Cognizant reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(120,775 total reviews)
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Ravi Kumar S

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
2.0
Oct 3, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Will get a opportunity to work with good client base who are industry leaders and will get experience working on some challenging projects.

Cons

The company has achieved CMMI LEvel 5 but when it comes to consistently show discipline or process compliance this company would be worst among the other Big 5 Indian outsourcing companies. Very poor mid management and is highly biased and generally tend to follow a Lobby culture which can damage your career. There is no coaching/mentoring culture and performance review are left at Supervisors discretion which generally are ignored. Does not offer training opportunities to onshore Associates and has very poor compensation for onsite Associates. Lack of transparency in the performance evaluation and ever changing process leading to ambiguity and lack of trust within Employees. No tangible guidelines for reviews leaving the performance evaluation to supervisors perception and mood.

2.0
Sep 29, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

It is a wonderful place to work if you are from India. Great opportunities for those on an L1 visa. Low pay and bad living conditions seem to be the norm, but the Indian workers do not seem to mind that. I was shocked at the living conditions of my coworkers.

Cons

High emphasis is placed on supporting the Indian workforce. Employees from the States have higher expectations of how they should be treated. As a result, American workers are not a good fit for the company.

2.0
Sep 28, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

If you want to just hang around and do nothing in life, Cognizant is the best place to work. You pretty much have to to do nothing other than turn up at office once in a while. If you're billable then you need to know how to escalate matters and send mails all over the place without having to do anything at all. If you're interested in things like problem solving, consulting or using skills learnt in college then it is an absolute waste of time joining this company.

Cons

Bureaucratic, lack of respect for talent

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