Cognizant Tech Solutions Reviews

Pros

Excellent Growth Opportunities
Ability to Experiment with Things
Greater location flexibility
Good Managers who treat employees like humans instead of Resources
Good Variable Pay

Cons

Long Promotions queues
Pay Scales & Revisions not as per the market standard
New hires are offered better pays than existing resources

Pros

Great culture
Employee friendly
good hikes
Environment is good
well facilities

Cons

more of Support projects
Strict in location changes

Advice to Senior Management

Leadership is Gud. Managers are very friendly. Respect them.

Pros

this company i think is a wonderful place to work for... lots of oppurtunites around.. to develop your learning skills...

Cons

pls do take some steps to reduce the work pressure.. increase the resources count on projects based on work load...

Advice to Senior Management

pls do take some steps to reduce the work pressure.. increase the resources count on projects based on work load...

Pros

Very Helpful does not intend to offend anyone. Very impressive salary package and health insurance. Season travel card loan also applied

Cons

Does not seem to help in anycase of scenario or even manage to communicate with senior staff. No ability to work in a team

Advice to Senior Management

Leadership should be more approachable and proactive and aware of staff's wellbeing's and therefore should be able to help whenever.

Pros

1) Good pay
2) Good work place/ work environment
3) Good place to build personal connections
4) Early Onsite opportunities if you are good enough

Cons

1) Stagnant Environment - prospect of learning on the job is quite less.
2) Some managers show favoritism
3) No work life balance
4) Long work hours - Every single day it is more than 9 hours
5) No compensation for the long hours or working on weekends

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure people all clock the time they work, reward for extra time or extra work would be greatly appreciated. Provide more training opportunities for people who want it(Not just e-learning courses). It will ultimately improve the organization's capability.

Pros

Friendly environment and supportive management

Cons

Poor performance management and appraisal process

Advice to Senior Management

Improve the performance mgmt; focus on emp satisfaction

Pros

Work Life Balance Good Benefits

Cons

Not much into management consulting

Advice to Senior Management

Leverage the consulting potential

Pros

Cognizant is one of the fastest growing companies. Cognizant promotes new ideas and new technologies thereby making a difference from its competitiors.

Cons

Being a service company individual growth is less. Promotions and appraisals are not based on actual parameters it depends on managers relationship with employee.

Advice to Senior Management

Make promotions and appraisals strictly on performance. And the factors determining performance should be convincing. Reduce the number of management people and add more technical people with mangement skills.

Pros

Flexible timings/
Decent salary
No time tracking like infy ,wipro and others
Good transportation facilities.
Good on-site opportunities.
Can negotiate your terms after resigning
Good company to work for a long time

Cons

Not many locations in North India
Opaque appraisal process which wholly depends on manager
bad workforce managemant

Advice to Senior Management

360 degree appraisal.
change ur workforce management

Pros

- Work life balance.
- Good compensation.
- Good growth

Cons

- infrastructure for mobility practices can be better.