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3.8

based on 47.1k Reviews

Proud winner of ABECA 2024 - AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards

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Cognizant Salaries in India

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Engineering - Software & QA Customer Success, Service & Operations IT & Information Security Data Science & Analytics + 6 more
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₹3.9 L/yr - ₹19.2 L/yr

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₹1.4 L/yr - ₹5.1 L/yr

0 - 5 years exp. (2.8k salaries)
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₹1 L/yr - ₹7.5 L/yr

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0 - 6 years exp. (2.7k salaries)
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₹1.9 L/yr - ₹7.5 L/yr

2 job openings
7 - 19 years exp. (2.6k salaries)
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₹8.1 L/yr - ₹27.9 L/yr

2 job openings
4 - 16 years exp. (2.6k salaries)
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₹9.5 L/yr - ₹36 L/yr

14 job openings
0 - 10 years exp. (2.5k salaries)
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₹4.2 L/yr - ₹18 L/yr

8 job openings
2 - 13 years exp. (2.1k salaries)
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₹5.2 L/yr - ₹15 L/yr

1 job opening
0 - 8 years exp. (2.1k salaries)
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₹3.1 L/yr - ₹15 L/yr

0 - 7 years exp. (1.8k salaries)
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₹2.3 L/yr - ₹14.2 L/yr

1 job opening
0 - 6 years exp. (1.8k salaries)
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₹3.6 L/yr - ₹14.3 L/yr

4 job openings
0 - 9 years exp. (1.8k salaries)
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₹2.5 L/yr - ₹14.3 L/yr

1 job opening
0 - 8 years exp. (1.8k salaries)
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₹1.6 L/yr - ₹6.7 L/yr

12 job openings
5 - 16 years exp. (1.7k salaries)
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₹8.5 L/yr - ₹26 L/yr

17 job openings
10 - 21 years exp. (1.7k salaries)
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₹10 L/yr - ₹34 L/yr

3 job openings
0 - 4 years exp. (1.6k salaries)
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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹8.4 L/yr

0 - 5 years exp. (1.6k salaries)
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₹1 L/yr - ₹9 L/yr

1 - 6 years exp. (1.5k salaries)
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₹2.6 L/yr - ₹14.2 L/yr

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Last Updated: 19 Dec, 2024

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3.4

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Project & Program Management Department

4.0
  •  posted on 18 Dec 2024

3.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

Likes

Ample of learning opportunities if you are willing to take it. Good work life balance in general. Good culture. Leadership if open to hearing employees issues and support them as possible.

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Salary is lower compared to other firms.

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Customer Success, Service & Operations Department

3.0
  •  posted on 16 Dec 2024

2.0
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Work culture is excellent. Mixed culture makes it really good work environment. Free hand in New Projects for getting new profile.

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Dislikes

Salary as per industry standards is less, Increment as per previous followups has not been great. But favouritism plays it's part.

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Finance & Accounting Department

4.0
  •  posted on 15 Dec 2024

4.0
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Likes

I like working in Cognizant, I won’t say this is best place to work, but if you are looking for settle or tired of weird culture or any issue. This company is better then those.

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Dislikes

...ule, you have do everything that your manager says, to manager and get progress. Variable and Bonus get cut down to 20-30% only. Even if you perform the best.

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Consulting Department

3.0
  •  posted on 13 Dec 2024

3.0
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Get to work on projects for good companies. This gives an overall exposure into some of the biggest businesses around the world

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Dislikes

1. Compensation is very poor 2. No work life balance 3. No policy for over-time work 4. No policy for late night shifts 5. No additional benifits 6. No additional gifts / bonuses / cheers points for festivals etc.

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Project & Program Management Department

3.0
  •  posted on 13 Dec 2024

2.0
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Likes

MNC benefits.

Dislikes

...you will come across all IT companies. Just learn to survive, upskill and excel. Do not depend on your job or salary, have multiple streams of income without moonlighting and switch jobs whenever you get a good opportunity. Work for your own success not for the company.

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Cognizant Salary FAQs

How much does Cognizant pay per year?
The average Cognizant salary ranges from approximately ₹0.2 Lakh to ₹0.2 Lakh per year for a Safety Engineer and ₹94 Lakhs to ₹96 Lakhs per year for a Senior Director Finance. Salary estimates are based on 5.7L Cognizant salaries received from various employees of Cognizant. Cognizant employees rate the overall salary and benefits package 3.4/5 stars.
What is the highest salary in Cognizant?
The highest-paying job at Cognizant is a Senior Director Finance with a salary of ₹94 Lakhs to ₹96 Lakhs per year. The top 10% of employees earn more than ₹18.33 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹32 lakhs per year.
What is the minimum salary in Cognizant?
Minimum salary at Cognizant depends on the role you are applying for. For Processing Executive the minimum salary is ₹1 Lakh to ₹5 Lakhs per year, and for Programmer Analyst Trainee the minimum salary is ₹0.9 Lakh to ₹4.6 Lakhs per year and so on.
What is the salary package for freshers in Cognizant?
The average salary at Cognizant for freshers varies from ₹1 Lakh to ₹2 Lakhs per year for Security Guard and ₹13 Lakhs to ₹15 Lakhs per year for Senior Business Development Analyst.
What is the notice period at Cognizant?
According to AmbitionBox, 32% of the Cognizant employees reported a notice period of 2 Months, 30% reported a notice period of 3 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 2.9L responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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