Most horrible company in North America !!! - Senior Software Developer CGI Employee Review

1.0
Jun 25, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

They can dream about me putting anything positive here

Cons

Back several years ago, CGI management in Ottawa convinced me to become an employee and sent me to the GAC project in Gatineau. (I swear my life I never was and never will be a racist or hater of any ethnicity - absolute and ultimate nonsense.) My Team Lead in GAC had torturing horrible accent and a really short temper, but he seemed to have a very strong "hand" helping him and pushing him forward, because, having this incredibly horrible accent and a short temper he was an employee of CGI for 17 years and became GAC employee. The software development environment and the application itself for Export and Import was too old, unnecessarily overcomplicated and hard to embrace and maintain. The whole team was suffering from his horrible accent, but whispering under their breath. 3 months after they laid me off with no chance to be on another project as an employee, but the most terrible part was that the CGI management in Ottawa complained about me as a racist to the Public Security, jeopardazing my whole long career in Ottawa (about 30 years in Ottawa alone by now out of 35 years). As a former immigrant, I have no "helping hand" to protect me. I had to meet some "men in black" and managed to explain that I never was and never will be a racist. If God was more active or attentive, he should have burned the CGI managers in Ottawa on the spot for their lie and hypocrisy !!!

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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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