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Cognizant
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Senior Subject Matter Expert in Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Full Time
Investment Banking Department
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- Work satisfaction - Excellent
- Company culture - Excellent
- Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Poor CTC and low incentives
- Salary - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
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Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Senior Subject Matter Expert in Coimbatore
Software Development Department
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We can work for the same salary without promotions and expected Hike till the Lifetime.
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No opportunity and Carrier growth in the service domain. Poor salary and promotions planning.
- Salary - Poor
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Bad
- Company culture - Poor
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Automation Expert in the non IT.
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
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Senior Subject Matter Expert in Chennai
Us Healthcare Department
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If I get a chance return to Cognizant... I said Yes! without any hesitation....
- Salary - Good
- Skill development - Excellent
- Job security - Good
- Promotions - Good
- Work satisfaction - Excellent
- Company culture - Excellent
- Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
I didn't face any issues like that, but my project got RAM downed in 2020. we all know how that time was unfortunately I was lay-offed and I didn't get any opportunities at that time.
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Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Senior Subject Matter Expert in Noida
Full Time
Non Voice Department
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Senior Process Associate in Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
Digital Marketing Department
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As a whole cognizant is excellent. They provide excellent skill development.
- Salary - Excellent
- Skill development - Excellent
- Job security - Excellent
- Promotions - Excellent
- Work satisfaction - Excellent
- Company culture - Excellent
- Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
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.
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Work policy: No hybrid structure all 5 days there was wfo.
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Senior Associate in Pune
Full Time
Software Development Department
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Competitive Salary offered to lateral joiners. Work life balance is good but yes it depends on project to project.
- Salary - Good
- Job security - Good
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Promotions are very less here
- Promotions - Poor
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Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Senior Associate in Chennai
Full Time
Software Development Department
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Better work-life balance after Covid. High learning curve and standards Environment would be better when compared with other tech giants
- Skill development - Good
- Job security - Excellent
- Company culture - Good
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Promotion cycle Hike
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Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Senior Associate in Noida
Full Time
Software Development Department
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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.
- Skill development - Good
Dislikes
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.
- Job security - Poor
- Promotions - Poor
- Company culture - Poor
- Work-life balance - Poor
Senior Associate in Pune
Full Time
IT Consulting Department
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1. salary do not have varaibale component. 2. Co-workers are good.
Dislikes
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
- Skill development - Poor
- Job security - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Poor
- Company culture - Poor
- Work-life balance - Poor
Work Details
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Processing Executive in Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Full Time
Finance Department
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Cab and shift Allowances Events and cultural activities Work pressure is less Company culture is also good
- Skill development - Good
- Work satisfaction - Good
- Company culture - Excellent
Dislikes
10 hrs working hours Delay hikes Delay promotions
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Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Processing Executive in Salem (working remotely)
Full Time
Voice / Blended Department
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It was great when I was working as a cognizant employee.. I left the company because of my health care issue. Now I want to rejoin as a cognizant employee.. is it possible ?
- Salary - Excellent
- Skill development - Excellent
- Job security - Excellent
- Promotions - Excellent
- Work satisfaction - Excellent
- Company culture - Excellent
- Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
I didn't find any dislike from cognizant
Processing Executive in Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Full Time
Non Voice Department
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Global Opportunities, Career Growth, Innovative Environmen, Diverse and Inclusive Culture, Client Impact These are general aspects that employees often appreciate about working at large technology firms like Cognizant
- Salary - Excellent
- Skill development - Excellent
- Job security - Excellent
- Promotions - Excellent
- Work satisfaction - Excellent
- Company culture - Excellent
- Work-life balance - Excellent
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It's important to note that experiences can vary widely depending on roles, teams, and individual circumstances within any organization, including Cognizant. For a more accurate picture, it's helpful to speak directly with current or former employees about their specific experiences and perspectives.
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Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Senior Process Associate in Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Full Time
Software Development Department
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Nothing
Dislikes
Worst work life balance. Complete politics. They just try to fill the seats in office. They expect you to work for 14 hours. And hike will not be according to your work, it's all about politics and friends.
