Cognizant Reviews

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The most I disliked is the annual hikes which is just peanuts. They have given 3-5% hikes to all the employees ( 5% was the maximum hike given to the top performers, rest all got 3-4%. Management forced us to work on weekends from office which could have been easily managed from home as no one comes on weekends and feels like I am in graveyard, and the entire bay remains empty.

Work Details

Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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As a technical support analyst, your leaves depend on the team. I worked on 3 different teams 1. Large team you have to preplan the leaves minimum 15 days before the start of each month, so it is hard to get leaves for festivals 2. Good manager always approved leaves 3. Can't even imagine to take leave tightly packed roster. Work life balance is good because I was in work from home most of the time. The best part of cognizant is skill development - Free Udemy subscription, Free vouchers for Microsoft, Google, AWS certifications. Also 50% reimbursement for other certifications related to your role. Salary is average, but not much competitive. Culture Depends on the project based on my 3 projects 1. Good 2. Great 3. Worst...Read More

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Job security depends on situations. Few of my friends were in bench for more than 6 months, happily receiving salary without joining any project. While one of my friend was dismissed from cognizant because of not reporting to office during bench time. It all depends on the lead., my last project lead is a good man but a bad lead, he is new to cognizant as well. He doesn't even hear your suggestions and made me lose 3 months of night shift allowances worth 18,000...Read More

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Work policy: For most days it was work from home. Then they asked to report to office for 3 days, later 2 days and in my last project it was work from home again

Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Nothing is interesting about CTS at this point of time

Dislikes

No promotions and partiality based on region especially they do everything for only Tamil people Managers do not consider other region except Chennai and Coimbatore

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.

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Growth and carrier opportunity. Bucket of benefits is adjustable which is good. Quality work and new skills learning opportunity

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Work culture is not good. Team size is always minimised. Managers are too demanding. No work life balance

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Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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Nothing to like about this company

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0 work life balance Even if you live thousands of kms away they will drag you to come to office And forget about good salary or promotion Join this company only if you want to destroy your life and your mental health

Work Details

Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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Job security is still there in cognizant unlike other companies. IJM helps to get promotion on time only if you are eligible and having capabilities.

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Starting Covid, work life balance is missing in life and the annual appraisal is so pathetic that it won't reflect in your increased salary. But the worst thing which I felt in my whole cognizant career is that there is no policy to adjust the salary as per IT standard if you have joined with low salary scale in BPO that too withoutyour knowledge (because HR won't tell you which SO will be used for your joining but your salary structure will be based on that)....Read More

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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Working environment in every project differs. My starting project was very well employee friendly. Leave policies are good here.

Dislikes

Some projects do micro management. You will get irritated by management.

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.

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low salaries, poor work-life balance, inconsistent project quality due to high fresher hiring, lack of job security, limited career growth opportunities, excessive internal politics, and poor management, particularly regarding performance evaluations and salary hikes; with many citing concerns about project-dependent work quality and the potential for being placed on the bench without a project assigned to them. Key points about potential downsides at Cognizant: Compensation: Many employees report feeling underpaid compared to industry standards, with concerns about low salary increases and inadequate benefits. Work-life balance: Complaints about long working hours, pressure to meet deadlines, and difficulty maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Management issues: Criticism regarding inconsistent leadership quality, favoritism, and a lack of transparency in decision-making. Job security: Concerns about potential layoffs, especially during economic downturns, and the possibility of being placed on the bench without a project. Career growth: Some employees feel limited opportunities for advancement and skill development within the company. Internal politics: Allegations of internal competition and favoritism within teams, impacting career progression....Read More

Work Details

Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

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Depends on your home manager, some are really supportive. 5-6 hours required from office (depends on the project), rest can be done from home, udemy access, cloud certifications

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Salary is too low, only ceo earns good money, exploiting freshers and playing with their careers. They don't have many projects, so most of the time people will be on bench. Promotions are delayed/cancelled based on their convenience citing reasons like utilization is less (common sense- it is less because the company has less projects). Promotions criteria are increased if you satisfy previous required criteria. Hikes are less than peanuts. Company culture is bad, no festival celebration nothing. Work-life balance depends on the project; if you have a project, then you're overloaded with work and if you don't, you're overloaded with stress as they can terminate you anyday. FEW OF THE LATERAL HIREES ARE PUT ON BENCH AND LATER TERMINATED AFTER 6 MONTHS. JOIN ONLY IF YOU WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME AND CAREER....Read More

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.