CGI reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,883 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 17,883 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
2.0
Apr 13, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flex work hours. Also, if you want to hide and browse the internet for most of your day, this is the place you've been looking for.

Cons

Like most service firm I worked for, also CGI is being destroyed by a myopic, unqualified management team who gets into their role mostly our of seniority and corridor chats. Believe me, I am not exaggerating. As anyone working in the Montreal offices, you will get this consistent opinion. Morale is so low among employees that anyone with a self-confidence level above zero is applying to jobs in other companies. I know very well 2 recruiters who both told me they regularly approach CGI employees found on Linkedin "because they all want to leave..". I am not surprised. This also creates a huge problem of knowledge loss. People leave, replacement takes months (if a replacement indeed is arranged: sometimes someone else is asked to absorb also the load of the departed employee, with the obvious frustration that this implies), knowledge transfer just does not happen. The recent waves of expense cuts to offset declining revenues (since the company is losing one by one all its main clients: Desjardins, Bell, others to follow soon) have not affected the areas in which the company is lacking the most: process streamlining (simplification). The current management is so unqualified that is generally unable to identify (not to mention measure) the incredible waste that every employee can witness in reason of the very bureaucratic way the company works. I thought I saw the bottom when working at Bell, now I see the new low benchmark is CGI. I would not suggest an experience in this company to anyone other than a long-time unemployed worker who has basically no better chance.

3.0
Apr 12, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

CGI offers a very good work-life balance, with very understanding management. Unlimited sick days and in general a good sense of team.

Cons

Commutes often split between Fairfax, VA and Washington, DC. There is a lot of tolerance for sub-standard employees which can be frustrating under tight deadlines.

3.0
Apr 4, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure to a limited cadre of Fortune 100 Firms, support for training if you can convince management, some attempts to connect with rank and file staff but it's really treated more like a checkbox than heartfelt.

Cons

High turnover rate. Lack of commitment to long term opportunities unless there is short term money to be made: margin is constantly under a microscope for senior staff, so if numbers don't look good in short term then cuts come quickly.

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