Toxic management overshadowed decent company - Software Developer CGI Employee Review

1.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I worked on the CGI Federal part of CGI. The benefits of the position I had were good. The salary was competitive, they sponsored my security clearance, and the vacations were generous. I don't have a problem with the company as a whole.

Cons

The boss I had lied about me multiple times, exaggerated normal incidents to paint me in a bad light, and did everything she could to make me look bad. I raised my concerns to her boss and HR, but they gave no response. There were initially multiple red flags, such as her screaming at me after a miscommunication resulted in me doing a certain training too early and I pointed out how she could've instructed me more clearly, her rescheduling multiple times and never ultimately meeting with me about concerns I had about another employee, and ____. Then all of a sudden, she put me on a PIP. She and the HR rep cited a laundry list of reasons. Several of the points were entirely fabricated, several others were extremely exaggerated, and the remaining ones were things I didn't realize was an issue (such as ____), and that she had multiple opportunities to correct me on before but never said they were a problem. When I tried to say this, they told me that "this isn't a discussion" and that I was "being defensive". I did my best to follow their improvement plan, which included subjective goals like "listening better". I was initially successful with the PIP, but then they assigned me a task which they admitted I was the first on the team to try something like that. I worked on it for several weeks and made steady progress, but they still claimed that I didn't finish fast enough and assigned it to a more experienced team member, and used that as justification to fire me. I checked in with the team member they assigned it to, and although they said the other employee had tried something different that fixed the problem, I confirmed with the employee directly that the had not in fact fixed it and had tried the exact same approach I was doing. To summarize, my boss and the HR team lied multiple times and tried to find any excuse to fire me. This appears to be a repeating issue with this specific boss, as another intern decided to not return because of her. Concerning the company overall, the only criticism I have is that there's a vast discrepancy between teams. Some teams have good bosses and some teams have terrible ones. Aside from my boss, the workload and expectations on my team was very light, whereas a different team regularly works late into the night and on weekends.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

I worked at CGI in both India and the USA and observed similar workplace culture concerns across both locations. The only real difference was HR—India HR felt more supportive, while my experience with USA HR was disappointing. My employment ended shortly after maternity leave due to an alleged “lack of projects,” which I experienced as a layoff. I also observed what appeared to be misuse of position by some leaders, including blurred professional boundaries, preferential treatment, and expectations that went beyond normal workplace roles—at times resembling personal-assistant-style demands rather than professional conduct. Surprisingly, I also noticed inconsistent “policies” applied differently to different individuals. In some cases, it felt like the rules changed depending on who you were. When leadership became aware that someone was related to another employee in the organization, it sometimes felt like that person was singled out or targeted rather than treated objectively. Overall, these practices—whether through inconsistent treatment, perceived power misuse, or favoritism—undermine trust, damage workplace culture, and raise serious concerns about fairness and professionalism.

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