Cognizant Teaching Faculty salaries in India

Likes

...aceful work culture. If you are lucky, you may get a great process to work with. Salary is good too.

Dislikes

Very notorious for putting people on bench. I was training the employees of two clients for 3 months and had successfully improved their performance, but when the time came for me to show my work to the management, they said that both the clients were not a part of the service line. All my efforts were a waste. No recognition at all. Nothing! A month later they put me on bench because they did not have any projects for me. Once you are on bench, you are just supposed to go to office on your own money (no cab facility), and mark your attendance and do nothing. THIS IS THE STORY OF MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN PUT ON BENCH.

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The salary and the hybrid model of work

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The 10 hour work day, the 3 month long notice period. Resource allocation to projects is completely opaque and there is no logical methodology to it - no skill mapping, no background match, nothing of the sort.. completely random and rather moronic system of project allocation.

Likes

Good work environment and culture. Teammates are supportive and the management is transparent.

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There is a lot of politics and the management doesn't address our issues. Salary is decent but career growth is slow. There is a bond of 2 year before which you cannot resign. On the job training is not giving to new joinees.

Likes

Cognizant has its strengths, but I feel there's room for improvement in several areas beyond just salary. For me, the overall experience hasn’t aligned with my expectations.

Dislikes

In my personal experience, I have faced challenges with the lack of qualified managers and team leads. For instance, in our team, we work from different locations, and our team lead rarely conducted regular team huddles. Even when I, as a senior, tried to take responsibility and initiate meetings, he would often find reasons to stop or postpone them. Over the course of the year, he connected with the team only four or five times, which was far from adequate for effective team collaboration. Additionally, my manager has been disconnected from the team for over a year. When he first joined during a critical transformation period, he did not take the time to observe the team members' expertise, interests, or long-term goals. This lack of involvement left us feeling unsupported and undervalued. One major concern was the cultural bias I experienced. Being from Chennai and a Tamil speaker, I noticed a clear difference in how I and others like me were treated compared to team members from Hyderabad, particularly Telugu-speaking colleagues. This disparity in treatment created a sense of alienation and made it difficult to feel like a cohesive part of the team.

Likes

Cognizant offers a wide range of career paths in IT, consulting, and business process services, which can be appealing to professionals looking to grow their careers.

Dislikes

The work hours used to affect my work life balance and I feel that salary increments and promotions are slower compared to competitors.