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Cognizant is rated
4.4 out of 5 stars on
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Cyber Security Specialist in
Coimbatore
IT Security Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
5.0
Job Security
5.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 31 Mar 2022
Likes
Laege team no visibility to growth
Dislikes
Compensation and rating are poor even you do your job beyond expectations
Work Details
Good
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Cyber Security Specialist in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
As per me cognizant technology is best platform for learn new things
Dislikes
No that much salary hike and expected rating
Work Details
Work days: Rotational Shift
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Cyber Security Specialist in
Pune
Full Time
·
IT Security Department
5.0
posted on 23 Dec 2023
Overall Rating
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Technical Lead in
Pune
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
3.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
2.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 18 Dec 2024
Likes
Cognizant has hybrid work model, which is good for employees.
Dislikes
Cognizant bench policy is bad, they give less days to get yourself into a project. Also salary hike is low.
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, Travel Within Country.
Senior Analyst in
Mumbai
Full Time
·
Banking Operations Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
4.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
4.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 11 Dec 2024
Likes
Flexibility in working hours, hybrid working policy, positive work environment, flexible leave policy
Dislikes
Slow growth, learning opportunities should be more
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.
Software Engineer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
2.0
Company Culture
4.0
Work Satisfaction
2.0
Salary & Benefits
5.0
Job Security
3.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 09 Dec 2024
Likes
Flexibility in location and timings
Too many learning opportunities
Dislikes
Depends lot on project and people
Work life balance
Salary and increments
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves
Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.
Software Engineer in
Pune
Full Time
·
Engineering Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
2.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
4.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 04 Dec 2024
Likes
I don't like working in this company. I just don't have any other options left.
Dislikes
What's there not to dislike. Biggest issue is that there's no HR to raise ur concerns to. All they have is a portal and that too just for show.
Work Details
Work days: Rotational Shift
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves
Travel Within Country.
Technical Lead in
Kolkata
Full Time
·
IT Security Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
3.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
2.0
Job Security
3.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 03 Dec 2024
Likes
It may vary project to project and management to management. My previous project experience is very bad due to the management only. My current project , client and management is quite good.
Dislikes
There is no skip level meeting happens and I found HRs are already teamed up with the management.
Senior Associate in
Chennai
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
5.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
5.0
Work Satisfaction
5.0
Salary & Benefits
5.0
Job Security
5.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 01 Dec 2024
Likes
Good working culture among similar service based company.
CTC is straight forward almost like a product based company where fixed component is more and variable component is less
Good team and good development projects compared to support projects in other companies
Good work life balance
Dislikes
Hikes and promotion are not good.
Recent policy changes are not employee friendly
Golden days of Cognizant over once Francisco D’Souza tenure as CEO ended
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
Technical Lead in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
IT Infrastructure Services Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
1.0
Skill Development
1.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 29 Nov 2024
Likes
Nothing
Dislikes
Here HR’s don’t even listen to our problems. When we need help from HR’s they don’t even respond to our messages or mail but when they need something from us they directly call us.
Here, TMP team will say you will get project but when our bench time ends they force us to take up service desk projects by lying you can change projectafter 6 months. They treat us like we are some garbage and they quickly want to throw us in some garbage pot. These service desk project team leads are uneducated, don’t know how hiring happens. They will very much pressure and workload....Read More
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days: Rotational Shift
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Senior Associate in
Kolkata
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
3.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
2.0
Salary & Benefits
3.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 28 Nov 2024
Likes
Stability is good. Though in the ongoing global recession, many of my co-workers had to leave projects because of project ramp down and did not get any other projects. Instead of recruiting employees from bench in other projects they are hiring more from people outside.
Dislikes
Appraisal is bad. So joining with low salary does not help much in the long run, better to switch.
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Senior Associate in
Mumbai
Full Time
·
IT Consulting Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
2.0
Skill Development
2.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
2.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 27 Nov 2024
Likes
Work depends upon what project you get.
Had a chance to work on a small project from scratch.
Dislikes
Work timings are pathetic.
You work at your regular timings and still have to login later for client calls. In my case mostly extending till midnight.
The hybrid culture here is totally unproductive.
Upper management is worse, expects you to be available anytime for calls.
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.
Senior Associate in
Kolkata
Full Time
·
Business Intelligence & Analytics Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
3.0
Company Culture
2.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
3.0
Job Security
3.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 22 Nov 2024
Likes
Training and certification in multiple topics
Dislikes
Too many certification and training
Too many meetings
Extended working hours
Promised role as data scientist but it involves mostly data engineering and cloud/deployment staffs
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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Associate Software Engineer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
3.0
Company Culture
4.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
4.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 24 Dec 2024
Likes
Good I like that there are good projects available. If you get that great you will get experience and knowledge.
Dislikes
1. Salary and hikes are low.
2. Poor employee welfare activities, once a year they take you out for team lunch. If you missed then nothing, no gifts, abs nothing, saving so much money but gives back nothing.
Service Delivery Manager in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Back Office Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Promotions/Appraisal
5.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
5.0
Work Satisfaction
4.0
Salary & Benefits
5.0
Job Security
5.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 24 Dec 2024
Likes
Growth Opportunities. International opportunities are available for the right individuals
Dislikes
Nothing that I can think off. Salary can be enhanced a little more!!!
