CGI reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,860 total reviews)

François Boulanger

77% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

CGI has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 17,860 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CGI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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18K reviews
1.0
Aug 1, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Stable - as long as they can bill the client.

Cons

Toxic workplace to the core - I was appalled by treatment I both witnessed firsthand and heard about. Those who dare speak up about shameful "leadership" risk being turned on by management and the strongarm HR department. I witnessed team leads berate employees hired as new graduates. Pressure cooker like environment - borderline abusive "People Leaders" on certain teams. But I won't name names or share specifics. Training is a complete and total disaster - it is the most dysfunctional company and onboarding process I have ever seen. Turnover runs rampant due to poor environment, pay cuts (Tiny raises during runaway inflation), and a depressing career growth outlook. People come here excited and slowly have their souls crushed month after month, therefore the company operates like a revolving door. Especially younger employees are quick to leave, which I applaud them for after witnessing the dysfunction and atrocious management style on certain teams. Therefore, your team is constantly understaffed and undertrained. In the meantime, people leaders carry all the burden of "training" new employees, being evaluated constantly on their training metrics. I had employees on other teams asking to meet, because their team was so understaffed and overworked due to turnover that their "People Leaders" couldn't find time in their calendar on a regular basis to give them basic training. No wonder Seniors and Team Leads are stressed out, which leads to lashing out. Working the job of three, while underpaid, and tasked with training the new Consultant who walks in the door month after month! If given the choice of one of my children taking their career to this company or walking over hot coals, I would choose the latter. I refuse to work somewhere where I would be sad if my family and children worked. Therefore I left for significantly more pay and a 1000% better environment.

1.0
Oct 11, 2021

Dreadful

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Ability to rarely work from home and colleagues in similar role are friendly and helpful, the same cannot be said for management.

Cons

Management are obsessed with micro management and are very quick to jump on your toes if spending more than 3 minutes taking a breather after a call. On the other hand very delayed or not responsive whatsoever when coming to them for help. Salary is no where near what it should be for the ammount of work/skills required to be good at the job. They preach the importance of mental health and how their values as a company allign with helping their employees, but in practise they fail extremely at it.

2.0
Sep 1, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Staff are friendly, professional, and courteous. The headquarter offices are spacious and parking is ample.

Cons

I do not recommend working here if you are a millennial, in your 20's or 30's. Particularly in the marketing, communication, and PR field, you will not grow your skillset and you will not be given any tools or opportunities to grow your career. Management has a stronghold on mid- to senior- level positions and upward mobility is virtually nonexistent. Managers are often promoted to Directors while lower-level employees are not given opportunities for promotions. Everything is outsourced to India and the Philippines. If there's something you would like to do, chances are someone in another country is doing it for less. Pay raises are 1-3% so don't come in underpaid. You will not be compensated or given a raise regardless of your contributions, work level, education, etc. Bonuses at the corporate level are almost not worth mentioning. There is no work life balance. 55+ hour weeks were the norm. Unrealistic time management expectations i.e., 8 and 9 pm email requests. Montreal, Canada HQ is king while the US is the red headed step child. Telework policy fluctuates to align with industry trends. Management is lenient on some and strict on others. Health insurance consists of a high deductible plan with regular out-of-pocket increases each year, all of which fall on the employee. Benefits are lackluster and days off are far and few in between.

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