Cognizant Data Engineer salaries in Kolkata (Updated 2025)

Likes

1.Flexible timing 2.Good and helpful managers.

Dislikes

Low salary hike Delay in promotion No work life balance 3days mandatory WFO. if you not follow, it will affects your promotion Did not get paid for over time

Likes

It was giving decent salary and bonuses as well as promotions. But not anymore

Dislikes

No salary increment happened over a year and no official notice had been provided. Not much opportunity given to those who want to learn and grow. People seeking opportunity in a particular technology is not actively given a chance.

Likes

Work culture is better than any Indian peers like TCS, Infosys and Wipro.

Dislikes

...managment is very poor in terms of communicating key timelines to assocites. 4. Salary hike is very less and never on time.

Likes

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

Dislikes

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.

Likes

I have been learning new technologies since day one, so learning is never stopped for me after joining cognizant

Dislikes

Cognizant will not pay you well , Even if you are eligible for a better pay at the correct time they will release you from the project so that they don't have to promote you