Pay is a disgrace - Senior Associate Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
18 Dec 2025
Recommend
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Pros

A job. A stepping stone.

Cons

Annual incremental pay increases of between 1 and 1.5% back to back years when cost of living and inflation are high. It's essentially a pay cut for each year you stay. These annual pay increases were also delayed to August in 2024 and November in 2025. This is despite bragging about company profits each quarter within emails to employees... Promotion increases within the company are set at a maximum of 7% also, which is pitiful.

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5.0
2 Jul 2026
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Pros

Good learning opportunities and structured training

Cons

Limited pay growth and slow promotions

3.0
17 Jun 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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