CGI Federal Reviews

Former Employee – worked at CGI Federal full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The reason you work at CGI Federal is because you want to advance your career in IT and appreciate your work life balance. CGI Federal is a great company to work for, large enough that they can be flexible without having you feel just like a number.

Cons – Opportunity to work outside of the Federal government contracts. Being in the Federal space it is difficult to get experience in the corporate side of the business (CGI and CGI Federal are separate companies).

Advice to Senior Management – Move people around more and give the younger members more responsibilities.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at CGI Federal

Pros – Very flexible schedule, real good benefits

Cons – pay could be better, need better relationship with client

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at CGI Federal full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – This job affords both vets and non-vets to support the US military in their efforts to keep America safe from dangers within and without.

Cons – This job like many within the federal oversight community did not lend itself to cutting edge technology, tools and services.

Advice to Senior Management – COntinue to pursue excellence through due dilgience and vigilance.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at CGI Federal

Pros – 401k and Stock Plan are not bad. Medical is decent. If you are comfortable with not knowing what you're doing and jumping into a new project there's plenty of room to grow.

Cons – Management does not have morale as one of the things they should be interested in. EG: PMs will repeatedly agree to client wishes/changes without understanding the change or impact on personnel and timelines; then expect the 'slack' to get picked up out of thin air. The only reason projects succeed is due to near heroic efforts of some to get the job done. Turnover is also high for the same reason. Many contracts (new bid and incumbent bid) were lost due to new HUGE overhead costs that are baked into proposals.

Advice to Senior Management – At some point you'll have to start listening to the folks that have been telling you for 3 years now since you bought into the defense business with the Stanley acquisition. We're getting underbid and overworked constantly. You're lucky you still have some the people you do.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at CGI Federal

Pros – Great environment, full of young, recent college hires.

Cons – They said their cafe in the building didnt have the best food

Current Employee – been working at CGI Federal full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great work environment. The company has many projects to work on. For example, when a certain portion of a contract was lost, management assisted individuals in finding another project to work on within their area of interest. Also, the people that work for CGI are amazing. I have friends to this day that still work there.

Cons – Work schedule can be hectic depending on the project you work on, your role, and management. This is nearly a third party perspective of other projects. The project I worked on fostered a great environment for young professionals to develop.

Advice to Senior Management – Get to know the members of your project better. If you have a vested interest in them, then they will have an interest in helping you succeed.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at CGI Federal

Pros – good work life balance, flexible schedule

Cons – inefficiencies, people take advantage of large company

Current Employee – been working at CGI Federal for more than 3 years

Pros – My first job out of college, its been good so far. I feel as if I have grown a lot a a professional and learned a lot about the industry. Many different projects to work on, HR is pretty good about helping you move to one that fits your interests.

Cons – Upper management could make more of an effort to interact with/ get to know their employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at CGI Federal full-time

Pros – Nothing much to say here. Infighting, poor management, favortism and nepotism, I could go on and on and on..

Cons – Worst place I have ever worked in an almost 40 year working career. Cultural misalignment between US and French Canadian entities-- socialistic philosophies DO NOT work in the US. VERY poor leadership- the fish sticks from the head down. Extremely bad decision to buy a large, failing European company. Can't wait to leave!!

Advice to Senior Management – I am beyond words. They would not listen anyway.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at CGI Federal full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great benefits to employees, the remote locations have a more-family-oriented cozy environment, decent pay, relative stability

Cons – Too big for their britches at times, it's difficult to maintain order when there is too many hands in the pot...

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to employees, don't just buy up little businesses to please your share holders and increase your bottom line. When CGI Federal purchased the smaller company, Stanley Associates that I was employed by, we ended up losing the contract I was on since the company-CGI did not have a small-scale business advantage to bid on a Navy contract, given I was in an area where the local economy was made 85% wise by the government contractors, it was a hard pill to swallow, especially when I had been an employee there with the previous company going on 8 plus years. They offered or tried to get me a position in the headquarters location, however, it was going to be the same amount of pay for a 65+mile commute one way. I had to decline.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company