CGI Group Reviews in Denver, CO Area

Pros

The hours are flexible which is great!

Cons

The Shared Services organization within Corporate is the most frustrating group I've ever worked with.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay higher salaries for better qualified people to work in Shared Services. In the interview process, see if they can put together a 500 piece puzzle, if they cannot, they are not qualified. People with problem solving skills are greatly needed.

Pros

Desire to work with pleasant people and have a flexible work schedule.

Cons

Unformed corporate services infrastructure, 'drink the kool ade' ring to internal communications, sales-driven culture, absence of robust leader-of-the-pack strategic plan; heads of CGI still think it's a small company in an industry that will forever be expanding - this is not the case, and the IT consulting industry will eventually pass it by if it doesn't realize that a sales force making a certain number of sales calls per week should not be the core measure for business development.

Advice to Senior Management

Become more oriented toward strategic planning, integrate service lines and business units more, improve internal communications - overall, look to find a more sophisticated business model.

Pros

Theoretically, there are lots of opportunities. But once you start in one are, it's basically impossible to redirect your career.

Cons

Regardless of whether you are an average performer or a star, salary and recognition won't change. Once you are good at something, they will only make you do that. No effort on providing employees with career growth opportunities. Employee satisfaction and recognition just does not seem to be a priority.

Advice to Senior Management

Make annual review process more transparent and actually reward start performers. Focus on providing career growth opportunities.

Pros

some of the co-workers. It depends on what office you work in. Canadian employees are treated great, the US employees, not so much.

Cons

Unless you want to be stuck outsourcing your entire life, forget it.

Advice to Senior Management

stop looking for the $50 million contract, and get your foot in the door with people at $500K - $2M. Then, if you prove yourself, maybe you'll land that bigger contract.