Cognizant: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Sep 2023

Appointments

Cognizant appoints Jatin Dalal as Chief Financial Officer

Sep 29, 2023

Cognizant is hiring for various roles WFH Hybrid Jobs, Apply

An American multinational information technology services and consulting company, Cognizant is hirin...

Hiring

Sep 21, 2023

Cognizant splits GGM business, appoints internal leaders to head

An American multinational information technology services and consulting company, Cognizant splits i...

Appointments

Aug 18, 2023

Cognizant splits GGM business, appoints internal leaders to head

Cognizant doesnt mandate its employees to Return to Office

An American multinational information technology services, Cognizant is not mandating its employees ...

Work Model

Aug 4, 2023

Cognizant doesnt mandate its employees to Return to Office

Industry

Like Infosys and Wipro, Cognizant headcount also dipped by 5900

Cognizant, one of the world’s leading professional services companies, announced its June quarter financial results for 2023. Ravi Kumar S, CEO said, “We made continued progress during the quarter amid an uncertain economic backdrop.” “We maintained our commercial momentum, with strong bookings growth of 17% year over year, including roughly a third of in-quarter bookings from large deals,” Ravi Kumar S added. “We also saw […]

Aug 3, 2023

C-Suite Move

Cognizant inducts 6 women SVPs to boost gender diversity

An American multinational information technology services and consulting company, Cognizant has appointed six women to Senior Vice President positions to diversify its executive team. Cognizant has appointed women leaders (SVPs) including Elisa de Rocca-Serra, Thea Hayden, Patricia (Trish) Hunter-Dennehy, Sailaja Josyula, Archana Ramanakumar, and Sandra Natardonato. Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S said, “These announcements are […]

Jul 20, 2023

Hiring

Cognizant in India hiring for various roles, WFH, Hybrid jobs; Apply

American multinational information technology services and consulting company, Cognizant is hiring for various roles, WFH, and Hybrid jobs globally and in India. The company said on the career page, “At Cognizant we embrace a well-established set of cultural values. Each member of our team takes responsibility for creating a culture that enables exceptional outcomes.” The […]

Jul 4, 2023

Hiring

Cognizant opens Global Delivery Network to hire over 3000 people

Cognizant has officially opened its new regional innovation hub in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, further strengthening its global delivery network. Cognizant plays a key role in helping businesses on their digital modernization journeys and the new hub aims to bring our technical expertise and industry capabilities closer to clients around the world. The company expects this […]

Jun 23, 2023

CHRO Move

Jubilant ropes in Cognizant India’s Shantanu Jha as Group CHRO

An Indian conglomerate, Jubilant Bhartia Group appoints Shantanu Jha as Group Chief Human Resources Officer. The Jubilant Bhartia Group is an Indian conglomerate with interests in pharmaceuticals, food services, agribusiness, energy, and other services. Shantanu is an experienced engineer turned HR leader with over 25 years of experience. His key areas of experience in Human […]

Jun 22, 2023

Industry

Cognizant eliminates 30-35% of office space in Chennai: DLF

As per the earlier report, an American multinational information technology services and consulting company, Cognizant would eliminate 80,000 seats or 11 million sq feet of office space to bring the cost down further. Chief Executive Officer Ravi Kumar S said, “This reduction in real estate costs is net of investments to expand our real estate footprint in […]

May 19, 2023

Industry

Cognizant Launches AI Platform for Generative AI Deployment at Enterprise Scale

Cognizant announced a new, enterprise-wide platform, Cognizant Neuro®️ AI, designed to provide enterprises with a comprehensive approach to accelerate the adoption of generative AI technology and harness its business value in a flexible, secure, scalable and responsible way. The platform leverages Cognizant’s consulting, advisory, ecosystem partnership, digital studios, solutioning, and delivery capabilities, in conjunction with industry expertise, […]

May 17, 2023

Partnership

Cognizant to train 25,000 staff on Google Cloud AI

IT major, Cognizant has announced an expanded partnership to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) by businesses around the world. Some 25,000 Cognizant professionals will be trained on Google Cloud AI technologies at Cognizant Google Cloud AI University expected to be opened soon. Highlights “I’m extremely excited by the recent breakthroughs in generative AI […]

May 10, 2023

Layoffs

Cognizant to fire 3500 employees & close few offices to save cost

Cognizant, one of the world’s leading professional services companies, announced its first quarter 2023 financial results. According to reports, the company will lay off 3,500 employees. However, as of now the exact number of people impacted in India is still unclear. Moreover, the company will also be giving up 11 million sq feet of office […]

May 4, 2023

C-Suite Move

Brian Humphries, former CEO of Cognizant was terminated

Brian Humphries, the former CEO of Cognizant was “terminated without cause,” the company said in a regulatory filing. When someone is terminated without cause, it means that while they are being dismissed from their role, the reason has nothing to do with significant workplace misconduct or malfeasance at the workplace and they are entitled to […]

Apr 25, 2023

Compensation

Cognizant announces the third hike, Read CEO email to employees

An American multinational information technology services and consulting company, Cognizant has announced the third hike in 18 months for its employees. The salary hike is a part of the ‘two-merit cycles’ in a year a one-time measure announced by the company in November 2022. This was announced by the company to arrest the rising attrition. […]

Apr 19, 2023

CHRO Move

PepsiCo gets ex-Cognizant Becky Schmitt as CHRO, Ronald retires

PepsiCo announced that Ronald Schellekens, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer plans to retire at the end of this year. And the company appoints Becky Schmitt as EVP & CHRO, effective October 1, 2023. With almost 30 years of HR leadership experience, Becky will join PepsiCo from Cognizant, a multinational information technology services and consulting […]

Apr 13, 2023