Cognizant Programmer salaries in Kolkata (Updated 2025)

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For a fresher it is a very good company to start with,training is good and freshers can get a good opportunity to gain their knowledge.

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...age to your YEA,but if u don't complete them,then u can get a very bad rating. 2)They are stopping most of the services in the name of cost cutting,the latest one is shutting down the inter office shuttle service. 3)HR's are there only to confuse you,they will not answer any of your questions.They will answer you in such a way so that you do not ask any question second time to them. 4)Job security is another concern.When they loose some big accounts,for sure some big heads will be asked to leave. though it is not there fault. 5)Compensation for candidates who are not B.tech(BCA or comp science graduate) is very very poor,u can not even imagine how less they are getting paid.Though they are doing the same work as engineering graduates(even more in some cases). 6)Non engineering graduates suffer in cognizant because there promotion criteria is higher compared to engineering graduates.On an average your every promotion will get delayed for 2-3 years compared tothose who have an engineering background. 7)i used to go to office every alternate sundays,without getting a single penny,they do not even provide you lunch.They only reimburse your cab fare,but please be cautious,your cab fare should not cross more than 500,or you might not get the reimbursement.It is not that client is not giving the cost of project for sundays,but higher management is not willing to give u overtime. A free advise to all the graduates except engineering graduates,please do not join cognizant before completing MCA, only after MCA u will get a salary like engineering graduates and your promotions will be in normal way.Anyhow they will crush you with work pressure,so its better to be crushed after getting a normal compensation rather than very low salary.