CGI reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,842 total reviews)

François Boulanger

78% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

CGI has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 17,842 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CGI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

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18K reviews
4.0
Dec 28, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

CGI is an international corporation, therefore, many big projects available. Which means many opportunities. If you have a good team lead, manager, it's a very good environment to learn from a big company like this. Furthermore, many nice and smart people.

Cons

Since it's a huge company, too many politics at work.

1.0
Dec 13, 2018

Does Not Meet Expectations

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice view from the Dudley Tower.

Cons

* New hires get paid more than employees who have been here for 5-6 years. * Pay is woefully uncompetitive, employees are rapidly leaving for $20k-$30k pay increases elsewhere in the area. * Yearly salary raises are a joke, expect to laugh among your coworkers after your 2% annual raise that doesn't even cover inflation. * Benefits are a joke, you'll be laughing in pain at the $6850 yearly health insurance deductible. * Zero career path, you will remain at a title of Consultant for 10-20 years, after which you'll be promoted to Senior Consultant with no pay increase. * No training or career advancement opportunities, unless you consider reading ebooks as "training" that you could've Googled from anywhere. * No job security, if your project ends and CGI cannot find you a new project in 3 weeks, you are terminated from the company. Management has assured us that this will not likely happen for most employees, but this has already happened for several employees. * Extremely slow turnaround for new projects, which gives very little chance for employees on the bench to be placed on a new project. I was able to apply for a new job, schedule for three interviews, and receive a new job offer in a shorter timespan than CGI could approve the extension for my EXISTING project. * The morale here is a dead horse that keeps getting beaten every time another employee leaves or is let go, at a rate of 1.5 employees per week. * CGI is a big boat that's slowly sinking, and there aren't enough lifeboats for everyone.

2.0
Mar 20, 2024

Protect the stock price at all cost

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Has a relatively nice share purchase program and match with immediate vesting and no wait period to sell - Proximity model means little need to travel for projects for most roles - Executive leadership's exclusive concern with the share price will mean your stock should continue to rise, for a little while at least

Cons

- Recent strict adherance to 0 bench policy has meant there is no job security - Raises and bonuses have been either well below inflation or just plain non-existent - Promotions are not given a boost in pay and/or used in lieu of an actual raise - Mandated use of vacation time at company discretion - Aggressive RTO policy being enacted - Severe lack of training and no dedicated (and compensated) sales force leads to poor execution of growth strategies

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