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      Cognizant

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      Cognizant reviews

      3.6

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (120,654 total reviews)
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      Ravi Kumar S

      61% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      Cognizant has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 120,654 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 Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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      121K reviews
      1.0
      May 17, 2018

      Worst company I’ve ever worked for

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Ability to work from home, decent health benefits, some interesting projects and good potential career growth but only if you’re first starting out No other pros to list.

      Cons

      I was treated like absolute garbage while working at Cognizant. I was berated regularly by the VP in my department who was an extremely demeaning person and nobody seemed to care that I was regularly being treated this way. No work life balance and a horrible toxic culture. Worst company I’ve ever worked for.

      1.0
      May 9, 2018

      Horrible place, avoid at all cost!!!

      Paralegal
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Laid back environment. Free lunch on Friday at Teaneck, NJ location.

      Cons

      So, so many. Management is horrible; they need training. Cutting throat environment where people will stab you in the back to get ahead. A lot, and I mean - a lot of favoritism. Quantity always takes precedence over quality. If you're a quality person, definitely not a place for you as you will be highly disturbed with the mess you'll encounter. You won't be valued for your high morals and professional work ethics. As a matter of fact, you will be punished for it. Some managers are the worst I've seen in the industry, highly unprofessional, not very knowledgeable, but are rude and disrespectful. If you're not Indian, you won't be company's favorite, guaranteed. They favor Indians. You will be undervalued, underappreciated, and mistreated. And their salaries are below market. All in all, very bad place. You'll hate going into work every day. Promotion is impossible to get.

      2.0
      Jun 16, 2016

      Run from this company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Ability to work remotely. Education benefits. College tuition reimbursement. I enjoyed some of my coworkers.

      Cons

      I was a remote worker. My hours constantly changed. Flexibility translated into me working whenever they wanted me to. Benefits were horrible. They changed PTO rules and many people lost time. Didn't honor hiring agreements. Favoritism. Ineptness rewarded.

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