Cognizant reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(121,029 total reviews)
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61% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Cognizant has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 121,029 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
Aug 9, 2023

Worst employer ever

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Pros

Large group , decent medical coverage and stable projects provided you are into management.

Cons

If u are into tech and not into managing and u are truly interested in tech then don't look into this company. Their business model is on managing and business development personal onsite and they push all actual work offshore. No carrier growth here for tech path. Tried it a lot during 9 years of tenure and said enough by quitting.

1.0
Aug 6, 2023

Horrifying

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Pros

None. Do not work here.

Cons

Communication within the company is near-non-existant, and what little communication there is is horrifyingly unprofessional. They also chronically over hire, and after a 1 year safety period lay off anyone without a project, and with fewer and fewer projects, on top of those projects requiring a minimum of 8-10 years of experience, do not join this company unless you can meet the minimum 8 years of experience required for a project.

1.0
Jul 1, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and if you have the right boss it can be empowering

Cons

Company leadership is mostly of Indian origin bias to their own if your white, black, Latino, other nationality you have very chances of having a professional career. I worked for Cognizant for more than 10 years, but when my boss changed who of Indian origin he was very bias to employees from India while the rest got lower raises, bonus and no chances of promotions. I was let go because I refused to continue working on for him . Placed on bench applied to several positions only to be told that they had nothing that match my skills

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