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
Aug 13, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Literally nothing good to say at all

Cons

The office culture is abysmal. Not only is sexual harassment tolerated, but it's encouraged. I reported a team lead for sexual harassment because she made wildly inappropriate comments about a coworker's body (on not one, but two occasions). When I told my supervisor what happened, she told me it was just a joke and that it was a part of Black culture that I don't understand (said supervisor is not Black herself). Then she promised me that the team lead would not be allowed in our office anymore. The team lead continued to come in every day without consequence. Not only that, but my supervisor told her that I reported her, and then the entire office I work in talked about me behind my back for being "sensitive." I feel gaslit and shunned for speaking up for what I thought was right. That same team lead came into our office every day bragging about one of the adjudicators she's sleeping with and I was expected to simply keep my mouth shut and tolerate it. It's ridiculous. I've observed so much hostility and bad-mouthing behind peoples' backs on a daily basis. It's literally like high school all over again. Another one of my coworkers caught my supervisor talking loudly about me in the hall because I had to take time off for a doctor's appointment and apparently that would affect her bonus. Nothing is private and there is very little respect that people have for each other.

2.0
Dec 3, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Nice communities (women's network, etc) if you can find the time to attend the sessions. Likely you won't have the time unless you're a junior resource.

Cons

- Avoid entirely if you are thinking of the Salesforce practice. Talented senior leaders were let go while the least productive senior leader remains as a result of several bad decisions from upper management. - Lower than avg pay. If you are market rate, you'll be called "expensive" and they will find trouble staffing you because CGI doesn't lead have any pull in the market and their sales strategy is to win by pricing the lowest. This leads to severely understaffed projects, time and time again. When I attended an orals RFP presentation, regarding the staffing plan, the CIO at a top 5 bank asked us "Respectfully, WTF are you smoking?" - Bare min benefits, stingy holiday and PTO policy - Weird culture. Engagement Managers are arrogant and unskilled. You spend months advising them and they don't take your advice, then you have to solve the problem they created. I was almost rolled off a client engagement bc the client required work from their laptop but would not supply one. My EM suggested I was replaced, and said SMEs are "a dime a dozen." Absolutely not reality. - If you are skilled, you will be overworked. You then will be treated poorly/overlooked for promotion due to being burnt out. - Company grew 8% last year and treated us as losers for "only" growing that much. We were left walking on eggshells, and having to do even more work as our (talented) peers ultimately left. Forecasts and actuals are obscured.

1.0
Oct 17, 2024

Just Don't!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company offers an ESOP.

Cons

Leadership - it starts from the top down. The organizations model is setup that leadership is consistently moving towards unrealistic numbers that don't factor the human capital, program challenges or regional market aspects that play a large role in doing business. Therefore leadership is randomly hiring, they lack the skills to upskill, lead, mentor or grow staff. The most unfortunate is the lack of communication, there is just poor leadership. It often trickles down to program and project team cause mass confusion and chaos. There are decisions that are made without conversation to understand the full scope or breathe of the issue, which further place project teams in disarray. It has an impact to hiring, project quality and overall delivery. It is CGI Federal culture, so just don't.

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