CGI - Good Place. - Anonymous employee CGI Employee Review

4.0
Oct 15, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Not a hardware vendor - pure play. Opportunity to work in Systems Integration & Consulting as well as Managed Application Services.

Cons

CGI is very immediate customer needs focused. Which has many advantages that are obvious and well articulated by management. One consequence for those passionate about technology is that until a client expresses interest in a particular area; don't expect to have time/funding to perform research, get training or do proof-of-concept work on emerging technology. You are expected to do this on your own and on your own time. Unfortunately most of your colleagues will not perform this personal development on their own time and you will find yourself periodically surrounded by '9 to 5 programmers' who still think cron jobs and shell scripts are the best way to orchestrate business processes.

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Inclusive workplace; great benefits; supportive of personal and professional growth; decent compensation for the area; - especially given the benefits; great leadership; strong culture and values.

Cons

Can be ups and downs if you are in a more volatile area of work which has contracts come and go. AI has increased that volatility across the industry and CGI hasn’t been immune. Individuals experience can vary by manager, but it’s a very good company.

2.0
May 7, 2026
Anonymous employee
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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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