Cognizant reviews

3.1

54% would recommend to a friend

(82,917 total reviews)
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38% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Cognizant has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 82,917 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Apr 10, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Plenty of projects, so no dearth of work. Good NA relocation policy. Flexibility offered to move across projects and verticals. Good training material and knowledge base in e-learning and certifications. Health benefits are good. Bench period offered between projects is good. Stock plan is good. CTSH shares are always above 20 dollars. Green card policy is good. Diversity in business is good. It is not totally dependent on any sector

Cons

You will Suffer from low self esteem if you are from premier league universities of India or america. Not proud to be with Cognizant., service industry slavery, Exploitation of people in US who are on L1 visa. Cognizant is mostly into Testing. It should rename itself to Cognizant Testing Services. In media they say that they recruit MBAs from top schools to offer them challenging roles, but those ppor chaps are made to do manual testing or maintenance crap, albeit for a higher salary. At present Cognizant is laying off people secretly in the US. It should not do like this. Instead it should sent its US associates to India in this crisis.

1.0
Mar 21, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are out of work, cant find anything else and need a job..

Cons

This is primarily a testing shop. Most companies see Cognizant as experienced testers regardless of your experience or background. The executives try to sell other services for Cognizant but are rarely successful due to the company's perception. Most employees in US are managers and above. Testers are frequently brought in from India

3.0
Mar 15, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Plenty of projects, so no dearth of work. Good NA relocation policy. Flexibility offered to move across projects and verticals. Good training material and knowledge base in e-learning and certifications. Health benefits are good. Bench period offered between projects is good. Stock plan is good. CTSH shares are always above 20 dollars. Green card policy is good. Diversity in business is good. It is not totally dependent on any sector

Cons

You will Suffer from low self esteem if you are from premier league universities of India or america. Not proud to be with Cognizant., service industry slavery, Exploitation of people in US who are on L1 visa. Cognizant is mostly into Testing. It should rename itself to Cognizant Testing Services. In media they say that they recruit MBAs from top schools to offer them challenging roles, but those ppor chaps are made to do manual testing or maintenance crap, albeit for a higher salary. At present Cognizant is laying off people secretly in the US. It should not do like this. Instead it should sent its US associates to India in this crisis.

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