Great place to work...if you like mediocrity! - Business Analyst CGI Employee Review

3.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Great work and home balance. Generally, co-workers are intelligent and very friendly. There a lot of good managers who have great management styles. CGI structures its groups in a flat manner; I could talk with the director of my group with no problem. CGI sponsors a social club at each of our locations.

Cons

A very lax culture that many abuse. Some employees showed up at 11am and left at 3pm. Doesn't matter if you try to stand out many have a "whatever" attitude. CGI hires bodies instead of skilled workers. A co-worker of mine was hired as programmer analyst and had no knowledge of any programming languages, not even SQL!

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Inclusive workplace; great benefits; supportive of personal and professional growth; decent compensation for the area; - especially given the benefits; great leadership; strong culture and values.

Cons

Can be ups and downs if you are in a more volatile area of work which has contracts come and go. AI has increased that volatility across the industry and CGI hasn’t been immune. Individuals experience can vary by manager, but it’s a very good company.

2.0
May 7, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The team for whom I worked was great. One of the best.

Cons

Other teams not so much. Herding cats and you end up taking over on an IMC call for something not even in your sphere. I feel they blacklist employees they RIF. I had a great Director try to get me in with other BUs and nothing. He tried again and again. Others who got RIF'd told me the same. Not good. Also, seems people look over their shoulders looking for the Grim Reaper. Not a good way to be. And the higher ups that are in charge of client retention seem to not be the ones on the firing line, only the consultants that did great work for the clients who decide to leave. HR who is supposed to help get another job within the company are worthless. They want you to do all the work. Also, CGI is so big teams only know what they know. Learning other teams' stuff seems to be frowned upon. How can you move around? This login makes you stuck.

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