Good work-life balance, few opportunities for advancement - Business Analyst CGI Employee Review

2.0
Apr 13, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

In general, hours are not long and flexibility is provided to work from home. Benefits, i.e., health insurance, are good.

Cons

Very few opportunities for advancement. No training for new hires and ongoing training consists of access to a portal with online classes of poor quality. It is possible to obtain funds for taking classes, but it's not advertised and count on going through a lot of red tape. Limited number of projects, and regional consulting model means that if you are unable to find a project in your immediate area, you will most likely be asked to relocate instead of being put on a project that accepts travelers. Raises are very low and seem to be decided independently of performance, given that each business unit and sector has a limited number of funds to split between employees.

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Good work environment Strong leadership

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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