Another big corporate company with big corporate problems - Software Developer CGI Employee Review

2.0
May 18, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

as long as you're not in an onshore delivery building, the benefits are competitive and the projects are reasonably good. Most places have casual Fridays and various other small advantages such as health screenings and usually in office facilities like a gym and available gas station like food and drinks.

Cons

basically you'll be a cog in the machine, at any point you're not working overtime for them, driving for them, or generally doing things you weren't told you would have to do for them...you're canned or in trouble one. Depending on where you are located things are better or worse. Some positions in some locations are fine while others are borderline slave labor. There is no real way to know and very little you can do about it. You might get to work from home and quit at 5 or you might do pushes to production at 2AM after working a 10h day. You don't really get a job here, you get a laptop and its up to you to find a job through their poor interface with a project often not in your office. If you get thrown off a project no matter what the reason, you have two weeks tops to find another job, this is called "being on the bench" and they consider it your responsibility to guess what they think you should be doing. In general its key to keep in mind this is NOT a software developer job, its NOT a tester job, or an analyst job or anything else its a job where you are allowed to find another job or lose both jobs, which is as frustrating, confusing, and unstable as it sounds.

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5.0
Jul 11, 2026
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Pros

Support from leads and HR very effective. It was best consulting company i have worked for so far.

Cons

Not have anything to say. This company treated me best than any other company before.

1.0
Jun 16, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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