Cognizant Product Test Specialist salaries in Kolkata

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Yearly salary hikes are good.

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When any of the corporate companies top executives resign disproportionately, then it beacons a gloomy future. Never get carried away by company's top-line growth, there is a lot more to it than what meets the eye.

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Salary increase is 5% to 20% depending on how you butter your manager. Incentive was generally good for associate with good rating.

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The Job Security was nil. If you are in bench for more than 2 months, they force you to submit resignation and give you 2 more months for searching project after giving resignation. If you are able to search project, it's good otherwise, you have to leave organization. The have Learning programs like CCA, RDP, QA2QE where you have to give atleast 10 exams of 1 to 4 hour duration every year. Promotion above Associate is only done if you butter your manager otherwise irrespective of experience, it will never be done even if you are in AI or other niche skill and is having more than 10 years experience.

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Good I like that there are good projects available. If you get that great you will get experience and knowledge.

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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.

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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.

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Appraisal is bad. So joining with low salary does not help much in the long run, better to switch.

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Long term projects but mainly support projects. Flexible work timings On time salary and some increment every year Scope to show case your skills

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Every time you have search for the projects once your current project ramp down