Great company if you are willing to learn how to navigate - Software Developer CGI Employee Review

5.0
Dec 6, 2022
Recommend
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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.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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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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