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      Cognizant

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      Cognizant reviews

      3.6

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (120,828 total reviews)
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      Ravi Kumar S

      61% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

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      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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      121K reviews
      1.0
      Jan 15, 2018

      Dying star...

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      It used to be customer-focused, employee-friendly IT Services player with a strong market position and ability to attract talent. Offered global mobility and career paths to talented individuals.

      Cons

      Struggled to navigate the "digital" wave and failed to transform itself by recognizing it's own strengths and market needs. Allowed obsolete engineering leaders to drive business and manage digital talent. Pretty much pushed out great internal talent by archaic people management practices.

      2.0
      Jan 19, 2017

      It's all who you know

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      This is a big company with many legacy companies and platforms under its brand. It's easy to have a good experience, and it's easy to be over worked, under paid, and miserable. I was at TriZetto long enough to experience good leadership, career growth, poor leadership and career stagnation. If you have a well connected manager who is in the good graces of the leadership (Jude + CTS), you and your team will do well. If you (or your management) is in the crosshairs, your boss will be miserable and constantly taken to task, and that will have a downstream impact on you.

      Cons

      Much of mid/senior (VP/SVP) leadership is a textbook case of the Peter Principle. Very expert but narrow understanding of the market, little/no strong management or mentoring capacity. Some verticals have leadership that is a fraternity culture on a good day. Others are professional slide jockeys and have not brought a dime into the company while creating significant distraction. Work/life balance is terrible. However, comp is decent in many areas. Negotiate a high starting salary- they can afford it and you'll never get it as a raise. I left because I had a bruise from beating my head against a brick wall.

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