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Cognizant System Engineer Hardware Kolkata Reviews

Updated 17 Aug, 2024

Overall Rating

3.3/5

based on 4 reviews

Rating distribution

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2 (50.0%)

1 (25.0%)

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Category Ratings

3.6

Skill development

3.4

Job security

3.3

Salary

3.0

Company culture

3.0

Promotions

2.6

Work-life balance

2.6

Work satisfaction

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System Engineer Hardware in Kolkata

Full Time

IT Infrastructure Services Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 17 Aug 2024

Likes

Nothing I hate everything here, 10 hours login in office, office politics which affects appraisal, delayed appraisal, No opportunity for growth as you can't change domain, hybrid model is useless for people from outside office city.

Dislikes

Gave me opportunity to start my career.

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

System Engineer Hardware in Kolkata

Full Time

IT Infrastructure Services Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 14 Jul 2024

Likes

Appraisal is good compared to other companies.

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Company culture - Good

Dislikes

Work environment is not good

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Hello guys, I've the below offers, (Teamware and Wipro not yet released the offers yet). I'm confused which one to choose. Could you give me some suggestions? Thanks. TCS : 13 LPA Teamware Solution: (Client: BNP Paribas) : 15 LPA Wipro: 16.5 LPA Tech: Cybersecurity, Vulnerability management, Crowdstrike, Risk Assessment. YOE: 7 yrs Location: Chennai

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System Engineer Hardware in Kolkata

Full Time

IT Support Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 20 Mar 2024

Likes

Salary hikes , skillup , great place to work , wonderful projects to work on

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

Dislikes

Internal job moves are very tough even if you are skilled up

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

System Engineer Hardware in Kolkata

ITES Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 08 Mar 2018

Likes

Team was good. The Organization helps you grow.

Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Company culture - Good

Dislikes

No work-life balance. Some Team Leaders and Managers are horrible

Work-life balance - Poor

Work Details

Hectic

Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

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