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If you want the salary of a full-time empoyee with all the job security of a Contractor, then CGI is for you!

If you are a PM or PD, it works like this: You'l be hired for a project and expected to deliver a scope of work to an impossible timeline with inadequate resources and a pretty high target margin. IF you succeed, you had better hope that you have another...

As per every comment here, TLO is one of the worst moves the company can make to their employees. Not only it lowers the morale of every employee, it also sets the member who is being TLO in the worst situations of his/her life. All this, to avoid giving a package and saving every cent they can.

Being TLO, in my opinion, is saying to your face that you were lied and conned while you were...

I too am very disappointed in the company. I started with such excitement, but as soon as my recent project ended, I received a TLO because there was nothing matching my skills coming up over the summer. The explanation for the TLO rather than a severance was that this is a way to "retain talented employees." Really? Who can last 35 weeks without pay? It is simply a way to get out of paying...

Started with excitement and high hopes, which faded to disillusionment. I don't know if my experience is consistent with all groups in the organization, but management in my area does not behave ethically and puts employees in awkward situations, where we're forced to choose between ethical work and satisfying our bosses during a time of layoffs. Feedback on work is nonexistent; advancement is...

CGI: corruption- CGI exists only because of the contracts they got from the government and the institutions, filthy business � bribes and threats are the main CGI�s business approaches , makes people to work overtime with no pay, bad social benefits which benefit more CGI than the employees, bad management, and bad corporate culture � the only goal of CGI it to take the customers money and to...

The CGI must be the worst company I have ever worked at. The managment is very unproffesional (Atlantic offices) and they don't appreciate the hard work that employees put in every day. There are no raises and bonuses are a joke. If an employee gives 2 weeks notice, the managers would force them to leave same day and they would not get paid for those 2 weeks. There are numerous examples of...

CGI is always trying to find ways to get out of paying severance packages. First it was the Temporary Layoffs. This caused existing employees to leave for fear of losing their jobs so CGI promised no more Temporary Layoffs.

Now that the government is laying off their people and cutting contractors, they came up with a creative idea to cheat people out of their severance. They are asking...

Worst company ever. CGI Ottawa treats their employees like cattle, not people. The company has no interest in building relationships with their employees. Standard operating procedure is to hire under-qualified people as cheaply as possible and contract them out at very high rates. Once the employee gets fed up with being abused and leaves, CGI simply replaces them with the next sucker and the...

CGI has to be the worse place I have ever worked. To begin with, they stress work/life balance when they hire you, but then you are expected to work long hours including weekends. You are not allowed to book overtime yet when it comes to paying out bonuses, all the long hours you had put in are forgotten and your bonus is an embarrassment. I've seen non-technical managers/directors making...

Use them in any way you can to benefit yourself, then dump them ASAP. Not a company to stay at long term by any means. Their business model is simple - hire you the consultant for the least amount of money while gouging clients for the most that they can.

Why companies to continue to use their disgustlingly managed, poorly skilled abilities for IT projects is beyond me.

Be careful! CGI is very quick to "bench" staff when not needed.

This place does not plan its projects or resources wisely and ends up with some teams overworked and others desperate for more work to do. Managers hardly speak to their employees. There is absolutely NO loyalty to teams and the business is run like a shoddy temp. agency.

Worst company Ever, they suck. All of their managers are friends of each other. That is the only reason they have their positions. They have all worked with one another in the past. If you are part of that group then there may be a chance for advancement within this organization. A lot of their managers were laid off from previous positions because they brought no value to their previous...

If its choice between welfare and CGI, only than choose CGI. Availability is considered a skill and people are nothing more than commodity!

If you are starting out, this is an okay place to work, but once you get experience, you won't get fairly compensated - bonuses are miniscule and salaries are below average in BC. Organization is flat, so there is minimal opportunities to move up.

If you are 'on the bench', you will soon be looking for work. If you are an intermediate/senior worker, there are much better places to work.

No real respect for members. Short sight management, will layout people on the bench and 2 months after realize then they are short on resources. Work load is unbalanced. Many groups have very little to do while other have to work 70 hours per week, some without compensation.

I was outsourced to CGI and since being employed by them I and my fellow co-workers have been treated like garbage. CGI is counting on people to not be able to survive on EI, this way the employee is forced to take employment elsewhere and thus CGI gets away with not paying a severance. This is an unethical practice and it should be illegal. At the very least they should have provided the...

