Cognizant reviews

3.5

71% would recommend to a friend

(82,917 total reviews)
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38% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Cognizant has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 82,917 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Sep 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Has the market share when it comes to Payer Billing software Lots of products in the health care market Potential for sizeable bonuses based on billable hours

Cons

Layoffs/reductions happen nearly yearly Business and jobs are slowly shifting to India You must play politics in order to keep your job, never mind get ahead Management loves change, unfortunately their penchant for change has created instability Salary is paid on "national average" and they've said that's good for some not a great for others. Truth is, it's terrible if you leave in a high rent state and are depending on their bonuses to bridge the gap

2.0
Sep 9, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Because of the sheer size of the company, you will have ample opportunity to move into different roles....but dont ask for money on internal job posting - Strong IT infrastructure - A reasonable brand name among IT companies in India

Cons

- If the company has a centralised support system (faceless organisation, everything is ticket based)then it should be efficient and responsive. Unfortunately all the support functions are centralised and they are the most un-responsive bunch of crowd I have ever come accoss in any company. Most of support staff are unaware of their subject, even business SPOCS for Finance & HR. - There are sessions / townhalls by Sr. leadership, but its more show-off. Any feedback is just considered as a 'minute of meeting' with no actionable on their part. - Medical / life insurance benifits are very nominal - Its upto you whether you want to be just another count in 85000 employees or hold a position where people can recognise you. - Recently UBS India Service Centre was acquired. I petty on the employees of UBS. The way Sr. Management played politics, squeezed everything out of them and threw most of the employees out of the Company...I really feel shame abt it. Employees in the support function of UBS were demoted (accross the board, even functional heads) intentionally so that they leave the Company. - Every Senior Management guy will have big words but will be the last person to live upto those commitments - Because the Company grew mostly by acquisition, it has lost focus on what are its priorities. People are the backbone of a Company. The management seems to have forgotten this. They forgot to strengthen the infrastructure. I can go on and on n on...

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