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Cognizant System Administrator Reviews

Updated 8 Jul, 2024

Overall Rating

3.9/5

based on 25 reviews

Rating distribution

13 (52.0%)

6 (24.0%)

3 (12.0%)

1 (4.0%)

2 (8.0%)

Category Ratings

3.7

Company culture

3.7

Salary

3.7

Work satisfaction

3.6

Job security

3.6

Skill development

3.5

Work-life balance

3.4

Promotions

What employees say about Cognizant?

Insights from employee reviews on AmbitionBox

Workplace insights

Monday to Friday

65% employees reported

Flexible timing

71% employees reported

No travel

55% employees reported

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Gender based rating

3.3

Rated by Women

5 reviews

4.3

Rated by Men

17 reviews

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Top Mentions in Cognizant System Administrator Reviews

25 reviews found

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System Administrator in Pune

Full Time

IT Infrastructure Services Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 08 Jul 2024

Likes

Different team colluge

Dislikes

Very high load, no work Life balance

Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

System Administrator in Chennai

Full Time

IT Network 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 08 Nov 2023

Likes

Their customers supportis very lively.

Dislikes

Had a very terrible experience trying to claim back my refund but was stocked in the end, but i was so lucky i got assisted by drewwake . Jtb tech at g mail com,

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Alternate Saturday off (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.

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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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System Administrator in Chennai

Full Time

IT Infrastructure Services Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

3.0

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 11 Sep 2023

Likes

Got terminated after completion of training, for more than 3 months we got non technical training and they assessed only based on our English communication, and don't know why they kept 3 rounds of interview before offering the job. It was a horrible experience where my entire career got collapsed, not only mine more dhan 200 candidates that I know faced the similar situation.

Dislikes

Whole journey in cts

Skill development - Bad
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.

System Administrator in Chennai

Full Time

IT Network Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 16 Apr 2023

Likes

I like it company

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

Dislikes

I feel uncomfortable

Skill development - Poor

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

System Administrator in Solan

Full Time

Banking Operations Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 24 May 2023

Likes

Good

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

Dislikes

They Working hours to long

Job security - Poor

System Administrator in Chennai

Full Time

IT Network Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

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 22 Apr 2021

Likes

Work environment

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

Dislikes

Not more events

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

System Administrator (working remotely)

Part Time

General Insurance 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 13 Sep 2023

Likes

Nice and bad and ok

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

Dislikes

Good and bad ok and

Work Details

Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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System Administrator in Chennai

Full Time

IT Infrastructure Services Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 28 Sep 2023

Likes

Not particularly to mention

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

Dislikes

Not particularly to mention

Work Details

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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System Administrator (working remotely)

Intern

system admin Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 12 Jul 2023

Likes

its good to work in cognizant

Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

there is no disliking this company

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

System Administrator in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

IT Network Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 09 May 2022

Likes

This is a good opportunity to get a job

Skill development - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good

Dislikes

Nothing

Work Details

Good

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

System Administrator (working remotely)

Full Time

IT Infrastructure Services Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 02 Aug 2022

Likes

As a fresher join cognizant is very very good

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

Dislikes

Nothing

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

System Administrator in Chennai

IT Network Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 27 Jul 2022

Likes

Nothing i like here and the first time in it

Dislikes

Everything i dislike here . Not even something i like

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

Work Details

Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.

System Administrator in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

IT Support 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 23 May 2022

Likes

Good work environment and culture

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

Dislikes

No feedback

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

System Administrator in Coimbatore

IT Network Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 20 Aug 2021

Likes

It's great privilege for anyone to work in the reputed company like yours.when I read about your company I found that my skills are matching your requirement where I can showcase my technical skills to contribute to the company growth.

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

Work Details

I can showcase my technical skills to contribute to the company growth and my career.

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

System Administrator in Kolkata

IT Network Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

2.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 17 Jul 2021

Likes

Pay, increment is per industry standards if you have good performance

Dislikes

This is going downhill. The technical growth is very limited.

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

Work Details

Below average

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

System Administrator in Chambang

IT Network Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 04 Jan 2022

Likes

Good opportunity to work with the company

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

Work Details

Work timings: Flexible Timings

System Administrator in Pune

IT Network Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 06 Feb 2021

Likes

Good compensation, great support financially

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Good
Promotions - Good
Company culture - Good

Dislikes

Poor work life balance, rapid cost cutting measures, very delayed replacements,

Work-life balance - Poor

Work Details

Good experience but if revenue is down for few quarters, the cost cutting process kicks in. The recruitment of replacements is also delayed and if they do not find a candidate with their salary requirements they will not hire you

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

System Administrator in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

IT Network Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 19 Sep 2019

Likes

Thanks for giving opportunity.

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

Dislikes

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

System Administrator in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

IT Network Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 04 Aug 2019

Likes

Everything

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

Dislikes

Nothing

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

System Administrator in Bangalore / Bengaluru

IT Network 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 17 Dec 2018

Likes

Amazing company i have learnt so many things and company helps me alot for my carrier growth.

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

Dislikes

Work Details

exciting

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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