Cognizant reviews

4.0

100% would recommend to a friend

(82,986 total reviews)
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100% positive business outlook

Cognizant has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 82,986 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
Jul 19, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Company is growing, managers are having good time...

Cons

They hire people from US (mostly Indians who are 1-2 years near visa expiry) with all sort of verbal promises about green card. They initiate the PERM process when the time for visa expiry is less than a year. For the PERM process they will post the advertisement incorrectly so that PERM application gets audited. In the past three years they are near to 95% audit on all PERM applications. They do all this to send associates to India at 1/4 the package they give in US. This way they don't have to spend money for direct hiring in India and they get the creamy layer for a very low price. This is not the end, when they move people to India they won't pay the full lease breakage. The max is two months rent. They don't pay for relocating household items. Above all, the managers will screw your life if you raise your voice. Very honest advice don't join this company in US If you have green card or US citizen things could be different otherwise be ready to shell out money and don't expect any support.

1.0
Apr 6, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good Pay, A few very bright and ethical people, Work at home

Cons

Favortism, Malicious intent, unethical behavior in some VP leadership, leadership through threats, bullying and lies, hiring on of resources in leadership once fired at the company,

2.0
Mar 26, 2012

character building experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are some nice people, HR is very good if you are unfortuantely enough to have to use them. COmpensation is good; stable industry; stable company with large share of market.

Cons

Immediate management avoids issues, has no time, does not live up to promises for support and training; a lot of individual performers who do nto work as team. many employees have been here 13 - 25 years and are set in their ways. Technology is old and losing ground to newer and more agile providers using better technology solutions.

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