An OK place for OK people; a frustrating place for strong performers - Anonymous employee CGI Employee Review

2.0
11 Dec 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Certain units have very high standards and hold their employees to them. Others are just places where so-so IT consultants stagnate. Try to find a gem of a manager; it makes life at CGI a lot nicer.

Cons

The company's different units spend a lot of time and resources figuring out how to shift costs around so nothing hits their books. This is an IT consulting firm that branches out, mostly through acquisitions, into business consulting. If you're not from an IT background, you won't get much respect. And even if you are...this is a technology company with regular email failures and a "helpdesk" that is uniquely unhelpful. Over the last several years, the benefits have gone from fine to barely acceptable. They took away a week of vacation from new hires, for instance. Raises and promotions are few and far between, even for strong performers.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
7 May 2026
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Pros

The team for whom I worked was great. One of the best.

Cons

Other teams not so much. Herding cats and you end up taking over on an IMC call for something not even in your sphere. I feel they blacklist employees they RIF. I had a great Director try to get me in with other BUs and nothing. He tried again and again. Others who got RIF'd told me the same. Not good. Also, seems people look over their shoulders looking for the Grim Reaper. Not a good way to be. And the higher ups that are in charge of client retention seem to not be the ones on the firing line, only the consultants that did great work for the clients who decide to leave. HR who is supposed to help get another job within the company are worthless. They want you to do all the work. Also, CGI is so big teams only know what they know. Learning other teams' stuff seems to be frowned upon. How can you move around? This login makes you stuck.

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