CGI reviews

Most of the engagements do feel more like staff aug, but the consultants still bring their expertise and leadership to the client teams even when placed into certain situations. I was hired during the influx where hundreds of consultants were being placed almost every other week at the company, business was booming, sales were up, i was placed into my first engagement within 2-3 weeks after starting. As a starter the work was initially interesting but later down the line grew cumbersome and only hand full of consultants were placed onto green field new development projects where the rest were stuck to rot and keep spinning the old monolith app from the early 90s. As a seasoned engineer i wasn't given the opportunity to shine where i was suited for but rather thrown into a large stack of weeds to figure out what i was supposed to do, after thinking thru I quit that role and went back to bench in hopes of finding a better fits at one of the other clients to much of my disappointment the next client was even more disoriented where the expected work was totally out of order with no direction in sight, we as consultants tried our best to figure out tooth and nail of it but to much of our disappointment we didn’t have any experienced people that were familiar with this work type environment. We kept spinning the wheels until our project was cut short and we were back to base 1 — i mean bench, i spent most of my time in internal projects , enhancements and or limited training opportunities we had consultants that were on bench for more than 6 months with no actual working experience in the industry which was a sad sight. i got into my third engagement almost after 2 months with a bigger client in retail this project was structured as an SOW, with a shrewd micromanager who made life miserable for consultants working on the project, although this project had potential to win more business and work for the company the management style of work really disoriented and disrupted the workflow of the core team. I had positives to share as well but the negative experiences outgrew them. Later on we were able to successfully deliver upon the sow project, and i was thanked and farewelled off the project. Although the management was unprepared and poor in communicating that my time would be coming to and end there. After leaving the role almost after 3 days being back on the bench i suddenly get an invite from HR and partner I was being laid off almost immediately with additional 20+ consultants also let go that very same day and this was right after new years and xmas. This deliberate and unprofessional behavior was totally unacceptable where you’re let go of an instant without ever having empathy and or thinking of others as human beings. I was in middle of my growth, and showcased my talent and skills even got awarded snd recognized by some amazing people that i worked with here but in the end it left a bitter taste where i kept dog chasing for a promotion later on but didn't get the recognition or chance to get it. What really threw me off was the lack of professionalism and communication at the firm at the end you are just a number on the spreadsheet where they can terminate you instantly without ever recognizing the great work and value you have had provided to the company in recent years. Bonus structure is minimal but stable income Highly unrecommended dont work here even though the daughtery business solution is no longer and has been bought out by CGIMost of the engagements do feel more like staff aug, but the consultants still bring their expertise and leadership to the client teams even when placed in certain situations. I was hired during the influx where hundreds of consultants were being placed almost every other week at the company. Business was booming, sales were up. I was placed into my first engagement within 2-3 weeks after starting. As a starter, the work was initially interesting but later down the line grew cumbersome and only a handful of consultants were placed onto greenfield new development projects, where the rest were stuck to rot and kept spinning the old monolith app from the early 90s. As a seasoned engineer, I wasn't given the opportunity to shine where I was suited for but rather thrown into a large stack of weeds to figure out what I was supposed to do. After thinking through it, I quit that role and went back to the bench in hopes of finding a better fit at one of the other clients. To my much disappointment, the next client was even more disoriented, where the expected work was totally out of order with no direction in sight. We as consultants tried our best to figure out the tooth and nail of it, but to our much disappointment, we didn’t have any experienced people that were familiar with this work type environment. We kept spinning the wheels until our project was cut short, and we were back to base 1 — I mean bench. I spent most of my time in internal projects , enhancements, and/ or limited training opportunities. We had consultants that were on the bench for more than 6 months with no actual working experience in the industry, which was a sad sight. I got into my third engagement almost after 2 months with a bigger client in retail. This project was structured as an SOW, with a shrewd micromanager who made life miserable for consultants working on the project. Although this project had the potential to win more business and work for the company, the management style of work really disoriented and disrupted the workflow of the core team. I had positives to share as well, but the negative experiences outgrew them. Later on, we were able to successfully deliver upon the SOW project, and I was thanked and farewelled off the project. Although the management was unprepared and poor in communicating that my time would be coming to an end there. After leaving the role almost after 3 days, being back on the bench, I suddenly got an invite from HR and my partner. I was being laid off almost immediately with an additional 20+ consultants also let go that very same day, and this was right after New Year’s and Christmas. This deliberate and unprofessional behavior was totally unacceptable, where you’re let go of instantly without ever having empathy and/ or thinking of others as human beings. I was in the middle of my growth, and showcased my talent and skills, even getting awarded snd recognized by some amazing people that I worked with here, but in the end, it left a bitter taste where I kept dog chasing for a promotion later on but didn't get the recognition or chance to get it. What really threw me off was the lack of professionalism and communication at the firm. At the end, you are just a number on the spreadsheet where they can terminate you instantly without ever recognizing the great work and value you have had provided to the company in recent years. Bonus structure is minimal, but stable income. Highly unrecommended. Don’t work here even though the daughterly business solution is no longer and has been bought out by CGI.

I was a college hire in 2019 and just 6 years later I am out of a job, due to the federal government cuts. CGI claims due to it being a government budget cut, they did not offer me any severance or compensation package. Throughout my time at CGI, I received average to above average yearly reviews, so from a performance standpoint, there was no communication to me to believe otherwise. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this company to any young person just starting out their career. Work is pretty easy and straightforward but pay is absolutely horrible and management does not like getting involved in any part of career growth: - Severely underpaid the last 5-6 years, basically had to advocate for myself in order to get a pay bump to match inflation. Only kept the job because I had a part-time gig which helped me cover living expenses. - Really odd lack of accountability from mgmt as I had several older colleagues who routinely took off or did not do work while still on the clock, leaving me to fill in for them without any compensation or recognition. - Many programs/teams were cut due to the new administration- CGI Federal swept it under the rug and did not give much warning at all to any of the employees, nor did they mention it in any of their town hall meetings. Mgmt heavily encouraged us to apply to internal position openings, in which I applied to over 20+ and did not even get a single interview...which leads me to believe that they were instructed to basically let go of a lot of employees. - HR Workforce finally offered me an internal position on a new project the last day before my employment was terminated, in which I accepted...only to be denied by the hiring team because I had turned down the opportunity beforehand to remain on my current project (since I didn't know I would be out of a job) which was them denying out of pure pettiness, the response to me was "We are not interested because he was not interested 3 months ago". Great to know that HR and Workforce management has no power and can allow two petty individuals to deny someone out of job just because they feel like it. - One of my colleagues who routinely underperformed and was close to age 60-70 years old was kept on a new porject while myself, a college hire who I was told upon hiring that CGI was investing a lot in the retention of younger workforce was let go.