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Cognizant Senior Software Engineer Reviews

based on 215 reviews

Updated 16 Dec, 2024

Overall Rating

3.7/5

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Category Ratings

3.6

Skill development

3.5

Work-Life balance

3.5

Company culture

3.4

Salary & Benefits

3.4

Work Satisfaction

3.2

Job Security

3.1

Promotions/Appraisal

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Senior Software Engineer

IT Network Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

4.0

Company Culture

4.0

Work Satisfaction

3.0

Salary & Benefits

3.0

Job Security

3.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 06 Aug 2018

Likes

Work culture is one thing where cts is average at. Compensation benefits lack as v.p will be good evry year. Learning is avarage too. Job security good. Managers rule and HRs don't.

Dislikes

It depends on project. But cts as a whole I don't have any dislikes excepts for very marginal hikes each year.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Gurgaon / Gurugram

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

4.0

Company Culture

4.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

3.0

Job Security

4.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 18 Jul 2024

Likes

Work culture mostly depend on Project and project manager. In my case i got very good project manager and project. I also got wfh and manage to wlb easly.

Dislikes

Ratings is not based on your some time they give ratings as per favouritsm of manager.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Need suggestion on offer

I got offers from Accenture and UST Global as java developer. I am having 5.4 years of experience. Which is better to join. Compensation Accenture : X LPA fixed UST : X+1.5L fixed

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Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

·

Banking Operations Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

4.0

Company Culture

4.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

4.0

Job Security

4.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 06 May 2024

Likes

Good to work and you will have learning. You will enjoy employee benefits. Hike and Bonus will be every year without fail

Dislikes

No cons i have found.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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Senior Software Engineer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Promotions/Appraisal

2.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

2.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

1.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 17 Mar 2024

Likes

There is really nothing to like in Cognizant for a real techie.

Dislikes

It is not at all employee friendly. 10 hours mandatory office time tracking. Worst HR policies that you can find in an IT company. Bench policy is hell. Poor work life balance due to the above. HR that has no idea about IT or IT skills and that only favor project management. AI would better replace them. No real growth in technology and career due to lack of direction and expertise within leadership. No matter whatever changes are made, Appraisal and Promotion still follow old processes and are based on random management choices. It has now become the worst IT company with no growth....Read More

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

·

Software Development 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

5.0

Salary & Benefits

5.0

Job Security

4.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 07 Dec 2024

Likes

Cognizant wonderful company, great place to work. No job pressure and great work life balance. And hybrid work culture

Dislikes

Most of the call are evening

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 Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development 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 02 Dec 2024

Likes

Nothing

Dislikes

Bad policies in the company

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Senior Software Engineer in New Delhi

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

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 29 Nov 2024

Likes

Good

Dislikes

Job security, and nothing specific

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Senior Software Engineer in Noida

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

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 27 Nov 2024

Likes

Work culture , positive environment and facilities provided to employees

Dislikes

Nothing

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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Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

·

Technology / IT 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 24 Nov 2024

Likes

Poor company

Dislikes

Poor company and poor mangers

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Noida

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Promotions/Appraisal

5.0

Skill Development

5.0

Company Culture

5.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

4.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 18 Nov 2024

Likes

🤘

Dislikes

Bench policy implies very less jo

Senior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

5.0

Skill Development

4.0

Company Culture

4.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

2.0

Job Security

4.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 18 Nov 2024

Likes

Good work projects wise, managers are also good

Dislikes

Job security is not good here

Senior Software Engineer in Coimbatore

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Promotions/Appraisal

2.0

Skill Development

5.0

Company Culture

3.0

Work Satisfaction

2.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

3.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 18 Nov 2024

Likes

Company culture and insurance benefits

Dislikes

Bench policy reduction

Senior Software Engineer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Promotions/Appraisal

2.0

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 18 Nov 2024

Likes

Just its IT company

Dislikes

No Job security.

Senior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

5.0

Skill Development

4.0

Company Culture

4.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

3.0

Job Security

4.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 19 Oct 2024

Likes

Good company to work

Dislikes

As of now no

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Senior Software Engineer in Pune

Full Time

·

Quality Assurance and Testing Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

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 08 Oct 2024

Likes

Nothing

Dislikes

Everything from RTO to work life balance is terrible

Senior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

3.0

Skill Development

3.0

Company Culture

3.0

Work Satisfaction

3.0

Salary & Benefits

3.0

Job Security

4.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 08 Oct 2024

Likes

Work with friends

Dislikes

Appraisal is not fair and biased

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Promotions/Appraisal

3.0

Skill Development

3.0

Company Culture

2.0

Work Satisfaction

2.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

2.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 04 Oct 2024

Likes

Nothing

Dislikes

Not allocating projects and terminating

Senior Software Engineer in Pune

Full Time

·

IT Infrastructure Services Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

2.0

Company Culture

3.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

2.0

Job Security

4.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 20 Sep 2024

Likes

If got project , work life balance is good Cultural festival Competition

Dislikes

To find project is a difficult task here Keep you in bench for a long time and they can terminate you

Senior Software Engineer in Kochi

Full Time

·

Banking Operations Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

2.0

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 21 Aug 2024

Likes

Work life balance and exploring new learning path

Dislikes

People management is not good

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work timings: Flexible Timings

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Promotions/Appraisal

3.0

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 31 Jul 2024

Likes

Not liked cognizant is cheating

Dislikes

It does not have good project

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Cognizant is rated 3.7 out of 5, based on 215 reviews by employees on AmbitionBox. Cognizant is known for Skill development which is rated at the top and given a rating of 3.6. However, Career growth is rated the lowest at 3.1 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.

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According to AmbitionBox ratings, Cognizant employees rate its salary and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. You can know more about Cognizant Salaries at AmbitionBox

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Work culture is rated 3.5 at Cognizant by 215 employees. While job security is rated 3.2 and work-life balance is rated 3.5 at Cognizant. Read detailed reviews by employees of Cognizant on AmbitionBox.

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According to AmbitionBox, 58% Cognizant employees work from office 3 days/week, and 9% work from office 2 days/week (based on 21 AmbitionBox reviews in last 6 months).

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Work Policy for Cognizant Senior Software Engineer

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based on 21 reviews in last 6 months

Hybrid

71%

3 days/week from office

58%

2 days/week from office

9%

Other hybrid work policies

4%

Work from office

29%

Gender Based Ratings for Cognizant Senior Software Engineer

based on 203 reviews

Rated 3.5 for Skill Development and 3.4 for Work-Life Balance

Rated 3.7 for Skill Development and 3.6 for Company Culture

Working Days for Cognizant Senior Software Engineer

based on 215 reviews

Monday to Friday

89%

Rotational Shift

6%

Other

3%

Monday to Saturday

1%

Alternate Saturday off

1%

Work Timings for Cognizant Senior Software Engineer

based on 215 reviews

Flexible timing

Strict (9am - 6pm)

Strict (10am - 8pm)

74%

4%

3%

19% employees reported other strict timings

Shift Timings for Cognizant Senior Software Engineer

based on 215 reviews

Day shift

Night shift

93%

7%

Business Travel for Cognizant Senior Software Engineer

based on 215 reviews

No travel

75%

Within city

17%

International travel

4%

Within country

4%

Cognizant Senior Software Engineer Salary

based on 5k salaries

₹6.2 L/yr - ₹29 L/yr

9% more than the average Senior Software Engineer Salary in India

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Employee Benefits for Cognizant Senior Software Engineer

Office cab/shuttle

4 total responses

International/On-site exposure

1 total response

Free meal

1 total response

Health insurance

12 total responses

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