- Salary - Bad
- Skill development - Bad
- Promotions - Poor
- Work satisfaction - Bad
- Company culture - Bad
- Work-life balance - Bad
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Work policy: Depends on seats available in office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Senior Business Analyst in Noida
Full Time
Business Intelligence & Analytics Department
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It has various groups and programs to skill up oneself both on technical aspect and softskills.
- Skill development - Good
- Job security - Good
Dislikes
Variables are average and hike is minimum. Mostly lower than the inflation rate.
- Salary - Poor
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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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Process Specialist in Pune
Full Time
Voice / Blended Department
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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 😛🍑 chatus and for others who bring 🥃🍺 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 😛🍑chatus. 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 😛🍑 chatu employees. False hopes given to retain employees. Personal grudges are kept if u don't become slave of the management....Read More
- 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 days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Rpa Project Manager in New Delhi (working remotely)
Full Time
Technology / IT Department
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Work from home and they don't put you in multiple projects paralalley
- Skill development - Good
- Job security - Good
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
In the name of annual increament all you get is peanut and that too 6 months delayed.
- Promotions - Poor
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Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Software Engineer2 in Noida
Full Time
Software Development Department
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Salary on time
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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
- Skill development - Bad
- Job security - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Bad
- Company culture - Bad
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Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
Programmer Analyst in Indore
Full Time
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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- Company culture - Good
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
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
- Salary - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Poor
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Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.
Associate in Chennai
Full Time
Operations, Maintenance & Support Department
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We can enjoy the company of colleagues in the beginning as a fresher.
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
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.
- Salary - Poor
- Skill development - Poor
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Poor
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Work policy: 2 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
Software Development Department
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Despite the fact that cognizant is not directly involved, the management team is the worst because I had a bad rating once and spoke with my HR about it. She said that it was illogical to claim to be able to speak Hindi, and they do not care about employees. While some employees are excellent, favoritism is a non-issue in the Kolkata office. I will not receive any better senior support that would help me start from scratch....Read More
- Skill development - Good
Dislikes
I can list innumerable dislikes. 1. HR role is not in line with his or her work, and seeing such service from such an MNC, particularly in Kolkata office, truly hurt me. 2. I believe that the best way to force the company to leave on its own volition is through favoritism, which is the most advantageous attack by the poor managementof the Kolkata office. 3. You must look for projects on your own, work hard to earn your rating, and fail every time if you are not a Bengali. 4. No work-life balance; you have to work on weekends and late nights, and as a result, you will be highly appreciated with a very bad rating and feedback. 5. salary is very low and there is no hike or promotion if you are not favourite candidate of your manager...Read More
- Salary - Bad
- Job security - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
- Company culture - Bad
- Work-life balance - Bad
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Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Associate in Chennai
Full Time
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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As a fresher learning curve would be Good for a QA fresher - end of the days majorly depends on project and team members
- Salary - Excellent
- Skill development - Excellent
- Job security - Excellent
- Promotions - Good
- Work satisfaction - Good
- Company culture - Good
- Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Career switch / career advancement is not possible inside cognizant
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Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Programmer Analyst in Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Full Time
Software Development Department
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- Job security - Good
- Company culture - Good
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Promotion criteria is not at all good. There is lot of discrimination over degree and b.tech education and the promotion eligibility criteria is worst.
- Salary - Bad
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Poor
- Work-life balance - Poor
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Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Junior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
IT Infrastructure Services Department
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As such some good projects are there And literally speaking i think like i dont see bigger good things
Dislikes
No proper onboarding No promotions No salry increment No communication Bad manger profile
- Salary - Bad
- Skill development - Bad
- Job security - Poor
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Bad
- Company culture - Bad
- Work-life balance - Bad
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Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
Associate Software Engineer in Kochi
Full Time
Software Development Department
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The project I was working was qatar airways .in that the I had very bad experience from the managerial perspective. It was complete wfo .Everything happens as per his interest.it was never a office culture but rather It was like a school .even checking on dresscode which even the company deosnt insist on. review depends on the office coming time even 10mins delay will be considered as bad mark. It was like torturing ....Read More
- Salary - Poor
- Job security - Poor
- Promotions - Bad
- Work satisfaction - Poor
- Work-life balance - Bad
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
- HQ - Teaneck. New Jersey., United States (USA)
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- 1 Lakh+ Employees (India)
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