Great start for a lateral joinee.. OK kinda start for a fresher.. - Programmer Analyst Trainee Cognizant Employee Review

4.0
Jun 4, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

This is completely my perspective. 1. Top Tier IT Services Company. 2. Growing Company(Beat wipro in Q4,2011 and on the way to surpass infy in Q1,2012). 3. Handful of projects for the future. 4. Nice Work Environment. 5. Good Team(In my case). 6. Awesome Social responsibilities undertaking called OUTREACH. 7. Incentives :D

Cons

1. Not a Competitive package for freshers. 2. Paid transport facility for regular shift employees. 3. A bit of regional bias which is there in every company depending on the location of work. 4. HQ being chennai (almost 16 locations) which is a great problem for other region people to survive because of the language barrier. Hindi doesn't work well here..!! 5. Cafeteria doesn't offer great food except for the Juice counters. 6. SUDEXO coupons not available. Only meal pass prepaid card for HDFC account holders. 7. Goodies are not provided in other locations like in chennai.

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5.0
May 27, 2026
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Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

The way the bench status is structured

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3.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Cognizant can be a great place to work at. You have to be self-motivated and driven. You won't often be given a script on how to do your job well. But if you are willing to search for new opportunities, you will find success.

Cons

Just like many other tech companies, layoffs are happening all the time. This often brings many projects to a complete halt. Management never communicates when someone is laid off. And when they are laid off, they often never back fill positions, leaving existing team members working the equivalent of three jobs at once. Most teams there are skeleton crews, ensuring that they cannot reach their full potential.

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