Cognizant reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(120,828 total reviews)
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61% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Cognizant has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 120,828 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cognizant employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Apr 30, 2021

Okay job

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Pros

Pay is okay for 1st job outta college. Obviously not google level 60k with benefits. You get job experience and a signing bonus which. You can use to job hop a year later if you choose. They paid us instead of laying us off during the pandemic and its a solid company that never did wrong by me.

Cons

Terrible mentorship if you end up as a QA you will be doing manual testing most likely. You get to interview for projects but there isnt any structure for newer hires they just throw you into it. Its super stressful to work as a “contractor” when you arent sure if a project is going to end. You might have to move super far away which is unfeasible sometimes. Horrible place to grow your skillset. Good luck trying to switch from QA to anything else its all up to whoever your manager is.

1.0
Aug 31, 2019
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Pros

none, maybe one week they paid me what they should have, out of 12 months.

Cons

The entire process from onboarding to finish was just a nightmarish flaw. The managers try to scam you out of your paychecks, pile unbelievable and unworkable amounts of work on you and constantly berate anyone even though they're working at breakneck speed trying to accomplish the riciculous goals set by a clueless management. Such a clicquey crowd there. No on ever introduced me to anybody and my job duties kept changing on a daily basis. As I accomplished one thing, I was berated on not accomplishing the other after I was specifically told not to. Currently going through the attorney general's office to try to be reimbursed for weeks and weeks of pay that was never given to me. Just a nightmare. Don't ever deal with Cognizant.

4.0
Mar 13, 2019

A typical consulting company...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Gives opportunities to learn and deliver. Unlike its peers, there isn't much of a pressure to complete useless mandatory trainings regardless of ones aspirations.

Cons

Career growth is very difficult due to lot of politics in appraisals and promotions. Lack of transparency in company policies. Poor work life balance.

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