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AIA Department
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Work from home, Job security, onsite opportunities
Strong regionalism in ADM, Promotions are very hard for. Hikes are not as per market standards.
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Data Science & Machine Learning Department
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Work culture is good in AI and Analytics team. Lot of opportuinity to learn and grow ,work life balance variea from project to project but in AIA its mostly good in majprity of projects.
Transportation from cognizant dosent covers whole bangalore its a big problem if your are bangalore south travelling to Manyata is a big problem in pkst covid traffic. Perks provided are not adequate cognizant still uses very old parameters to.calculate daily allowances if you work from client office what they offsr niether covers fuel nor food expense.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.
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Engineering Department
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everything till now is good for me
Nothing is there to dislike it
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Data Science & Analytics - Other Department
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It's okay to join if you don't have any options
Not that good for skill development
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Health Informatics Department
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Nothing
People behavior is too bad over here.
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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AIML Department
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Salary on time. That's it
Internal politics, Never trust your manager. He or she can lie even after documenting it on email. Skip level will say, we have to follow policies. no one is trust worthy here.
Work policy: 2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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Projects are good, seniors are also supportive.
Projects opportunities are very less, so they are telling employes to resign. There bench period is very bad.
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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Software Development Department
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Colleagues are good and very co-operative.
There is a lack of work-life balance, a poor work culture, and ineffective leadership management. While some managers are supportive, others practice excessive micromanagement. Leave approvals are rarely granted, and the work environment is highly demanding. Being on the bench puts you in the red zone, whereas being in a project offers job security.
Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
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Data Science & Machine Learning Department
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I like the culture most.
They had forced me to give resignation letter. Due to I was in bench 35 days . They gave trainees as pyspark but they didn't provided as our skill based Project.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.
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Software Development Department
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Nothing to like except to learn how to survive in toxic management.
Never ever join cognizant those who have had technical skills, dreams to thrive in career also have family responsibilities as Cognizant job security is Zero. Projects are surrendered and handled by incapable management. Anytime one can be off boarded from project even though performing well.
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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Growth and carrier opportunity. Bucket of benefits is adjustable which is good. Quality work and new skills learning opportunity
Work culture is not good. Team size is always minimised. Managers are too demanding. No work life balance
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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Quality Assurance and Testing Department
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Working environment in every project differs. My starting project was very well employee friendly. Leave policies are good here.
Some projects do micro management. You will get irritated by management.
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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IT Infrastructure Services Department
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Cognizant have lot of job opportunities and provide nice pay according to market standards. People working in cognizant can switch to other technology and work on it.
Hikes are very less when compare to other companies. Due to internal politics talented people efforts are recognised.
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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Business Intelligence & Analytics Department
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Will get salary that is ok
But if you give more importance to mental health than salary don't join this company. You are literally a slave of the client and no body will speak for you.. and if your too lucky to get a client like Novartis(pharmaceutical company) and especially get into celonis tool project then you can say bye bye to your mental health and just hug the salary you get and stay. Working hard is not the issue but the politics they play and the slavery you guys will experience is more than what was done in the colonization period. Hope everyone understands my mental health state currently and would deeply analyze before joining cognizant or Novartis....Read More
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Software Development Department
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Work life balance is good. Job satisfaction is also fair. Company pays fair enough. I am not satisfied or I should say I am not impressed with the appraisal procedure implemented by the management. Post 1 year no appraisal at all or the performance bonus. They have their own way of doing it in the month of July or August and it doesn’t matter when you have completed 1 year.
Appraisal and performance bonus payout .
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Software Development Department
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I got offer during pandemic as fresher since then I worked remotely which helped me.
The promotion and salary hike is not as per the employee performance
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
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Software Development Department
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Salary on time
No recognition Pathetic increments No promotion No onsite opportunities No free meal Paid parking Highly priced non sense meal You can learn skills from Udemy but will never get chance to apply them. Company culture is pathetic Job security is none. Work satisfaction. None
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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Enterprise & B2B Sales Department
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Job security Skill development Good allowances Good cab service
10 hours shift Salary Company culture Rude management Politics Specially that manager of imagery surya is total partial racist guy and under that kiran tl is so rude act like a teacher because of that management I left cognizant
Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)
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Voice / Blended Department
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Salary is Good along with bonus pay every 6 month and pickup drop facility for night shift employee
For Healthcare process facility and working environment is worst and toxic
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Data Science & Machine Learning Department
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Delayed promotions, low rating due to company policies or some random reason, less increments, even if you work hard. No perks or benefits during festivals like Diwali
Work timings: Flexible Timings
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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Software Development Department
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I have had the opportunity to work with clients, and I appreciate the client positive environment. which makes the work experience enjoyable. However, I feel that there isn’t anything particularly unique about the company itself.
I appreciate my time at the company and the collaborative environment we have. However, I would like to express that the lack of promotions and salary increases has been a concern for me. It can be discouraging when hard work doesn't seem to be recognized through career advancement or financial rewards. I believe that addressing these aspects could greatly enhance employee satisfaction and motivation....Read More
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.
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IT Support Department
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I had a disappointing experience working at Cognizant as a Process Executive in the GIS field. The work environment was toxic, with a lack of professionalism among colleagues and management. Favoritism and partiality were prevalent, making it difficult to grow based on merit. Work-life balance was poor, as excessive pressure and unrealistic expectations left me with little time after work. The overall culture did not foster a supportive or motivating atmosphere. Based on my experience, I wouldn’t recommend it to those seeking a healthy and professional workplace....Read More
Work policy: It was work from home
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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IT Consulting Department
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Cognizant is more concentrated what I thought prior to my joining, it's really having a very good culture and work environment for fresher and lateral resources. In terms of career growth it is the ultimate organisation to look forward for an SAP employee specifically. Also it is having some good projects to work on. S4 HANA projects are there but greenfield implementation do not have as of now.Overall it is good....Read More
Should look into more S4 Hana implementation projects and onsite opportunities for India employees.
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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Technology / IT Department
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Leadership matters the most. If you are under right leader you will have proper growth. You will have flexibility to work.
Organization still blindly believing some unskilled leaders. Noone seems to cross questioning on their capacity. Mostly onshore team members rushes behind taking someone's credit on their name. There are many positions where unskilled people are present which will let you work without playing politics.
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IT Security Department
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For me provide learning and development opportunities such as certification vouchers from various companies.
For me not giving salary hike as per my payable work for last 3 years but it depends on projects to projects and manager's not a company issue.
Work policy: 3 days/week from office
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Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Department
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The organisation is giving opportunity to learn new things every time , in a very short pan of time I have learnt many new things.
Only 1 point I will say the shift timing.
Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This is a desk job.
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