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    Cognizant Technology Solutions Reviews

    Updated 25 March 2019
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    Cognizant Technology Solutions President & CEO Frank D'Souza
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    1. "Test Lead"

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      Former Employee - Test Lead in Chennai
      Former Employee - Test Lead in Chennai

      I worked at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good work life balance, good management, better learning scope

      Cons

      Onsite for all,
      Diversified projects.
      Nothing much other than this

    2. Helpful (385)

      "Not a company worth working for, specially for freshers"

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      Current Employee - Programmer Analyst Trainee in Bengaluru
      Current Employee - Programmer Analyst Trainee in Bengaluru
      Doesn't Recommend

      I have been working at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time

      Pros

      I joined Cognizant in August, 2015 as a fresher and fortunately, I am going to leave it in few days. There are not much pros. After thinking hard, I was able to come across with few of them.
      1. If you do not want to work much or stretch yourself, this is a place for you. It is a relaxed kind of job for freshers like any government job
      2. Basic amenities and infrastructure of any location are very good.

      Cons

      1. It is often tough for a fresher to get his/her first project after the completion of training. 50% of them remain in bench for a lond period of time which does not count to their professional experience much.
      2. Even if some freshers get deployed into project immediately after the training (the lucky ones), they may get maintenance work, ticketing etc. which is a sheer waste of their talent. Only around 20% of the people ( who are deployed into the project) get some good work like that of a developer. Hence, we see that around 10% of the freshers manage to get some good stuff.
      3. Salary is very bad for the freshers. Hike is also extremely poor.
      4. Unlike other IT companies like Infosys, low level management is extremely bad. There will be absolutely no one to guide you if you want some kind of help. They do not care about freshers. Many a times, it is like you are on your own.
      5. Bad training. Seriously, their only aim is to anyhow complete the training.
      6. Deployment of freshers into the project is completey random. A guy who is not much technically sound can get a very good project while the deserving guys may get the bench.
      7. In terms of transparency is absolutely 0.

      Advice to Management

      Lots of. I am listing only few of them. First of all, respect your freshers. Make the system little transparent. Apply some kind of meritocracy instead of random and haphazard process for the selection of freshers in the project.

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    3. "Programmer Analyst"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time

      Pros

      Very good company to get settled.Will give very good pay if have a jump

      Cons

      Does not consider the hard working people.Internal politics

    4. "Major Incident Manager"

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      Current Employee - Incident Manager in Coimbatore
      Current Employee - Incident Manager in Coimbatore
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great Atmosphere, Lots of valuable e-learning courses and very often technical training

      Cons

      When they hire new employees as contractors , they have to match the skill set for the role which is not done 100%

      Advice to Management

      Internal Projects were hiring contractors as freshers which makes unwanted escalations where it can be handled only by tenured associates

    5. "Good for freshers depending upon the project"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time

      Pros

      Work culture
      Clients
      Work life balanced

      Cons

      Old technology stack is the biggest con

    6. "I was a Senior Service Quality Consultant for AVM projects when I left the job"

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      Former Employee - Senior Associate in Hyderabad
      Former Employee - Senior Associate in Hyderabad
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Employee friendly, flexible timings, good mission and excellent management strategies

      Cons

      Appraisal management can be better. Work-life balance can be better facilitated by the company (situational)

      Advice to Management

      Employee feedback survey forms can be effectively implemented. Peer ratings can be given more consideration

    7. "Good Company to start your career"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Learning

      Work Culture

      The above mentioned points depends on Projects

      Cons

      Pay is not at par with industry standard

      Politics dictates your career

    8. "efficiency gaps in the system... otherwise a great company to work for"

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      Former Employee - Programmer Analyst in Pune
      Former Employee - Programmer Analyst in Pune
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      flexibility
      performance management
      career mapping
      mentoring
      autonomy of work

      Cons

      redundant job roles
      system inefficiency
      compensation (basic pay)
      lack of developmental projects

      Advice to Management

      revision of the structure

    9. "Good for work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time

      Pros

      Good for work and explore new things

      Cons

      Not much onsite and not much hike

    10. "Programmer Analyst"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Cognizant Technology Solutions full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good place to start as a fresher.

      Cons

      No cons from my perspective.