Cognizant reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(120,775 total reviews)
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61% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Cognizant has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 120,775 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 Tecnologia da informação industry (3.7 stars).

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121K reviews
5.0
Nov 12, 2013

Gave me a chance when no one else would

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Unlimited PTO Salary Great Directors and AVPs Beautiful Facility Excellent Products

Cons

So many Lay-Offs (despite being told it was a 1 and done) No one feels secure Clients do not like the company

2.0
Nov 2, 2013
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

No "pros" with this company aside from the regular paycheck.

Cons

No sense of teamwork. When you arrive at the client location you are literally dumped into the environment and left to figure things out for yourself. If you're not an Indian you will have a lot of trouble connecting with your peers and with your supervisors. There is certainly a culture gap due to the large number of Indian workers. It's also possible that your supervisor will not be at the same location as you, which makes it very difficult to provide visibility into your work performance. Promotions come very slowly. I have spoken with co-workers who have been stuck in the same pay grade for over 4 years. I am speculating when I say this, but I believe it's due to the number of H1B workers Cognizant brings in from offshore. Rather than promote people, they bring offshore workers in as a incentive, pay them lower wages than they would a typical worker, and then rotate them with a fresh batch of H1B workers after a few years.

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