First lines - Programme Analyst Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
Sep 29, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good top management - Easy on work-life balance - Good pay if joining from another company and NOT out of a college/ Campus - Pays the committed variable component in the salary or more too

Cons

- Poor middle management - Politics plays a major role in career advancement - Got to move quickly after joining from college, else salary will be held below par - Recession gives a lot of new ideas at hurting employees with cost cutting

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Remote role Constant on the job training Get to work with people internationally and in the Eastern US.

Cons

Roles can change all the time and sometimes without warning.

3.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Cognizant can be a great place to work at. You have to be self-motivated and driven. You won't often be given a script on how to do your job well. But if you are willing to search for new opportunities, you will find success.

Cons

Just like many other tech companies, layoffs are happening all the time. This often brings many projects to a complete halt. Management never communicates when someone is laid off. And when they are laid off, they often never back fill positions, leaving existing team members working the equivalent of three jobs at once. Most teams there are skeleton crews, ensuring that they cannot reach their full potential.

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