DO NOT WORK HERE UNLESS YOU ARE LAZY AND JUST WANT A PAYCHECK - Consultant CGI Employee Review

1.0
25 Aug 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Good work life balance - IF YOU ONLY WANT A PAYCHECK OR CAN'T FIND ANOTHER JOB USE THIS AS A STEPPING STONE

Cons

- You are being underpaid (go look at Accenture, Deloitte, etc.) - The benefits are terrible - They will try to keep you underpaid on purpose (my starting class only got raises because we found out new hires were making more than we were, even though we had a year of experience, management was unhappy we found out) - This is NOT consulting. You will learn their ERP system and implement it. - There is NO career path. Ask in your interview for materials on the career path, they will not be able to provide nor explain. - There is NO pay bump for being promoted to Senior Consultant - You can be assigned to a Help Desk job where you are just an IT resource doing nothing but answering bug tickets. Assignments are random after MAP (3 months of training) - If you ever end up working >40 hours they offer you "flex time" which is supposed to be time that you are allowed to take off the following week. You can't take this time because they'll give you bad performance reviews, or they will just tell you they need you to work 40 hours. They will do everything in their power to make you work without paying you what you earned. - If you work in Federal you will be told you need to become a SME to advance, so you are pigeonholing your career as a government/government contract employee and gaining few other skills

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
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Pros

Inclusive workplace; great benefits; supportive of personal and professional growth; decent compensation for the area; - especially given the benefits; great leadership; strong culture and values.

Cons

Can be ups and downs if you are in a more volatile area of work which has contracts come and go. AI has increased that volatility across the industry and CGI hasn’t been immune. Individuals experience can vary by manager, but it’s a very good company.

2.0
7 May 2026
Anonymous employee
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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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