Cognizant reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(120,843 total reviews)
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Ravi Kumar S

61% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Cognizant has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 120,843 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
Dec 11, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compensation is competitive Recruit from good schools

Cons

Projects last at minimum 1-2+ years HR highly discourages short-term project requests (self directed career development) 0% plus or minus 0% travel opportunity outside Los Angeles (IME) practice Hours consistently 50-60+/week 401(k) contributions matched only after 1 year of service Outsourcing severely prevents ability to develop technical skill sets Nearly all day to day work will exist within MS word/excel (functional) Promotion based more on tenure/seniority than performance

1.0
Dec 4, 2009

Too much of pressure

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay package. Bus service is also ok. Some people get onsite. 2/3 options of canteen in Hijewadi Pune location.

Cons

Need to work like slaves. No work life balance. I saw some ladies employees working for 14 hrs everyday for years. Total mismanagement.

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