Managers stay away, good for consultants. Negotiate a strong starting salary. - Manager CGI Employee Review

2.0
Jun 15, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

CGI is a $4 billion company with over 25000 employess. That being said, they have very different policies around the globe. This review is specific to Toronto area, a Metro with very high cost of loving. Personally I chose CGI for 2 reasons, proximity to Home and potential job openinings in several other market vericals and geograhic locations, particularly India. If you are a candidate comprehending rturn-2-india , you may want to seek employment here. CGI does not really tie your job responsibilites to designation. One could be a program manager and designated Sr Consultant. CGI is a well recognized brand name is Canada. Very liberal tele-commute policy.

Cons

Well CGI being one of the biggest consulting forms in Canada with many clients in many verticals, Its hard to look for a job full-time or contact when you decide to move on without violating the no-compete. At the middle management level, there is no reward for extra effort either as over-time pay or time in-lieu. A consultant or Sr consultant are entitled to over-time pay.

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Pros

Great Benefits Great Pay, Flexibility, Great Culture

Cons

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2.0
May 7, 2026
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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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