Does CGI pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CGI employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CGI. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CGI?

72% of CGI employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CGI 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CGI?

Software Engineer (2098) , Consultant (1537) , Senior Consultant (1416) , Senior Software Engineer (1098) , Business Analyst (535) , Lead Analyst (451) , Associate Software Engineer (447) , Software Developer (432) , IT Consultant (293) , Director (236) , Project Manager (219) , Associate Consultant (170) , Systems Engineer (155) , Manager (124) , Senior Business Analyst (110)

What are the pros of working at CGI according to real employee reviews?

"1. Good work life balance: usually can get off work on time and no calls on weekends." ((in 2155 reviews)); "Good benefits and easy to get onto service desk for a first step into an IT career" ((in 776 reviews)); "The people that you work closely with are often great people and fun to be around." ((in 734 reviews)); "Working from home often is a very good culture and allows me to be more flexible." ((in 705 reviews)); "Work culture is good........you don't need to sit on desk for 9 hours." ((in 590 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CGI according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary for the average technical positions (developers and IT consultants) compared to other similar companies in Lisbon." ((in 1147 reviews)); "Management is poor and not communicate very well to employees" ((in 759 reviews)); "No structured salary for different job groups Pay scale is low as compared to other organizations in market" ((in 566 reviews)); "but if you are under a bad manager then your hikes will not be good." ((in 335 reviews)); "low compensation (not competitive)" ((in 185 reviews))

What are employees saying about CGI layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about CGI layoffs and their outlook for job security at CGI in 2026.

CGI reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,881 total reviews)

François Boulanger

78% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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CGI has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 17,881 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 Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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18K reviews

4.0

Nov 11, 2011

Great place to earn experience.

Consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work hours. Great stock share purchase plan. Decent health, dental, and vision plans. Strong leadership. Great communication between upper management and members.

Cons

Salary doesn't seem to be very competitive when compared to peer firms.

3.0

Nov 11, 2011

Big consulting shop

Systems analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Stock Options program is very intersting - Training programs - family oriented - global benifits - 3 weeks holiday when you start

Cons

It is hard to switch to another business unit, It is almost impossible unless youare very patient. when there is a position open somewhere in the world for CGI there is no priority for CGI peoples.

1.0

Nov 8, 2011

glad to be gone

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

excellent colleagues that work together to help customers even though morale is bad compensation not bad stock purchase plan

Cons

corporate greed demonstrated when increasing work hours, charging customers for the extra time but NOT compensating employees for the extra time they are forced to provide expectation to work many hours above normal and on many projects simultaneously non existent bench management to allow employees to have down time between projects to update skills and regenerate energy for next assignment layoffs called "temporary" to avoid payment of severence reduction of benefits each business unit/dept operates in a silo....

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