CGI Faces Challenges - Vice President Consulting CGI Employee Review

2.0
2 Nov 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

CGI Group has an abundance of very bright, collaborative, individuals who all pull their weight toward keeping clients pleased with deliverables and overall CGI performance. Benefits, especially vacations and leave, are very competitive.

Cons

CGI Group is essentially a grouping of independent business units, which puts the primary focus on hitting each unit's P&L goal and discourages any cooperation that threatens that goal. As a result, the CGI business model suffers from a lack of enterprise-wide investments in technology solutions and thought leadership. The competitiveness of the business model has eroded significantly over the past 3 years and, correspondingly, so have professional and career opportunities within the company.

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Pros

A great environment of people

Cons

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1.0
16 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

no specific positives to highlight from my perspective

Cons

I worked at CGI in both India and the USA and observed similar workplace culture concerns across both locations. The only real difference was HR—India HR felt more supportive, while my experience with USA HR was disappointing. My employment ended shortly after maternity leave due to an alleged “lack of projects,” which I experienced as a layoff. I also observed what appeared to be misuse of position by some leaders, including blurred professional boundaries, preferential treatment, and expectations that went beyond normal workplace roles—at times resembling personal-assistant-style demands rather than professional conduct. Surprisingly, I also noticed inconsistent “policies” applied differently to different individuals. In some cases, it felt like the rules changed depending on who you were. When leadership became aware that someone was related to another employee in the organization, it sometimes felt like that person was singled out or targeted rather than treated objectively. Overall, these practices—whether through inconsistent treatment, perceived power misuse, or favoritism—undermine trust, damage workplace culture, and raise serious concerns about fairness and professionalism.

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