Full Time
Non Voice Department
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Work culture is very good . Environment also good and skill development is excellent.
Some of the projects in cts have less salary but work pressure.. need to give proper ctc for every project .
Work policy: other
Work days:Â Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Non Voice Department
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Cognizant gives more opportunities to freshers.
The actual work time is 9 hours production & 1 hour break. It takes 12 hours production to complete everyone except any break. And also we should maintain errors.
Work days:Â Monday to Saturday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
Full Time
Non Voice Department
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Yes less work pressure and employee friendly management I have developed lot of skills working in cognizant
Shift times are not so perfect as shudulled
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This job involves Travel Within City.
Full Time
IT Consulting Department
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Did not have much pressure to work from office. The office facility was good.
The project allotted was not that great, did not have any promotion in the entire tenure. Work life balance was poor.
Work timings:Â Flexible Timings
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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Nothing to like except to learn how to survive in toxic management.
Never ever join cognizant those who have had technical skills, dreams to thrive in career also have family responsibilities as Cognizant job security is Zero. Projects are surrendered and handled by incapable management. Anytime one can be off boarded from project even though performing well.
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel:Â This is a desk job.
Full Time
IT Support Department
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Nothing
Have no good project. And they throw you off after bench period. All they have is some service desk project which even 12th standard can do. Also work is more hours and you get only 5 hours to sleep.
Work days:Â Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
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Banking Operations Department
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Best think is transport allowance . You will get daily 340 rs if ur not using company transport and coming by self
Promotion percent was only 4 % for top rating last year
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.
Full Time
Data Science & Machine Learning Department
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Job security is good here. Your process gets change only if you are unable to perform well in any manager expectations. Skill development totally depends on the team leader but I'm sure everyone can show off or polish their skills here.
No work life balance. HR is so rude when you asks for work from home in serious situation. Salary is too less for the work. Promotions are fixed even if you perform better you only get promoted after a certain time that also depend on your team lead likings.
Work policy: Depending on manager
Work days:Â Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:Â This job involves Travel Within City.
Full Time
Software Development Department
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The work life balance is pretty good for me, but again that depends on the project you are into.
Everything was good until the new CEO Ravi Kumar taken over. Promotions are halted, yearly hikes are dropped.
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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