Survival of the fittest - Consultant CGI Employee Review

3.0
Oct 28, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- HR does a very good job at recruiting good people with skills and personnality to boot. - Some of our projects are an opportunity to transform industry roots - Flexible culture means that if you dare to suggest an idea, convince people to join and invest the time to make projects live all doors are open for you to do so.

Cons

- Management is overworked and only rated on financial results. Thus their people management skills are wanting. Most also work in a cut-throat environment and are not very trust-worthy. - Internal management rules are extremely variable from one team to the next. - Favoritism is the only career opportunity available. Popular consultants may be sky-rocketted towards management positions in three years (with 10k+ pay increases); whereas most may stay up to 4y as a consultant.

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Cons

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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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