I just got on their "temporary" 35 week layoff after more than 10 years of working there.

It is just horrible, you can't survive on UI all this period, they force us to find another job and quit, so they will not pay a severance. They promise to find a job, but I do not believe it. It is very low.

CGI has now begun a brand new wave of "temporary" layoffs in late February 2012. Why? Because senior management in Toronto came up with impossible target numbers for this fiscal year that every single employee recognized could not be met in a good economy, let alone an economy attempting to recover from a world wide depression. Did any of the management who made the foolish projections lose...

The Edmonton office is filled with high school bullies. I doubt if any one of the senior workers have completed graduation. Everybody from the receptionist to the Director is a bully. The atmosphere is just like a high school backyard. Nobody knows what SDLC is but are architects, business analysts. You are not supposed to socialize, nor go for coffee/tea breaks nor go to the washroom. If anybody...

Worked on the call centre floor for a little over two years. 1) Pay was crap. I was hired below average wage and when I complained they brought me up to the level of what NEW HIRES received despite me already having 1 year experience on them. 2) HR fought to screw me out of evening premium pay. Labour board was brought in to fight with HR and I won. 3) The management is clueless and seemingly...

I spent only two years at CGI. It was very obvious that the client did not come first. Many problems revolve around distrust of senior management and their single-minded focus on serving the shareholder. Lay-offs are frequent and compensation is the bare minimum. I can't recommend this company. Glad to put them behind me!

It's a body shop, nothing more. They claim to have a management consulting practice; it is an insult to the profession. CGI cannot compete with a true management consultancy such as Accenture or any top 10 firm. They hire MBAs with absolutely no industry experience and attempt to pass them off as subject matter experts. If you need a call center employee, call CGI. If you need expertise to...

Worked there for many years. Overall a good place to work, but the current layoff and compensation policies leave many employees feeling unappreciated. In my view these policies need to be revised to ensure the company's future success as its' employees are truly the only assets an IT company has.

Strickly shareholder oriented company with an upper management geared towards this type of delivery model. The rest is only material and human resources to be used as a commodity to attain this goal.

Senior Management talks a good game but they are not up to the job. When bonus time comes around, management likes to blame employees for things beyond their control. Recognition is nearly non existant. Do not work there.

The love to do short term layoffs! This means 30 - 40 weeks on UI so that you quit and they don't have to pay you out!

Like most businesses it's all about the money and the less they can pay and the wider the margins the better. If you're early in your career or farther on there are better choices. Less than competitive salary, limited chance for advancement.

I would be reluctant to accept any professional acquaintance's resume that I respect, even though there is recruitment bonus for people they hire and...

Total chaos. Upper Management has no professional integrity. The business model doesn't work. Employee satisfaction is at an all-time low. Depressing place to work. The walls, the carpeting, the cubicles, the doors, are all gray. I think there's a very good reason why the windows are all sealed off.

It's worth it to go somewhere else. Nothing special

CRAP CGI is one of the worst employer in IT the guy who started this company is a little nobody from Quebec City strange management they are amateur don't waste your time they fired a lot

Been laid off on their "temporary" 35 week layoff. I'm about 1/2 way through it now. There has been absolutely zero communication from their HR department even though they said they would be in regular contact to help me find another position within the company. NEVER work for CGI in Ontario. The Quebec based management team is demeaning towards anyone in Ontario. I've lived it for years even...

CGI is a crap hole. A garbage company to work for. Run don't walk away from this employer. The moment they don't have a project for you, then you become their liability. Soon after this you will be shown the door. Worst of all, they have blacklisted previous employees. They will hire you, exploit your contacts from previous employers then show you the door. Its not worth taking this kind of risk...

Je suis sinc�rement satisfait de mon cheminement � CGI. L'entreprise vous offre de r�elles opportunit�s de carri�res et de progression. Elle est active dans le d�veloppement professionnel de ses membres. C'est une entreprise humaine pour laquelle les conseillers sont fiers de contribuer au succ�s de leur entreprise.

CGI's workers tend to be either very young and inexperienced or nearing the end of their career. Generally CGI's projects and teams are understaffed, and they tend to lose experienced team members so this can be an exceptionally demanding place to work - the pressure to do more with less is nearly constant. It's also not a very rewarding employer since the wages are probably average, and the...

