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Cognizant Trainee Programmer Hyderabad / Secunderabad Reviews

based on 14 reviews

Updated 21 Jun, 2024

Overall Rating

4.4/5

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Category Ratings

4.1

Company culture

4.1

Skill development

4.0

Salary

4.0

Work-life balance

3.8

Promotions

3.7

Job security

3.7

Work satisfaction

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Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

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Quality Assurance and Testing Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 21 Jun 2024

Likes

None none none none none

Dislikes

It doesn't feel like work

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

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)

Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

IT Infrastructure Services Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 03 Apr 2024

Likes

Good

Company culture - Good

Dislikes

Nothing to say any about it

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Hi Everyone, I have 3.5 yoe in QA automation, initially in UFT, currently working on TOSCA, what salary bracket should I target. CCTC - 6.7 Please suggest.

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Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

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Operations, Maintenance & Support Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 20 Dec 2023

Likes

Overall good

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

Dislikes

More time kept on bench projects...and support role having 24/7 working hours but don't increment as well

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

IT Infrastructure Services Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

2.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 05 Nov 2023

Likes

Good

Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent

Dislikes

Doesn't give priority to employees

Company culture - Poor

Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Quality Assurance and Testing Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 15 Apr 2023

Likes

Nothing

Dislikes

Every weekend assessment

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

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Technology / IT 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 30 Sep 2023

Likes

Excellent

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

Dislikes

There is no dislikes

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 25 Mar 2023

Likes

I like the coordination of Team members.

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

Dislikes

Security of the job

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.

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Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Health Informatics 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 Aug 2023

Likes

Companies environment, merging with other employees easily, Learning new skills easily and getting more knowledge.

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: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Quality Assurance and Testing 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

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 04 Oct 2023

Likes

Perfect time scheduling.It was a great experience.

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

Dislikes

Nothing

Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Operations Support Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 25 May 2022

Likes

Company Culture and policies

Company culture - Good

Dislikes

Career growth and development

Job security - Poor
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

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 12 Jun 2022

Likes

Best place to work for freshere

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

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.

Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

EAS Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 28 Jul 2022

Likes

For freshers its valuable place to work and we can learn so many things overthere,good support from seniors,and managers. u will feel comfortable ..

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

Dislikes

not much , company want to increase compensation for joining degree students, around 16-17k in hand salary starting for degree students will be good ..overall its good company ,the place we learn,earn,enjoy

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.

Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

2.25 lpa 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 04 Nov 2022

Likes

Good experience at cognizant working

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

Dislikes

No dislike

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Trainee Programmer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Finance Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 03 Jun 2018

Likes

The work culture and ethics in Cognizant is nice.

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

Dislikes

The timings and also pay scale.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

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Gender Based Ratings for Cognizant Trainee Programmer Hyderabad / Secunderabad

based on 13 reviews

Rated 4.5 for Company culture and 4.3 for Salary

Rated 4.2 for Skill development and 3.7 for Work-life balance

Working Days for Cognizant Trainee Programmer Hyderabad / Secunderabad

based on 14 reviews

Monday to Friday

92%

Monday to Saturday

8%

Work Timings for Cognizant Trainee Programmer Hyderabad / Secunderabad

based on 14 reviews

Flexible timing

Strict (9am - 7pm)

Strict (9am - 6pm)

73%

14%

14%

Shift Timings for Cognizant Trainee Programmer Hyderabad / Secunderabad

based on 14 reviews

Day shift

100%

Business Travel for Cognizant Trainee Programmer Hyderabad / Secunderabad

based on 14 reviews

No travel

45%

Within city

33%

Within country

22%

Cognizant Trainee Programmer Salaries in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

based on 121 salaries

₹1.9 L/yr - ₹4.5 L/yr

7% less than the average Trainee Programmer Salary in India

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Employee Benefits for Cognizant Trainee Programmer Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Office cab/shuttle

1 total response

International/On-site exposure

1 total response

Health insurance

1 total response

Professional degree assistance

1 total response

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