CGI Group Reviews

Pros

Collect great experience in various industries (telecom, health care, etc).
The Social club is a great plus.
Very down to earth staff
Benefits are decent for the overall market

Cons

Very long hours
Work/family ratio is unbalanced
Micro-managed constantly
Promotions are not generally based on experience/skill from what I have seen
Hard to move off of a project once assigned -

Advice to Senior Management

Offer more praise to members on a project when credit is due
Allow members to change projects easier

Pros

Interaction with Senior Mgmt.
Work Life Balance
Good Client Interaction -Direct Client relation

Cons

Not enough Clients.
Work Class is not very good... Biased toward region.
No Promotion Clarity.
Appraisal process is not up to the mark

Advice to Senior Management

Get More projects in Different domains...

Pros

Paychecks are alright.
Good benefits.
great locations
not the most difficult to get in.

Cons

management play politics
overtime sometimes
lack of promotion

Advice to Senior Management

no politics

Pros

A fair company with life and work balance in mind
Opportunities to move inside the company
The type of work is interesting

Cons

Non-management pay is ok but known for less than the market
Year end bonus is very minimum for non-managment staff

Advice to Senior Management

To be more generous on empolyee and bring the pay to the market
the flexible work life balance is a great

Pros

You get experience in all different aspects of marketing. I did RFP and RFI's, PR work with their annual conference, as well as marketing research and social media work.

Cons

The community you work with is very bureaucratic so you have to go through a lot of paperwork to just get the job and then in order to change anything in the way you do something you have to get your bosses permission as well as his boss and maybe even corporate

Pros

Knowledgable people within the team

Cons

Disconnected and out of touch corporate management

Advice to Senior Management

Invest in the team. Be truthful with your clients.

Pros

There's lots of work so you won't miss a pay check

Cons

It's boring and there's more interesting work in the world

Advice to Senior Management

I think you should hire smarter people and not worry about maximizing billable hours to the client

Pros

Flexible work schedule to meet employees needs outside of work. Good benefits including competitive salaries, medical compensation, 401k, good vacation time.

Cons

Business is decreasing. Jobs leaving the northeast, going down south or offshore. No potential for career growth. Not much of a sales force.

Advice to Senior Management

Realize the existing business is decreasing and look for new markets. Tighten the corporate purse strings instead of taking away jobs.

Pros

Well located
Dedicated and professional people
 excellent Clientele and challenges
Good social involvement
started recently health and life balance programs and gym well needed.
Small bonus but excellent 40h salaries.
International but very isolated divisions.

Cons

Everyone have to billed some customers and projects. Money machine for TSX.
pressure is usually high so are the challenges and most clients.
Lots of burnouts, could be avoided if management did some mentoring
Everyone is a consultant! Lots of grey hair thinking with it experience.
Little training and top down management very imper$onal

Advice to Senior Management

More team work, more solutions and repeat businesses then custom consulting a la carte or body shop. Match a new blood with a gray hair on projects. Go cloud or die with your staff.

Pros

There is not much to boast about here. Employees are allowed to telecommute where possible so that employee and employer costs go down.

Cons

This could be a novel. Lack of communication, lack of leadership, underpaid, overworked. Very little, or no recognition for a job well done.