Cognizant reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(120,875 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 120,875 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
Mar 22, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent Infrastructure Brand Value Financially Stable Company

Cons

Biased pay towards laterals Opaque appraisal and performance management process Opaque and random management decisions Incompetent and Unethical Managers Extra work hours with no pay Useless internal certifications No focus on competency . people are moved from one Technology or vertical to other for the sake of utilization Company can do any thing for market hype /Media . Obsessed with Media& Market

3.0
Mar 19, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Nice place to work for freshers 2. Lot projects available. Will get project easilly 3.

Cons

1. growth is too low 2. Package is less compared to others if you stay here longterm 3. Apraisal was not doing properly.

4.0
Mar 16, 2010

Ok Experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Plenty of Working/Learning opportunities - Tranparenct at WOrk - Open Culture

Cons

- Performance Evaluation is dependent upon Manager and it becomes monopoly and people are favoured irerespective of talent - No Leadership Training / Growth path - Senior Management ready to do anything for client and irrespective of RIght or Wrong

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