CGI reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,868 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 17,868 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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2.0
Sep 13, 2017
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Pros

offered more salary than i asked for pays the bills

Cons

I was in the office at Markham, Ontario in the financial services division. in the 16 months that I was there I had 5 bosses change. the place is literally a revolving door, every 4 to 6 months there was a round of layoffs and people were always scared, people who avoided the knife had no loyalty to the place because they knew they are dispensable. way too much leg pulling. I have NEVER seen this much politics at any other place i have worked at. extremely pressure: every two months of work, i had one month of over time accumulated. no support: I was doing the job of a senior manager with the title of a team lead, commanding 30 people in total. With any issue in which i needed help from above, i would be left alone to deal with it. In the team in india women were paid less than the men, even when they performed better. I raised this to my boss and he just shrugged "this happens sometimes in business" is what he said and "we cannot control what the indian division pays their employees" (which may be true, but the indifference was heartbreaking) only join this place if you have no other option. and leave as soon as you can or they will just end up letting you go.

1.0
Jul 2, 2015
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Pros

I can't think of any.

Cons

Worst company I ever worked in my 18+ years of IT career. Poor Management and pathetic work environment. No respect for employees. Mental harassment by some long tenured incompetent management folks who makes disrespectful and personal comments in public, expect you to work as slave (12-14 hours each day) and force you to meet their unreasonable demands. Makes false promises during the hiring process. Lacks leadership and incapable of managing client expectations. Turnover is very high.

1.0
Mar 18, 2015
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Pros

Used to have great people Staff were once treated as people instead of a number against a sheet

Cons

This company offers a terrible salary compared to the others in the area competing against them. Managers are very highly paid and totally inept at their jobs. The legacy managers left over from Logica have destroyed this company. CGI should have replaced them entirely when they had the chance. There is no training, ever. The "budget" is always there, but middle management refuse to allow staff to attend training. The forced "company improvement" internal training is some of the most painful hours I have ever spent clicking through an internal workbook. If you are unlucky enough to get put onto the support team ( which will be referenced as something entirely different in your job search), you might find yourself heading into a deep depression. The management here is worse than the management in the rest of the company, ignoring clear bullying of colleagues, inept employees and shocking time management. CGI are probably a great company to work for, unless you work in the UK. Then you have no hope. Just ask any former employee that wasn't at least a "level 3" manager.

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