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves
International Travel, Travel Within Country.
Drug Safety Associate in
Navi Mumbai
Full Time
·
Health Informatics Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
2.0
Company Culture
2.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
3.0
Job Security
2.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 24 Dec 2024
Likes
Cognizant will be give you access to Udemy and many more other platforms from which you can do any courses for free of cost and level up yourself.
Dislikes
While in working with Cognizant you have to forget your work life balance because you will be forced to worked more than 10 11 hours daily and If you don't, threat of laying off will be given to you through your TL and managers
Associate in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Health Informatics Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
2.0
Company Culture
2.0
Work Satisfaction
2.0
Salary & Benefits
2.0
Job Security
3.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 24 Dec 2024
Likes
So far, i do not see any good experiences in terms of ratings, feedback, employee friendly, personal/family related concerns. Just getting pathetic treatment from all sides due to north indian culture and having personal concerns of location preference as bangalore. Always critised for the opportunity they provided like they have given what is not expected as employer. It seems like the employment is chargeable and costs my whole life in chennai only then I deserve to be a right candidate to work in their project. Seniors and HCM managers mostly lack of proper response and fair treatment in terms of opportunities, assignments, consideration, knowledge sharing, project experiences, personal concerns, ratings, feedback and support....Read More
Dislikes
Not feeling good due to consistently forced to change project and degrade ratings. Always denied for preferred location project even after 6 years of work experiences within cognizant. Did not get full exposure and work experience of the study in the project since I am not working as per their location preferrence. HCM managers are only utilising me for their work completion but never support about the personal concern. Mostly tamil managers are sucking the career of North Indian resource and never support since I have location constraints and requested to work from bangalore location. Tamil managers always wanted me to not to work from bangalore location unnecessarily which is very unfair. Not getting proper response and very badly treated by hcm managers or lead within project. This company just looking outside fine but inside it there is hell amount of unfair practices within projects in life science domain. Always critised for not being able to come to Chennai and got the average or poor ratings along with project release....Read More
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, Travel Within Country.
Sme Executive in
Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Full Time
·
Operations Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
1.0
Skill Development
1.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 23 Dec 2024
Likes
Having a job
Dislikes
Too many things to dislike.
Zero transperancy in their hiring.
Nodal point transport which can be anywhere from 2-5 km radius.
10 hrs shifts and with cab travel, it's 14 hrs shift.
Rapid hire and fire company. You get no compensation and have 30 days to find a new job.
Software Engineer Trainee in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
2.0
Skill Development
2.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 20 Dec 2024
Likes
It's MNC so work load is not much and you get nice architecture office and locality
Dislikes
They lay off when they don't have projects. They are over hired and less projects left with them.. you won't feel the pain but they will somehow kick you out if they don't need you... they might give you salary for 2 or 3 months to keep the mouth shut but they will lay off you silently
Presales Consultant in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
IT Consulting Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
2.0
Skill Development
1.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 20 Dec 2024
Likes
Anand from global large deals team.
Dislikes
Few members of the global large deals team are worse. Priya raghav and Ashwini rathore doesn't know how to talk to people. Ashwini even talked about my family very rudely. I would suggest don't join cognizant. Even if you join, don't join the global large deals team. Your life will be miserable.
Senior Associate Consultant in
Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Full Time
·
IT Infrastructure Services Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
3.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
4.0
Job Security
3.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 19 Dec 2024
Likes
Job security is good. Visibility to top management
Dislikes
It is like any other top MNC culture wise but the management is chaotic especially in the project i am working. There are too many people following up on work and too less people handling the work
Work Details
Work related travel: This job involves
Travel Within City.
Customer Care and Back Office Executive in
Pune
Full Time
·
General Insurance Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
4.0
Company Culture
4.0
Work Satisfaction
5.0
Salary & Benefits
4.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 19 Dec 2024
Likes
Many employees have said that cognizant offers a variety of great benefits. As an employee, you get full medical coverage, full dental coverage, full vision coverage, and decent paid time off. benefits are a good way for business to take care of their employees and boost morale. This is important because if a company's employees are taken care of the employees will take care of the company.
Dislikes
Nothing
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Processing Executive in
Gurgaon / Gurugram
Full Time
·
Non Voice Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
1.0
Skill Development
1.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
3.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 19 Dec 2024
Likes
The job role is fine.
Dislikes
Work culture is not good at all all, full of toxicity and politics. I was a fresher and my first experience is not good.
I would never refer someone to work here atleast not a fresher.
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How is Cognizant to work for?
Cognizant is rated 4.4 out of 5, based on 4 reviews by employees on AmbitionBox.
Cognizant is known for Company culture which is rated at the top and given a rating of 4.1. However, Career growth is rated the lowest at 3.2 and can be improved. To know first hand how it is like to work at Cognizant read detailed reviews based on various job profiles, departments and locations in the reviews section.
How is the salary at Cognizant?
According to AmbitionBox ratings, Cognizant employees rate its salary and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. You can know more about Cognizant Salaries at AmbitionBox
How is the work culture at Cognizant?
Work culture is rated 4.1 at Cognizant by 4 employees. While job security is rated 4.1 and work-life balance is rated 4.0 at Cognizant. Read detailed reviews by employees of Cognizant on AmbitionBox.