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    CGI Reviews

    Updated 21 August, 2018
    5,130 reviews

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    CGI President and Chief Executive Officer George D. Schindler
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    • "Work life balance is a challenge" (in 130 reviews)

    • "Career growth especially when you work at client side" (in 115 reviews)

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    1. "good company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Montreal, QC
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Montreal, QC

      I have been working at CGI full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Large organization, many roles and opportunities

      Cons

      Consulting model works well for people with hard technical skills

    2. "Great pay"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great pay
      Great benefits
      Paid vacation

      Cons

      Traveling was not an option. Employees must travel where the contracts are

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    3. "Nice company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Montreal, QC
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Montreal, QC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at CGI full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Best working environment and friendly colleagues

      Cons

      Company make you so much comfortable that you will never think to move to other company. Which bad for income growth point of view

    4. Helpful (1)

      "Long time loyal employee"

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      Former Employee - Senior Consultant in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Senior Consultant in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at CGI full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      - Good company overall
      - Very good people and culture
      - Image is very good in market
      - Ideal place to learn consulting skills
      - Always have opportunities/projects on varieties of technologies to work on
      - Great work life balance, telecommute/work from home options is a major advantage
      - If you are good in what you do, they don't leave you - full job security

      Cons

      Very low in compensation - overall price model is low, known to be lowest in market
      Very difficult to move up - too many and too high performance expectations. Year end performance review simply kills all your hard work and motivation

      Advice to Management

      Please focus on matching compensation with market, fair and achievable promotions specially for those who have been loyal since long

    5. "Senior Consultant"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at CGI full-time

      Pros

      Possibility for advancement, diverse projects

      Cons

      Software delivery center, varying levels of expertise

    6. "Software Developer"

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      Former Employee - Software Developer in Montreal, QC
      Former Employee - Software Developer in Montreal, QC
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at CGI part-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great place to work! Learned a lot from great people even though it was just a small team. Smart people and chance to use new tech.

      Cons

      There were not a lot of great opportunities to move up to a full-time position. Could have been in a better location than it was.

      Advice to Management

      Open more full time positions to interns and part-timers please! Possibly look at moving to a better office location also.

    7. "Server Administrator"

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      Current Employee - Consultane in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Consultane in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at CGI full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good work life balance, no employee exploitation

      Cons

      Not inline with technology and openness.

      Advice to Management

      Have an ear to listen to advice, suggestions and build trust with employees.

    8. Helpful (1)

      "A nice place to work at"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Montreal, QC
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Montreal, QC

      I worked at CGI full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Work colleagues, professionalism.
      Overall a good company to work at.

      Cons

      Location of the office is the main downside.

    9. "Great place to work"

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      Former Employee - Enterprise Architect in Ottawa, ON
      Former Employee - Enterprise Architect in Ottawa, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at CGI full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Interesting work with diverse set of clients, technologies, opportunities.
      Great people,
      Great culture of sharing, and values.
      Strong ethics
      Well-established Management Foundation, defining how business operates

      Cons

      As an IT Consulting business, its important to recognize that your value relates directly to billable work. As such, declines in the local market needs will impact continued employment, and ongoing its rare to get training unless OJT or on your own time. Work/Life balance can be tough when delivering complex engagements. But this is all the nature of the business.

    10. "Director"

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      Current Employee - Director in Mississauga, ON
      Current Employee - Director in Mississauga, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at CGI full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Most humane working environment with very empathetic leadership

      Cons

      In such a big company, you could find yourself to be just an expense if you are not on any active project

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