Deeply inhumane company - avoid - Director CGI Employee Review

1.0
Jan 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- rare opportunity to experience how badly a business can be run

Cons

- HR does not take grievances seriously and knowingly takes no action to safeguard staff - extreme KPI fixation: it is very strongly suggest that staff should only rate their employee experience as high to avoid having their SLTs bonuses impacted - directors pushed to set up ‘ghost’ meetings with clients to satisfy pointless metrics - extreme top-down hierarchy and punishment culture. - employees told off for raising genuine concerns in public forums - employees told to ‘hunt their own food’ when on the bench while a clock counts down towards their termination - archaic internal platforms that makes doing your job insufferable - multiple platforms to raise tickets, tickets passed from department to departement - no ability to speak to a real person to resolve administrative issues - extremely poor pay and compensation framework which is claimed to be aligned to market - little to no progresion opportunities - unable to challenge leadership or ask simple questions without fear of retaliation - directors are overloaded with responsibilities, compounded by poor internal systems, constant metric-chasing, having to deliver on client to a high percentage of your time, managing responsibilities for far too many people people, and business development quotas - feedback to management brushed off and dismissed - role frameworks very obviously written by AI - excessive, sickly toxic positivity projected by SLT

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5.0
Apr 27, 2026
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Great leadership Understanding of work/life balance

Cons

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1.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

no specific positives to highlight from my perspective

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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