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      4.0

      100% would recommend to a friend

      (82,995 total reviews)
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      Ravi Kumar S

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      100% positive business outlook

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      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Senior management

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      Cognizant has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 82,995 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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      83K reviews
      1.0
      Mar 8, 2025

      Toxic, Bureaucratic, and Built on Exploitation - Avoid

      Solution architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Paychecks clear. - If you like pointless bureaucracy, you’ll love it here. - You’ll gain a deep appreciation for how bad corporate IT can be.

      Cons

      - Toxic, fear-based management. Constant threats to "skill up or else." - Hiring bias is real. U.S. workers are deprioritized for visa hires. - Zero career growth. Promotions are about politics, not talent. - IT policies actively prevent productivity. You can’t install basic tools. - If you quit, you become a ghost. My manager didn’t even tell my team I left. - Endless, pointless argumentation. Instead of solving problems, expect endless debates over trivial nonsense.

      2.0
      Feb 22, 2025

      For Those Who Enjoy Chaos and Zero Work-Life Balance!

      Sr. associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get to play a fun game called “Who Actually Owns This Project?” where nobody knows what’s happening, but deadlines are somehow always yesterday. Promotions? Oh, those are reserved for an exclusive club you’re not in. And don’t even get me started on the yearly raises—if you’re lucky, you might be able to afford an extra coffee.

      Cons

      the place where dreams go to get stuck in endless approval loops! If you enjoy working late nights with little recognition, being micromanaged while simultaneously given no clear direction, and watching your personal life disappear faster than a ticket to Mars, this is the company for you.

      1.0
      Jan 19, 2025

      Terrible company to work for.

      Senior process executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      PTO is decent. Not much else.

      Cons

      Pay is terrible. Most recent raise was $0.16. They got rid of incentive bonuses and shortened parental leave once they acquired QDS from Nuance. Promised things would be business as usual then terminated 3/4 of the staff by trying to make things fully AI. Meanwhile clients suffer and are unhappy. Poor leadership. Terrible benefits. Work is unfairly audited by falsifying errors or purposely waiting until the last day of the month to submit a poor audit so you don’t have a chance to redeem yourself. Employees were consistently receiving scores of 98-100% for YEARS but now that jobs are on the line suddenly QDS are getting QA scores of 95%.

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