Cognizant reviews

3.1

52% would recommend to a friend

(83,052 total reviews)
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38% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Cognizant has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 83,052 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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1.0
Oct 22, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

For young and inexperienced professionals it's a great chance to see the US. CTS got the low-value staff augmentation game nailed!

Cons

I am a non-Indian, US-based consulting executive with an Ivy League advanced degree and over 17 years of professional experience. CTS lured me with empty promises of consulting excellence from a Big-4 competitor over 3 years ago. There is no way to be promoted unless you are a yes-man on the leash tied to an account manager. I am currently on a layoff list because I refuse to relocated on a whim of inexperienced, short-sighted and self-serving account managers and insist on travelling to client engagements. CTS will not pay expenses for employee travel and will not bill clients for expenses since expense amounts impact their PERCEIVED profitability! This is a joke of a company. If you are an experienced professional - stay away from CTS!!!

2.0
Sep 23, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

*Global firm with work opportunities across the world and hence an opportunity to move around *Stock price is doing well and indicates good long term financial stability

Cons

*Too big a firm and it is easy to get not noticed at all. *Lacks a mentorship program or a career development program to track employees and help them grow with the firm

1.0
Sep 18, 2009
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

If you are non-technical person and a selfish person and knows how to cheat people(your team members),Use them cleverly and throw them away once the job is done.this is right place for you.

Cons

Just Everything ...I joined CTS 5 years back, campus-recruited (delayed the joining day by 6 months)..Management guy are mostly non-techie , talks sweetly -- never believe them the screw up your career. Pay scale is one of lowest in the field.No work/life balance. I heard most my teammates saying "this guy(proj.lead/manager) treats us like slaves man" One interesting trend i found is that ,almost 99% IT manager belong to specific caste (lol)..

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