Cognizant reviews

4.0

100% would recommend to a friend

(82,871 total reviews)
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Cognizant has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 82,871 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Sep 14, 2018

Incompetence at its highest

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Pros

I'll regret some of my colleagues.

Cons

Let's start with recruitment: - no details on the position - calls from India - once the offer has been sent to you, prepare receiving 15 emails a day for weeks, have a thousand different papers to print, sign, scan and send back within tight deadlines (if you don't own a printer, well, good luck) - incompetent background check sub-contractor - less than clear information about your starting date, where you should be, and who is your point of contact (guess what, there is none) First week: - no clear working station assigned - internal platform to process timesheet, do trainings, admin & so on - not working for WEEKS - exceptionally little training about your actual tasks - inexisting HR - HR will actually lose some of the papers they collect from you The job itself: - idiotic but that was to be expected so no surprise here - inadequate tools: for a company specialized in "digitalization", well, have fun with the 300 spreasheets you'll work on - time checkers everywhere - constant changes of location within the building AND to other buildings at the other side of the city Money & career - no negotiation at the end of your trial period - advancement is NOT based on performance at all - you cannot apply for another position before at least 9 months (and for most it's actually 18 months) - the only way you are getting a raise is when you change position. You will get the mighty advancement of 5% - overtime is not approved depending on projects - they may change you to night shift not because of business needs but because they lack space and need people to use the working stations during the day Others: - no transparency at all, nothing will be communicated, you will learn that you changed projects from someone from your team, but nothing is official - all departments work with India. Needless to say it's a disaster. - they will literally make money on your back - huge corporation with unadapted trainings, absolutely no culture -- I had outstanding stats, involvement in several projects, and I decided to leave anyway.

1.0
Aug 3, 2018
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Pros

I can't find any, maybe only one - good coffee machine.

Cons

The quality of management is really bad. The managers and leads without qualifications and experience at all. No support, no motivation, no professionalism. If you are more qualified than your Lead or Manager you will have some problems. Action Plans is an easy practice there, you can have some Action Plans without a reason, just because your manager wants to block you and have a reason to stop your contract. No flexible working time. Bad communication No respect

1.0
Apr 2, 2018

Process Analyst

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Pros

Good salary and free food

Cons

Bad management from Portuguese team leader

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