Cognizant Senior Associate reviews

3.6

76% would recommend to a friend

(4,694 total reviews)
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31% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Associate/Senior Associate employees have rated Cognizant with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,694 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Associate/Senior Associate professionals have a good working experience there. Cognizant is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Associate/Senior Associate professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Aug 26, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Good company to work with. lots of good projects. US opportunity. exposure to work in multiple technologies even if you are zero in that tech.

Cons

private company controlled by group of people. promotions forget it. you will get if you are a good friend with your PM.

4.0
Aug 17, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Known for Strong DW&BI Practice and BFS domain Lot of Onsite oppurtunities, especially in DW Most of the BFS clients are in Fortune 500 list Good Career Prospects ( Other than technical stuff, we would be exposed to Quality process ; Proposals ; Assessment ; PMR / Auditing ; Training Academy ; Lot of training materials) Location - Most of the Chennai facilities are within City limits (GMR,Perungudi,TCO,Porur DLF, Tambaram MEPZ) Flexible Work Timings ( 40 hrs a week ; Intime/Outtime not linked to Salary ) Easily Approachable Managers / Senior Managers ; No Micro-Managing

Cons

Appraisal - Lot of people quit because of very poor Appraisal system that you have. Promotions - Promotion chances are bright, if your reporting Manager have good rapport with Senior Management ; Exit Interviews - Exit interviews are happening just for formalities ; Irrespective of no of years that we serve, Exit Interviews happen just 5-10 minutes. Salary "Basic" Component - Basic Salary is very very less, when compared to other organizations. For CTC of 10 lakhs, basic would be just 2 lakhs ( 16k per month ).

2.0
Jul 16, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Long term Onsite opportunity is good.

Cons

Senior management is not being practical, go for wrong solutions when there is a problem in a project :). Only finding it to be an overkill. Fully loaded Contracts for Clients with no vision/equipments(mainly quality of resource) to deal the conditions. Work-Life Balance is pathetic. Came here thinking that Work-Life balance is good but only to know that it is more a problem now days... Work Culture is pretty bad, Senior Management are institutionalized to think that more the time spent on office more the productivity.

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