Cognizant reviews

3.5

7% would recommend to a friend

(82,801 total reviews)
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Ravi Kumar S

47% approve of CEO

9% positive business outlook

Cognizant has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 82,801 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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2.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Its employment and the benefits are good

Cons

This is an Indian company and it's a huge part of their culture. I would not recommend Americans to cognizant. It's just a world of difference in culture and how people are treated. There is so much operational and political problems just to get staffed on a project. They lay people off, tell them they are going to rehire them, and then you will never hear from cognizant ever again. The bench is a huge problem. You could be qualified for so many opportunities and literally only be able to apply to dirt jobs. There were so many promises made by cognizant that were NEVER kept. Extremely poor communication. The left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing

5.0
Jun 10, 2026

Valuable learning opportunities

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

more learning opportunities besides project work use all the certifications and udemy given by Cognizant great way to upskill

Cons

I haven't experienced any expect I was micromanaged by my Manager in the project

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