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    CGI Reviews

    Updated September 17, 2018
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    CGI President and Chief Executive Officer George D. Schindler
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    • "Work life balance is a challenge" (in 132 reviews)

    • "Career growth is less unless until you get a good" (in 116 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      Helpful (8)

      "Systems Analyst"

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      Former Employee - Systems Analyst in Lexington Park, MD
      Former Employee - Systems Analyst in Lexington Park, MD
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at CGI full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great Benefits: TA, SPP, and other standard benefits, Excellent work environment

      Cons

      No christmas bonus. Small contracts have no personnel advancement opportunities.

    2. "Great Company, does things right"

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      Current Employee - Senior Consultant in Jacksonville, FL
      Current Employee - Senior Consultant in Jacksonville, FL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at CGI full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Does the things for employees and customers that are common sense and you should do. Which is rarer than you would think

      Cons

      none so far everything is good

      Advice to Management

      keep on, keeping on

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    3. "Good Company , Big politics for promotion"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at CGI full-time

      Pros

      good company, lot of projects, good benefits

      Cons

      politics for promotion and salary

    4. "Great and challenging experience"

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      Current Employee - Help Desk Coordinator in Belton, TX
      Current Employee - Help Desk Coordinator in Belton, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at CGI full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      There is growth where you put in the work.

      Cons

      None so far that I can tell.

    5. "Good Place to work"

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      Former Employee - Consultant in Arlington, VA
      Former Employee - Consultant in Arlington, VA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at CGI full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Very professional, friendly work enviornment

      Cons

      Not so much incentives for employees

      Advice to Management

      Need some incentives when the employees did good work.

    6. Helpful (4)

      "Steady Career"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at CGI full-time

      Pros

      Steady career, great salary, great benefits, work from home option (huge plus).

      Cons

      Recent initiative to bring work-from-home employees back into the office is a huge negative. A large part of CGI's workforce are millennials and they are expecting to be able to have flexible working options. Let's face it, we all work behind a screen. What is the reason for needing to be in the office?

      Advice to Management

      Keep work-from-home an option.

    7. "Great Place to work Expensive Benefits"

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      Current Employee - Technical Analyst/Consultant in Athens, OH
      Current Employee - Technical Analyst/Consultant in Athens, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at CGI full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      I have a great trainer who really cares about us new hires
      Lots of room for lateral movement
      Great Starting Pay for a Junior Dev

      Cons

      Health Insurance is expensive, and has a high deductible
      Can't hope for meaningful raises unless you leave and come back
      Lack of communication at times

      Advice to Management

      More transparency and communication

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Consultant"

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      Current Employee - Consultant
      Current Employee - Consultant
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at CGI full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      80-100% travel for consultant work. The usual- expense account (project dependent), airline miles, hotel points, etc.
      Sometimes able to work from home

      Cons

      Lack of corporate consistency. Lack of training opportunities. No bonus or incentives. No sense of recognition and achievement due to limited number roles in company. Title raises with no salary bump.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "CGI"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at CGI full-time

      Pros

      Flexibility, various products, great company to start your career.

      Cons

      3 week bench and you're out... people get passed on promotions because of who they work for and some people get promoted and don't deserve it.

      Advice to Management

      retain and train your good employees

    10. Helpful (2)

      "M&A company. Great if you are a PM, bad if you are BD, Sales, or especially Marketing"

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      Current Employee - Director
      Current Employee - Director
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at CGI full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Very PM-oriented company. Great methodologies and implementation and PM structure. Can't get much better.
      Also they are very M&A oriented. Organic growth just doesn't come easily to these guys. This is due to the regionalized and decentralized organizational structure. What they do is mostly at regional or local levels, not national or global.
      Decent employee stock purchase plan and 401k plan.

      Cons

      Lousy when it comes to rewarding employees. Raises are few (if ever). Bonuses haven't been doled out for going on 3 years.
      If you are in sales or BD, they have one of the worst compensation structures out there. Its almost like they don't want to sell anything - just acquire other companies. Commissions are rarely paid out and even then only reluctantly.

      Don't believe the website when it comes to CGI's offerings when it boils down to a local level. Most offerings on the website are only available in select areas around the world and not locally.

      Also the health plan stinks.

      Advice to Management

      Despite the metric to keep voluntary turnover low - not enough is being done about it. And mostly its compensation related.

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