Cognizant reviews

3.1

54% would recommend to a friend

(82,922 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 82,922 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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2.0
Dec 27, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big company, they will not disappear because lack of money, nothing good besides that.

Cons

Really bad computers for programming (extremely slow, cheap computers, only good for browsing), developing on windows for a linux product, they ask to do extra hours, but they don't pay the extras. If one day you arrive later, because yesterday you stayed late at work, they will go crazy. It's simple a "consulting company", they don't care about software quality, it's overly bureaucratic, but the things never get done, then projects are teared apart.

4.0
Sep 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Huge company - Travel and relocation opportunities - Big clients - Capable country manager and CEO

Cons

- Promotions are only possible after several years, disregarding the effort or good work done - Salaries don't keep up with other companies

1.0
Jan 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pays OK, not according to responsibilities though. Training can be quite complete when working for client projects. Access to code learning platforms(Plural Sight, Code Academy...)

Cons

Low-level Temp agency/Call-center culture. Micromanagement and mediocre leaders make employees to quit. Headcount and delivery is always priority no matter the employee's skill. Outstanding operational employees are never promoted. Managers threaten subordinates with bad feedback before switching between projects.

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