Cognizant reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(120,853 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 120,853 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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2.0
Mar 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

* Good knowledge infrastructure in terms of books, digital resources etc; Their KLM system is good; * Centre of Excellent (CoE) concept is good. If you get into those teams (albeit with certain constraints), you can utilize it well. * Good sales/pre-sales/marketing teams. They win a lot of projects (Whether it is implemented is another story!)

Cons

* No work-life balance * Employee skill enhancement programs are there, but quality is bad. * Learning resources are good, but most of them find no time to learn. * Political teams; Most of the work is mundane and back-breaking. * Hierarchical management; Kind of functions like a government office sometimes * New centers like Coimbatore receive step motherly treatment from other centers like Bangalore, Chennai etc. * Senior and mid-level project management is not very competent. No understanding of ground realities and basic project management concepts. * Very rude HR team. Pretty bad compared to other companies. They don't display even basic etiquette towards others and work practices. * I have noticed that the company as a whole including the security guards is losing its basic manners. You don't see too many happy employees. Their employee feedback program does not seem to work. * Their recruitment is highly flawed. Lot of incompetence flows in to the company due to this loophole. * If you don't follow the dress code, you are made to stand in front of the security till you get your project manager to approve (forgive) your entry. You are required to send an e-mail stating the reasons why you wore slippers/jeans etc. What a corny practice!

2.0
Mar 6, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

1. The organization is divided into several verticals- and the workforce management group is flexible if you want to move from one vertical to another 2. Good benefits package 3. Pay on par with other IT outsourcing companies

Cons

1. Performance management process not transparent- too much power in the hands of your manager 2. Middle management not as strong as the founders- this could be a problem in the future

2.0
Mar 5, 2010

Corporate Work Eviroment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits are good but the pay is low and they ask you to prove your last salary with a W-2 form which is an insult and I think, illegal in some cases!

Cons

No room for growth, work overtime without any appreciation

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