New Delhi. Cognizant Package: Whenever freshers go to a company for placement after college, they expect a good package. However, how much package the fresher will get is decided by the company. If we talk about the salary package of the big companies of the IT sector, then everyone expects a great package.

The salary package of the IT sector's giant company Cognizant has come into discussion. After the package offer by the company, it is being trolled a lot on social media. Actually, the company had posted a job for new employees. According to this post, it is offering IT jobs with a salary package of 2.5 lakhs (Cognizant Package 2.5 Lakh Per annum) to pass-out students in the year 2024.

Indian Tech and Infra posted on social media X that Cognizant has announced an off-campus mass hiring drive. Students of 2024 batch can apply in this. The last date for application is 14 August and the salary package is Rs 2.52 lakh per annum.

This post was shared on August 13. After the post was shared, it has been viewed more than 1.5 million times and reposted more than 20 thousand times. The post has been made fun of a lot in the comment section.

Users' reaction

On this post, a user commented that 2.52 LPA is too much. What will graduates do with so much money. Whereas, another user said that the 2002 batch members got 2.52 LPA off.

At the same time, Himanshu Rajawat wrote that this is not even equal to one year's rent in the village or a few packets of Maggi.

Ex user Vishnu Pradeep reposted the post and said that after the recent layoffs, getting recruited in tech companies is a very good thing, but the package of 2.52 LPA is a matter of concern. Even 10 years ago, the average package was 3 LPA.

CEO's package is many times bigger than that of freshers

Talking about the salary of senior officials like CEOs of the IT sector, it is many times more than that of freshers. The list of top management people earning more also includes the names of CEOs of companies like Infosys, Wipro and HCL. Regarding the salary of the CEO, Narayana Murthy (NR Narayana Murthy) said that the salary of a CEO should not be 40 times more than that of the employees.