CGI reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,870 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 17,870 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
Oct 28, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you read through these Glassdoor reviews, it seems like people are talking about two different companies. Some people love it. Others hate it. Both sides back up and their positions with facts. And guess what, both sides are true...If you come to CGI and get on a good contract that's growing and doing well, and you have a good manager, you'll love it. If you get on a failing contract -- and many are failing, particularly in Federal -- you'll hate it. Unfortunately, in my experience, the bad managers exceeded the good ones, and there's so little training, the bad ones can never be coached up to be good.

Cons

The cons are that the executives are horribly incompetent and many of them are all around just outright bad people -- self-obsessed, CYA, behind-kissing, obsequious know-nothings. Again, going back to my previous point...If you're on a good contract that's making money, you'll never have to deal with the idiots in the executive suites. CGI is cool like that...you've got little fiefdoms, and the ones that are chugging along operate in mini-silos, so you'll don't have to deal with incompetent, mean spirited executives.

2.0
Aug 23, 2015

SR CONSULTANT

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Really this is a offshoring company without nighttime calls. Frequent Lunches!

Cons

HR DEPT is pathetic. If your project is completed then you are on your own, a lot of people think looking at size of company that there will be some process to keep you on bench and help you find other projects. There is no Growth internally. Projects are maanged terriblly by technical reources from India, who became managers because they couldnt keep up with technology. Lot of micromanagement , Adhoc decisions, I saw managers call underperforming teammembers STUPID/LAZY/ USELESS in the meetings ., Just pathetic.

1.0
Aug 14, 2015

Abusive

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None, other than experience and the fact that the share plan was a nice bonus

Cons

My manager expected me to be on call 24/7 on an entry level job. I was also treated poorly no matter how many extra hours I worked (100 hours in a week sometimes).

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