Trending @Cognizant; My manager has nominated me for PA to A in this quarter. But my rating is 3 only. I have heard that promotion is made more strict in this quarter they are mailing HM to defer the promotion of having rating below 5. Is that right?

Yes this is right. If rating is not 5 they are asking to defer the promotion

They just increase rules day by day. They do not want to give any hike/ promotion to anyone except the senior employees. 5 rating is very difficult to get. Even if a manager has given to his reportee, BU will cut it down to 4