Get out - Senior Consultant CGI Employee Review

1.0
Dec 12, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pension and other perks are very competitive (e.g. Aviva Digicare+ app which lets you book online GP appointments. Useful for getting prescriptions for ailments such as depression, stress, brought on by your day to day CGI experience).

Cons

Far too many to list. I have never worked for a company where there are so many people who are either a) incompetent or b) utterly self interested or c) both. If you are a competent software developer and have got used to working for modern, product based companies, as I have, my advice is to not touch CGI and consultancy in general with a five metre barge bole. Don't be fooled by the notion that you can simply get on the internal jobs board and move to another project -there aren't enough on the go if you're a Java developer and if you're experienced your pay grade will disqualify you. Managers are terrible - I've had four in 8 months and I only liked one of those, although she barely spoke to me (probably why I liked her). Management style tends to fall between "don't give a toss about you" to "I'm going to micro manage every aspect of your working day". This even applies to scrum masters on projects who aren't even your manager. CGI is a bureaucratic hell - they actually send you fake phishing emails to "test" you.

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Good work environment Strong leadership

Cons

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2.0
May 7, 2026
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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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