CGI reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,902 total reviews)

François Boulanger

77% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

CGI has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 17,902 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 et conseil aux entreprises industry (3.5 stars).

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18K reviews
1.0
Aug 2, 2019

Bad experience - Avoid this company

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Pros

Free Food after 3 months Company paid partial benefits More managers than ground staff Good for retirement, 50% staff is +50.

Cons

No career growth Eye wash member surveys Big body shop for Govt Projects Fast hiring and firing Follows no ethics for employees Preference to white people only Hidden racism

2.0
Jul 6, 2019
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Pros

Halfway decent medical insurance ( No premiums) Easy interview Weekends off and paid federal holidays

Cons

No pay raises ever. As a support associate you're assigned levels from I to IV. In NYC the minimum assigned is a III so the only way you'll get a raise is if you get promoted to Level IV which is an .80 cent raise. It is a literal dead end job, there is no growth and no opportunity to convert to the federal side. They'll tell you there's opportunity to transfer within CGI to other sites but the manager hasn't let anyone transfer so that's a lie. Some of the federal workers view you as inferior and will treat you as such. It's basically boring monotonous grunt work that most people will get tired of within a few months. Shredding papers, data entry, standing on your feet greeting the public, accepting passport apps and more. You do not receive sick pay and get minimal pto 1.5 hrs per week

4.0
Jun 14, 2019
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Pros

Lots of opportunities (if you seek them out) Competitive salary (once benefits factored in) Good management communication Strong management team at corporate and senior local level Heavily promotes & supports employee training Initiatives to support a good work-life balance Little office politics (at least in the area I work in) General sense that senior management actually do care about employees (even though there is a bit of a sense of disconnection but that's largely due to the size and global nature of the company)

Cons

Corporate procurement system is a joke (I think it's designed you give up and just pay for stuff yourself...) Corporate appraisal system is abysmal - it's all about you proving you've met objectives by getting feedback, the person doing the appraisal has no idea what you actually do day to day Financial micro-management has gone too far (it was needed to get control of expense spending etc. but is now just more and more intrusive and time consuming). You have to get pre-approval for *any* travel expense...

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