A 'safe' place to build your resume for entry/mid level consultants. - Senior Consultant CGI Employee Review

4.0
Feb 3, 2009
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Pros

It's a good place to start off and build entry and mid level experience. Generally flexible work schedules allow for reasonable work/life balance. Pay is fair but not extraordinary. Company has experienced steady growth and is generally stable/safe place to work. I work in an excellent but small group within the broader company. There are pockets of greatness and some areas of weakness/mediocrity. If you are looking for a job here, shop around within CGI carefully.

Cons

Difficult to move beyond mid-level management. Not much opportunity to do work 'outside the mold' or take risks. Pay is not very competitive, especially in the DC metro area.

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5.0
Apr 20, 2026
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Pros

Culture and work/life balance are what has kept me here

Cons

Benefits, salary could be better

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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