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www.cognizant.com Teaneck, NJ 5000+ Employees
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Updated May 24, 2013
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3.5 2,672 reviews

                             

92% Approve of the CEO

Cognizant Technology Solutions President & CEO Frank D'Souza

Frank D'Souza

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79% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Current Employee – been working at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time

ProsGood Work Life Balance and On site Opportunities

ConsNo cons . good keep going

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time for less than a year

Proslots of facilities provided by them
very systematic
nice people around

Consleaves are a bit of an issue

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Current Employee – been working at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Pros1. good work life balance
2. good culture
3. Company is the fastest growing in top tier

Cons1. poor decision making
2. Mid level managers are not so active

Advice to Senior ManagementSalary hikes should not be only on timed basis but on performance basis too

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Chennai

Former Employee – worked at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time for more than 3 years

Pros1) Excellent Work Culture
2) No Stress
3) No Strict Timings
4) You will reach the zenith of your career if you stay in this company and work with full dedication

Cons1) Manager has the final say.
2) Fired Employees in 2013.

Advice to Senior ManagementPlease change the ages old model of treating Manager as GOD. If a person is not satisfied by his manager's review, he/she should be given a chance to challenge it.But i have never seen this happening in Cognizant

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Bangalore

Current Employee – been working at Cognizant Technology Solutions as a contractor for more than a year

Proswork flexibility
due to internal projects some times less pressure

ConsIf you join as contract treatment is different
Conversion possibilities while joining they promise one year but it will happen after 2+ years

Advice to Senior ManagementIf you find good resource and take him as a contract after some time while converting give grade as per his experience. If not possible in same BU give chance to other BU, managers are happy to loss the resource but they don not want that resource to move to other BU.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Pune

Former Employee – worked at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time for more than a year

Pros- very positive work environment
- some really good architects
- good projects
- trainings

Cons- company needs more hands-on architects

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Chennai

Former Employee – worked at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time for more than a year

ProsGood Opportunities for REAL professionals.

ConsMay need to work Under some Incompetent Architects / Tech managers & Above, Some Incompetent PM and Above. These people are capable of making the LEAST VULNERABLE as scape goats to hide their Incompetence.

Advice to Senior ManagementPlease Identify some among the lot, who are as described above section(CONS). These go-getters can and have managed their reporting authorities, with out any positive Individual contribution to the project / organization and have risen to higher slots and still enjoying Higher Positions . People who have worked under them can throw more inputs on them.

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Current Employee – been working at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time for more than a year

Pros1) Excellent Work Culture
2) No Strict Timings
3) You will reach the zenith of your career if you stay in this company and work with full dedication
4) Scope to learn many technologies(cross technologies)
5) Good training facilities and library.

Cons1)Compensation not too satisfactory . Lateral hires may get good , depending on their luck

Advice to Senior ManagementNone that come to mind

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Bangalore

Current Employee – been working at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time for more than a year

Pros* Good work culture
* Descent Pay
* Still a fastest growing IT services company

Cons* Identification of telents is very tough

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Chennai

Former Employee – worked at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time for less than a year

Prosgood work environment, job satisfaction

ConsTechnical HR policy is not upto the mark

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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