CGI reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,861 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 17,861 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
Dec 16, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The best thing about this company is the people. There are a lot of nice, smart and hardworking people working here. They aren't treated all that well by the company, but they put forth their best effort none-the-less.

Cons

CGI sets the standard for how cheap a company can be run. We hit all our profit and revenue goals last year and to celebrate they threw us a Holiday Party. It entailed cookies and soda in our 12601 building lobby at lunchtime. I'm serious. Talk to anyone who works at any of our competitors in the industry and compare their benefits and salaries with ours and you'll soon discover how much better they treat their staff. This company scrimps over every penny they spend and you can feel it in everything they do. If you need a binder, you run to Staples and buy it yourself because the requisition would have to go through layers of approvals otherwise. They'll bring in people to give us flu shots but then make us cough up the $20 to pay for them, even though they'll be billing our clients thousands for every staff member who avoids getting sick. Cost of living adjustments are disguised as annual raises and the only time they give a real raise is if someone critical to a project threatens to leave. Stuff like that. And it's not because of this recession. In CGI Federal we hit our growth and revenue goals despite the tough economy. And well before this recession this company was treating it's staff poorly. This company is cheap, cheap, CHEAP. If you need a job and don't have other options than this place is better than nothing. But if you have alternative offers from competitors, you can most likely do much better elsewhere.

2.0
Dec 14, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong PMO team, average benefits, share purchase plan a plus

Cons

- Pay is below industry average - Raises rarely meet cost of living - Bonuses are only given to sr. staff. - No personal or career development. - Knowledge sharing limited. - They have strong knowledge skill needs but would rather outsource for the skills than develop inhouse. - Mid level (PMO) management are leaned on too heavilly and are over worked and under supported. - Sr leadership oblivious to most issues affecting staff.

1.0
Dec 11, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Recognizable name which can add credibility to your resume.

Cons

One of the worst run organization within the GTA; very political, very bureaucratic; 2 tier systems; senior management / leadership team have a sense of entitlement; elitism. Exe Leadership Team is disconnected from the employee population; not concerned with company moral, satisfaction or development. Only concerned with margins to achieve their targets for own personal bonus payout while the rest of the employee population doesn’t achieve bonus. Constant company realignment creates a very confusing org chart; CGI Montreal operates to a different set of operating guideline b/c they are French and in Montreal. HR offering are not unilateral; different offerings for different lob’s due to mergers and acquisitions. No sense of leadership at pretty much any level.

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