Good place to work, bad pay - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
31 Jan 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good place to work in US. Good exposure, many projects, good clients, good for freshers and people with less than a year of experience

Cons

Bad pay for everyone in US, no growth, lots of politics, use of gc to lure workers, bring in people who can hardly speak english and apply green cards for them under eb1A category while there are phds and brilliant masters people waiting in queue on eb2.

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5.0
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Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

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2.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

* They train new grads, so you get a lot of valuable training * Depending on the projects, it has the potential to have a good life balance *Hybrid and Remote opportunity Will recommend to get your foot in the door

Cons

* Pay is not very competitive. Needs improvement * Depending on some client projects, the work-life balance can also be very bad * The culture is horrible, the outlook and appearance of the company is so different than what is on the ground—cutthroat culture, pushing culture. * Sometimes it enables a rude and disrespectful culture * Career growth is very minimal * tend to hire lots of indians, and an indian dominated culture/circle can make a non indian feel left out

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