Cognizant reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(82,758 total reviews)
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57% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Cognizant has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 82,758 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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1.0
Jul 19, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

You get a computer and mobile phone, although they will be hand-me-downs as they will not allow people leaving to purchase their laptops and will redeploy hardware were possible. You will be using a second hand Macbook Pro 15". At the time, they gave a paid day off on your birthday, a legacy from the Odecee days but I don't think it will last much longer as it sets a precedent for the rest of the global operations.

Cons

You will get no tools to do your job. USB-C dongles are next to impossible to acquire, It took me a year to get an IntelliJ License. A lot of lunchtime back to base tech presentations get canceled, but when they do run, you get very average sandwiches that you would never purchase yourself and hence not worth giving up a lunch break for. No career path. You will see all your new friends leave for better jobs. Pay is nothing special. You will not be valued as an individual, you are just a commodity.

4.0
Jul 8, 2015

Devops at Odecee

Recommend
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Pros

Really good company culture. They do their best to look after their staff and have very fair processes around pay and performance reviews, Lots of good knowledge sharing activities internally and they support the community by sponsoring meetups.

Cons

At least in the devops space, its the work that lets them down. Minimal new technology projects, they still seem to think build engineer = devops for a large part. Business unable to meet demand so they run at 100% utilisation all the time.

2.0
Jun 19, 2015

It's ok.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some great people you meet along the way. Learning from highly diverse teams, who all share the same interest in new technology. Free lunches. Excellent recruitment bonus (refer a friend)

Cons

No rotation opportunities. I am yet to see anyone actually get a successful rotation. Lack of communication, unless its the recruiting phase. Offers no support or expertise during client placements. Operates and runs more as a recruitment agency.

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