Overall, good place to work. - Consultant CGI Employee Review

4.0
Jul 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The best thing about working here, was the collaborative atmosphere. Some of the other consulting firms have internal power struggles and overflow with 'Type A' personalities because of the way compensation and reviews work. At CGI-AMS, everything was a team effort. It was high quality work that was being done, by very intelligent people. There is a lot to learn about the places CGI-AMS is located (a lot of Government work), and it's a great opportunity to go head-first into the way our local, state and federal governments operate.

Cons

The biggest issue I had with the company was the work-life balance. Of course, like most companies, flexibility is touted as a key benefit. However, like most consulting firms, it's not about getting your work done right away. The (occasionally) more important thing is to make sure you're billing the right amount of time. In most consulting firms, your true value is everything past 40 hours. Get all of your work done in 40? Find some more work to do. That's not the right way to do things, but it is common in consulting when you're billing a client with deep pockets.

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Pros

Good work environment Strong leadership

Cons

Room for growth can be limited unless you really seek it out.

2.0
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Pros

The team for whom I worked was great. One of the best.

Cons

Other teams not so much. Herding cats and you end up taking over on an IMC call for something not even in your sphere. I feel they blacklist employees they RIF. I had a great Director try to get me in with other BUs and nothing. He tried again and again. Others who got RIF'd told me the same. Not good. Also, seems people look over their shoulders looking for the Grim Reaper. Not a good way to be. And the higher ups that are in charge of client retention seem to not be the ones on the firing line, only the consultants that did great work for the clients who decide to leave. HR who is supposed to help get another job within the company are worthless. They want you to do all the work. Also, CGI is so big teams only know what they know. Learning other teams' stuff seems to be frowned upon. How can you move around? This login makes you stuck.

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