Does Cognizant pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cognizant employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cognizant. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cognizant?

7% of Cognizant employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cognizant 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cognizant?

Associate (13839) , Programme Analyst (13131) , Senior Associate (6011) , Software Engineer (3491) , Programmer Analyst Trainee (2151) , Project Manager (1943) , Senior Process Executive (1925) , Associate - Projects (1830) , Manager (1815) , Senior Software Engineer (1343) , Software Developer (1282) , Process Executive (1174) , Programmer/Analyst (1134) , Technical Lead (1109) , Senior Manager (1078)

What are the pros of working at Cognizant according to real employee reviews?

"work life balance is good and it also depends on the team and project you are working in" ((in 9370 reviews)); ""Still there a good work culture but it is not as good as it was in 2019" ((in 6353 reviews)); "The work environment was good and the company was very helpful in letting me complete my tasks" ((in 2999 reviews)); "Benefits are good and you get many projects across the world if you are planning to switch your client" ((in 2053 reviews)); "It's a good opportunity to learn new things and get an understanding of how things work in a team/project" ((in 1814 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cognizant according to real employee reviews?

"Salary is less for people who stay there for long time with more years of experience" ((in 5303 reviews)); "The management is poor as it's a big company and has to manage a lot of things" ((in 3903 reviews)); "think they’re paying less compared to the market rate the bonus and salary hike is also limited" ((in 1948 reviews)); "Bad managers can disrupt your entire profile and you cant do anything to stop it." ((in 1766 reviews)); "No salary hike and rating system is not transparent" ((in 1718 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cognizant layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cognizant layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cognizant in 2026.

Cognizant reviews

3.5

7% would recommend to a friend

(82,948 total reviews)

Ravi Kumar S

47% approve of CEO

9% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Culture & values

3.0

Work/Life balance

3.0

Senior management

Cognizant has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 82,948 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 IT (Information Technology) industry (3.7 stars).

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83K reviews

3.0

Feb 27, 2009

Better not to join

Senior software engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

Few of managers are really good. Team mates are good.

Cons

Hopeless work environment. Very unfair practices. No one except for few of them would support you for anything. Got to improve upon training areas. Judgment skills, soft skills. Most of them are unsophisticated to unprofessional in office time with juniors. Should work more upon the employee feedbacks and of course take it seriously sometimes. Most of the employees are frustrated and don't feel like coming to office everyday. So, quite boring also one can say. Also you just get to do only the routine job, nothing new to learn and implement or experiment.

3.0

Jan 23, 2009

The company could have been better

Senior associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cognizant has lot of big clients, once a project goes down they take care of relocating to the other states or cities whichever is applicable. As such is good for people dont mind moving between states and cities. Even during the bad times during 2002 when the market was not doing good, the did not send employees out but instead reduced the bonus payments without reducing the basepay. They try their level best to help the couples working with Cognizant, by giving job openings as close as possible. Good resort for the aspirants of US PR.

Cons

Before joining negotiate the salary after which it seldom changes. The support group is having less people, which they are working on currently. not sure how it is at this moment. There are times I had to wait for 10 months to get reimbursement settlement. Promotion, Salary will be a big problem for the employees. There are some practices which will be cumbersome.

3.0

Jan 9, 2009

Finding New growth avenues

Senior associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent Pay, Sometime good onsite opportunity No restriction on timings of the day

Cons

Performance appraisal methodology is biased and not transparent Some real bad project managers who have been hired due to market and lack management skills Internal systems are not integrated, common you yourself are an IT co Onsite HR policies are not well defined Onsite / Offshore training not provided in transition period Job expectations not defined for associates No formal induction at onsite, learn yourself attitude No formal structure or process for associates coming at onsite. The accomodation should be affordable and taken care by the company that is not the case

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