Stuck in the 2000s - Consultant CGI Employee Review

1.0
Mar 16, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Honestly, I can’t think of any.

Cons

If you’re an over-50 white male who has no interest in innovation or diversity, this is the place for you...the place where employees need to use Internet Explorer to access/use archaic, barely functioning internal applications; where you’re required to wear suits and ties or business suits circa Working Girl; and where coworkers choose to stare at their computers all day rather than interact or collaborate with others. Honestly, it’s one of the weirdest workplaces I’ve ever known. There’s no interest in pushing technology or processes forward; rather, Senior management’s sole concern is to make sure their team is working on billable projects. That said, management expects team members to somehow find these assignments themselves, using what even the Resource Manager team member describes as a broken and out of date system. Management is seldom even in the same office as their team and the only time you’ll hear from them is after you submit your weekly hours (if they’re non-billable, that is.) Don’t expect career growth or learning opportunities here, either. Management will throw any team member available into a role that they’re not qualified for if they can’t find someone more suitable - and don’t expect any support or check-ins, either. It’s sink or swim here.

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Cons

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2.0
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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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