CGI reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,879 total reviews)

François Boulanger

78% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

CGI has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 17,879 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CGI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

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18K reviews
1.0
Jun 21, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not many. I work as a contractor and pretty much every pro is on the client side of things, not CGI's side.

Cons

CGI forces you to get health insurance with them, doesn't pay for all of it, and makes you choose between plans that take up most of your paycheck, or plans that have $3,000 deductibles, something I would never meet in a typical year, meaning the basically pays for nothing. They make you use Paid Time Off even if you are told not to come to work for weather related reasons, and this year for Juneteenth, even though it was a federal holiday and the entire facility was closed, they made us use PTO for that, too. They give you zero sick time, and if you need sick time off you either use PTO or Leave Without Pay, which they only give you a small amount of, and if you use all of that in a year you get fired. They pay very low wages and sometimes it's up to 6 years before you get any kind of raise at all. They force you to do overtime on weekends even though for direct employees of the client, overtime is optional. All this is just the tip of the iceberg. They just generally show a blatant disregard for contractor employees, treating them as mere resources to be exploited.

1.0
Dec 4, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some good people, co-workers. Hearts are in the right place. Note: THESE ARE MY OPINIONS, and not evidence of FACTS, those you'll have to find out on your own. Management's memories of these events described here may be different than my own.

Cons

Note: THESE ARE MY OPINIONS and Observations, and not evidence of FACTS, those you'll have to find out on your own. Basic ethics violations over looked. Management promoted based on tech skills and not because they can actually lead people. They take great pride in their 'internal message about inclusive caring for all stakeholders, stockholders, employees, customers' , but they are too willing to leave out employees. There is NO transparency, latest re-orgs were done in secret, and didn't involve effected 'employees' at all. Request 1:1 with management, good luck with that. No real open door policies. Federal contracting business is also slowing down. Management's take and memories of these events described here may be different than my own. These are my memories. Sorry for the disclaimers, but I'd rather not face their deep legal pockets.

1.0
Jun 19, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ability to work from home. Profit sharing program.

Cons

Expectations of 24/7 availability even to the detriment of one's health. Management dwells on negative, never receive confirmation of a job well done.

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