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Cognizant Senior Software Engineer Kolkata Reviews

Updated 13 Jan, 2025

Overall Rating

3.3/5

based on 12 reviews

Rating distribution

2 (16.7%)

4 (33.3%)

0 (0%)

2 (16.7%)

Category Ratings

3.5

Work-life balance

3.2

Company culture

3.2

Job security

3.2

Skill development

3.0

Promotions

2.9

Salary

2.9

Work satisfaction

What employees say about Cognizant?

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Monday to Friday

78% employees reported

Flexible timing

56% employees reported

No travel

78% employees reported

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Gender based rating

3.4

Rated by Women

3 reviews

3.3

Rated by Men

8 reviews

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12 reviews found

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Senior Software Engineer in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 13 Jan 2025

Likes

Good as a service base company

Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Salary and perks

Promotions - Poor

Senior Software Engineer in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 25 Sep 2023

Likes

1. Okayish work culture. 2. In my case, I found my teammates more helpful than managers or tech leads. 3. If project revenue is good, salary hike will be good. Otherwise expect 5-8% hike.

Dislikes

1. Toxic tech lead in my case. Micromanagement. 2. Internal politics is top notch. 3. More than 10 hours work on workdays, some Saturdays without extra pay.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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a servicenow developer

Salary Negotiation

Hi Everyone I am working as a ServiceNow Developer with 6.75 LPA ( 6.1 fixed ) . I got an offer from PWC with 10.5 LPA fixed + 20% variable and I accepted the offer. Now I got another offer from IBM with 11.5 fixed + 10% variable. My LWD is May 02 I want to Negotiate with PWC if they can give more than IBM . My query is How much can I ask for with PWC ? Please pour your Insights Thank you!

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Senior Software Engineer in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 01 Dec 2022

Likes

Pretty good clients and good projects If client is understanding and you are completing your assigned tasks on time, you are good

Job security - Good

Dislikes

Projects which are in maintenance phase now will not give you much of a scope as a developer to learn because most of the new development opportunities would be around feature extension instead of end to end development. Work hours extended to 10 hours everyday after WFH started where 1 hr was supposed to be for self learning but some team managers will expect you to be available for client work even during that 1 hr....Read More

Salary - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Senior Software Engineer in Kolkata

Full Time

General Insurance 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 18 May 2023

Likes

Nothing.

Dislikes

The management is the worst i have experienced in my entire career. They don't care about employees, what matters to them is delivery of the project.

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 job involves Travel Within City.

Senior Software Engineer in Kolkata

Full Time

IT Infrastructure Services Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 03 Oct 2023

Likes

Work life balance Hybrid Learning

Job security - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Salary Cost cut

Senior Software Engineer in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 23 Aug 2023

Likes

Leave policy was good

Skill development - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

The worst thing was Micro management

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development 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 21 Apr 2022

Likes

Wonderful Organisation to work

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Nothing

Work Details

Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Senior Software Engineer in Kolkata

Full Time

Banking Operations Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

2.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 21 Apr 2023

Likes

Nothing good for engineer/sr engineer. Its heaven for managers.

Salary - Good

Dislikes

I hate managerial culture.

Skill development - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Poor
Work-life balance - Poor

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Senior Software Engineer in Kolkata

Full Time

Retail Store Operations Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 30 Jun 2023

Likes

No likes as of now

Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Promotions - Excellent
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

No dislikes as of now

Senior Software Engineer in Kolkata

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 01 Feb 2022

Likes

Learnt lot of things in my domain

Skill development - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Kolkata

Architecture & Interior Design 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 20 Apr 2021

Likes

Thanks for everything

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Nothing

Work Details

Good place to work

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves International Travel.

Senior Software Engineer in Kolkata

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 07 Apr 2019

Likes

Teammates were very good

Dislikes

Dull manager driven...and buttering is the key factor here for anything.

Skill development - Poor
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

Work Details

I have seen politics of dull people.

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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