CGI reviews

Like most service firm I worked for, also CGI is being destroyed by a myopic, unqualified management team who gets into their role mostly our of seniority and corridor chats. Believe me, I am not exaggerating. As anyone working in the Montreal offices, you will get this consistent opinion. Morale is so low among employees that anyone with a self-confidence level above zero is applying to jobs in other companies. I know very well 2 recruiters who both told me they regularly approach CGI employees found on Linkedin "because they all want to leave..". I am not surprised. This also creates a huge problem of knowledge loss. People leave, replacement takes months (if a replacement indeed is arranged: sometimes someone else is asked to absorb also the load of the departed employee, with the obvious frustration that this implies), knowledge transfer just does not happen. The recent waves of expense cuts to offset declining revenues (since the company is losing one by one all its main clients: Desjardins, Bell, others to follow soon) have not affected the areas in which the company is lacking the most: process streamlining (simplification). The current management is so unqualified that is generally unable to identify (not to mention measure) the incredible waste that every employee can witness in reason of the very bureaucratic way the company works. I thought I saw the bottom when working at Bell, now I see the new low benchmark is CGI. I would not suggest an experience in this company to anyone other than a long-time unemployed worker who has basically no better chance.

Commutes often split between Fairfax, VA and Washington, DC. There is a lot of tolerance for sub-standard employees which can be frustrating under tight deadlines.