Cognizant reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(120,886 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 120,886 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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1.0
Feb 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance... Apart from that I can't find any Pros in the firm.

Cons

Management is Pathetic.. Top mgmt are given more power and they use autonomy in deciding rating and promotions... Growth is bad and learning curve is completely non-existent...

1.0
Sep 23, 2013

Frequent and ruthless changes in strategy and staff

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good if you're a medical professional who wants to try out the corporate world. TriZetto gives RNs a shocking amount of latitude to make business decisions.

Cons

TriZetto hires and fires executives almost seasonally - this very much trickles down to all employees, who are at constant mercy of corporate "realignment" and frequent layoffs. The venture capital owners are at odds with the company management. Strategy changes every winter, spring, summer and fall. TriZetto attempts to sell a brand of "we care about healthcare" internally and externally - this is far from the truth. Owners simply want to cut costs as much as possible, will not fund innovation and are making sure no strategic vision takes root apart from - lets sell as much of the old claims administration systems as we can, and then the venture capital fund can cash in TriZetto and move on to something else. Enter at own risk - beware of frequent layoffs. Pay and benefits are sub-par. New headquarters are not conducive to productivity - you sit in a long row of desks with little privacy in between.

1.0
Jul 19, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company is growing, managers are having good time...

Cons

They hire people from US (mostly Indians who are 1-2 years near visa expiry) with all sort of verbal promises about green card. They initiate the PERM process when the time for visa expiry is less than a year. For the PERM process they will post the advertisement incorrectly so that PERM application gets audited. In the past three years they are near to 95% audit on all PERM applications. They do all this to send associates to India at 1/4 the package they give in US. This way they don't have to spend money for direct hiring in India and they get the creamy layer for a very low price. This is not the end, when they move people to India they won't pay the full lease breakage. The max is two months rent. They don't pay for relocating household items. Above all, the managers will screw your life if you raise your voice. Very honest advice don't join this company in US If you have green card or US citizen things could be different otherwise be ready to shell out money and don't expect any support.

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