American IT services and consulting major Cognizant is at the receiving end of a lot of backlash on social media after it announced an off-campus hiring drive for the 2024 batch with a salary of Rs 2.52 LPA, which works out to approximately Rs 21,000 per month before deductions.

The same has been a hot topic of controversy among netizens across the globe. A job post announcing the drive read, ‘Cognizant has announced an exciting off-campus mass hiring drive and invites applications from the 2024 batch. Application deadline August 14. Package – INR 2.52 LPA.

🚨 Cognizant has announced an exciting off-campus mass hiring drive, welcoming applications from candidates belonging to the 2024 batch.

Application deadline – August 14.
Package – INR 2.52 LPA pic.twitter.com/Btuwf2GoEw

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— Indian Tech & Infra (@IndianTechGuide) August 13, 2024

Soon enough, critics took to social media to express their anger. ‘Cognizant offers 2.25 LPA to freshers while their CEO’s salary is 186 crores, the highest-paid CEO in India. They offered the same 2.25 lakhs when I was a fresher two decades ago. Why no minimum wage criterion in all sectors?’ Swastika Yadav wrote in a post on X.

cognizant offering 2.25 lpa to recent graduates while the ceo’s salary is 186 crores, making him the highest salaried ceo in India.

and they were offering the same ‘exciting’ 2.25 lakhs two decades back as well.

why can’t we have minimum wage criteria in all the sectors?

— Swastika Yadav (@swastika0015) August 13, 2024

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The responses to this were strongly critical and comic. One user commented sarcastically, ‘2.25 LPA is too much; they should make it 1.8 LPA. What would a graduate do with such a huge package?’ Another person chimed in with, ‘2.52 LPA is so generous. What will they do with that much money? My driver makes more than that, working just 4 days a week. Lol.’

Isse jyada paisa to momo wale ke helper me hai,’ wrote one. That much money is available to even a helper of the momo vendor, this screams about the low salary as compared to other jobs.

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