Cognizant Trainee Programmer salaries in India (Updated 2025)

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...r work. Because Cognizant freshers have a better workplace than other companies. You also get a good salary, according to TCS, a learning platform is available from where a lot of skill development can be done.

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Keeping employees on the bench for a long timeKeeping employees on the bench for a long time.

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Good work culture. Good seniors and colleagues who support and guide us. Cognizant has good values and has concern about our mental and physical health.

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The fresher salary could be better when they come from bachelor's degree.

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For freshers its valuable place to work and we can learn so many things overthere,good support from seniors,and managers. u will feel comfortable ..

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not much , company want to increase compensation for joining degree students, around 16-17k in hand salary starting for degree students will be good ..overall its good company ,the place we learn,earn,enjoy

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Cognizant have it's own great culture, where you'll be treated equal to all the team members and in my case I got aa great team where all are very supportive and encourage you to learn and to balance your work and personal life

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...e work with all the team mates with less salary based your degree/qualification. There is a much difference in compensation based on the qualifications, but the work you do is same🤷🏻‍♂️

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It is one of the top MNCs in IT industry . It's a good organization and take care of its employees . Company policies are good and gives enough opportunities to learn.

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...s from the CTC and call it is as bonus that will not be paid to the employees . And they also deduct so much money from salary in name of PF and so on that will not repayable to the employees.