Horrible company culture full of close minded managers and a world understanding stuck in 1990s. - UI-UX Designer CGI Employee Review

2.0
Jul 24, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary is good for entry level positions. Work hours are flexible. Location is good for people living in Markham, Richmond Hill and Scarborough.

Cons

Company has no forward thinking leadership, the entire company's mindset is stuck in 1990s. Company has no modern minded, open minded, knowledgeable, skilled and forward thinking/innovative managers because 90% of them leave after a few years of resume building. The ones that stay aren't skilled enough to be hired in other companies so they stay. Company of survivors, not thrivers. Most people just want to do minimal work to get a paycheque and play politics to survive, no one actually wants to put in the effort to learn and do innovative work. Innovative work is discouraged here by rest of company employees, not encouraged. You are not rewarded or appreciated for your new ideas and quality work. Luckily they are Canada's first consultant company that scaled to 76,000 employees and has an international presence, making it stable. Company is just that, stable and great place to survive to get a paycheque. If you want to thrive in your career, especially when young, don't stay here for more than a year or your career will die due to lack of learning and growth opportunities and people to learn from. Extremely old workforce, average age is 40+. Extreme difficulties recruiting young people and keeping them for more than a year. Very insecure and egotistic people who try to put you down for good work so they can seem like they know what they are talking about and their knowledge from 1990s is still relevant in 2019.

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Inclusive workplace; great benefits; supportive of personal and professional growth; decent compensation for the area; - especially given the benefits; great leadership; strong culture and values.

Cons

Can be ups and downs if you are in a more volatile area of work which has contracts come and go. AI has increased that volatility across the industry and CGI hasn’t been immune. Individuals experience can vary by manager, but it’s a very good company.

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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