CGI reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,875 total reviews)

François Boulanger

78% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

CGI has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 17,875 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
2.0
Jul 14, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Like minded co workers who are wanting to help and aid in your improvement

Cons

Pay is quite a bit lower then other like companies. Though cgi promised no layoffs, they let me go as part of a silent layoff with the excuse of "the business unit was underperforming" I was not the only one affected

5.0
Dec 6, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

CGI is one of the biggest technology consulting firms in the world. There's nearly limitless career possibilities, many different ladders to climb, skills to learn. Great for self-starters who want to forge their own path, explore their interests, and build a long career. Especially well suited to technologists with interests across the business spectrum (marketing, sales, operations, etc.). It's also heavily invested in SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) and offers lots of opportunities for training and certifications, which is either a pro or a con depending on your appetite for agile frameworks. Same goes for cloud, it's a great place if you want to grow skills, get certified in AWS & Azure.

Cons

Not necessarily a cons, but a words of caution. CGI is not a software product company (at least for now, it would certainly love to change that). It is built around enterprise-scale IT projects, managed IT services, and IT strategy consulting. If you are a hardcore software engineer and are not interested in developing broader business consulting skills, you will likely find your career ladder to be short and feel undervalued. At CGI *everyone* is called to be a consultant. It's part of the culture and you aren't going to change that. You also won't see the kind of money being thrown at you like you would at a SaaS/PaaS/IaaS company. CGI values time in the trenches, so you won't start seeing big checks unless you stick around a few years, and start impacting revenue. Also CGI has some interesting policies around limited middle management which is both a pro and a con. There's only allowed to be like 4 or 5 people between anyone and the CEO, and there are rules about how many people management roles should manage, which severely limits the number of roles. Breaking into the Manager/Director level and above can be challenging, often requiring good internal connections and good timing.

3.0
May 31, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work From Home 100%. Encouraging Wellness and positive Well-Being. Benefits got better in 2022. Matching Stock Purchase Plan.

Cons

Significantly underpaid. Will be told that the pay is similar to industry competition, however in reality they are about 15-20% under. Because of a lack of compensation, the quality of the "best" or elite teams in the company are extremely subjective. You get what you pay for. For a company prides itself on diversity, there is a severe lack of representation from BIPOC as well as women at the upper levels of management. The demographics at the executive levels are about as pale, fossilized, and paternal as one would expect.

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