Overall solid entry-level career, great work/life balance and management, career development could be improved - Consultant CGI Employee Review

4.0
Mar 30, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

- Great work/life balance and very flexible time-wise - Laid back culture - Management trusts you to get the work done and doesn't micro-manage your activities, even if you're entry level - Directors are open and accessible to talk to - A fair amount of responsibility from the get-go - Good amount of client interaction and responsibility on the projects - Competitive pay and benefits at the onset

Cons

- No established training program; need to learn necessary software pretty much on your own - No pre-determined career path; a positive for some, but others like a more clear direction of growth, while at CGI you can pretty much stay at the same level for several years if you nobody above you steps down or you don't specifically request to be transferred to a different project - The laid back culture may be too relaxed for some - Projects can be repetitive and boring at times

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5.0
May 27, 2026
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Pros

Good work environment Strong leadership

Cons

Room for growth can be limited unless you really seek it out.

2.0
May 7, 2026
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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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