Détestable endroit. Seuls les managers peuvent progresser. Les gens, ou "resources" ne sont en fait que ça: des resources. Comme du charbon pour une centrale au charbon. Tu peux être le meilleur programmeur au monde, tu ne progresseras pas chez CGI à moins d'arrêter de programmer et de devenir un manager. Qui plus est, les managers qui font les évaluations n'ont absolument aucun pouvoir sur les...

Ok, got laid off and they stop my pay right away. No severance, no vacation, no nothing.

Told me to go on EI. Have to wait for 6 week before I get any money

Already missed 1 mortgage, 1 car insurance and 1 car payment. Had to go straight to line of credit.

Then they told me if I wanted to talk about my severance that it was not an issue yet, "let�s try to find you a job back in the company...

this is an organization that rewards the ceo with a 100% increase yet does not provide salary increases to staff on a consistent basis. They continue to layoff "members" with no notice or salary. Not a good company to work for.

I work in Mtl office for 5 years, I can say this is very bureaucratic company with the single goal of satisfying shareholders; company view has shifted toward younger and cheaper workforce whereas work quality and satisfied members are now history; when I landed as immigrant to Canada I was working to small companies and complete master degree for a chance to a job at CGI 3 year later; today it...

Was recently laid off by this company. Just care about satisfying shareholder expectations with little regard for employees. Stay away.

Got laid off after given them 20+ years of my life. No respect. Moral is quite low. Bottom line is to their share holders. Great immediate managers but those guys/gals in the oval office don't know what the hell is going on.

not so good

CGI-Montreal is a great environment and a pleasure to work at everyday. I've been here 4 years now and hope never have to leave. LIFE IS GOOD AT CGI MY FRIENDS.

Management team - a perfect fit. Benefits are exceptional. Now working with great people who support each other and want to be part of a team environment. Work is challenging with support from management. Promotes work-life balance by providing motivational wellness. Environment is again fun, encouraging and supporting growth and individuals to be the best they can be.

Yes long hours but that's the name of the game in the IT business.Overall an excellent place to work. Many people have been here 20+ years which is a good sign at any company. Low turover.

I just have to laugh at the folks who claim that raters that have put up negative comments are "poor performers". How ignorant can you get? No wonder you enjoy CGI... two peas in a pod. Get your head out of the sand and start looking around you - at the way others are treated even if you are happy there. Read some of the comments - someone has posted a link to a CBC article stating that a...

cgi is a good company to work for ... recognition and reward programs are fair ... love the competitive nature of consulting work ... no need to be bilingual for most jobs ...

Entreprise dynamique toujours pr�te � se repositionner pour saisir les diff�rentes opportunit�s. Milieu tr�s stimulant. Entreprise avec une grande pr�sence communautaire dans la r�gion. Un partenaire de choix, tant pour les clients que pour les employ�s.

Overall a good place to work. I think a lot of the posters on here are probably poor performers. Not very stressful.

Welcome to CGI / Bienvenue chez CGI.

I would NOT recommend this company to anyone. They mistreat their employees! They squeeze every last thing out of you with rewarding you for it.

Compensation in terms of a pay cheque is ok depending on your function(DO NOT work there as an on-the-phone IT helpdesk person), but the rest of the benefits are SUB PAR to say the least. Plus they do a lot of non-permanent hiring. So people could...

waw que dire des bons commentaire que j'ai lu. Juste pour vous dire que CGI c'est une poubelle qui utilise ses employer comme de la chaire a canon, aucune valeur, aucun respect, que le profit.

j'ai galere labas durant 3Ans (immigrant pas le choix) le salaire est de 29000$ vraiment minable, le travail de plus en plus exigent (achaque jour ta de nouveau skill). Le management c de la pure m.rde,...

Je recommanderait CGI. Les points forts de cette entreprise: l'ambiance et la dynamique d'�quipe, les bureaux sont parmi les plus beaux o� j'ai travaill�, travaillent en SCRUM, horaires flexibles, projets int�ressants et vari�s, salaires excellents dans l'industrie des TIs. Les points faibles: les heures suppl�mentaires � l'occasion, pas assez d'�valuations.

Simply the best place to work - from the outstanding culture, flexibility, great like-minded people, and many surrounding perks. Can't imagine having gone anywhere else post-grad, and don't see myself leaving anytime soon either.

Je viens d'�tre engag� par cette compagnie et je me rend compte que c'est une tr�s belle �quipe et ce sont des gens dynamique. J'adore travaill� pour une entreprise qubecoise qui a des belles valeurs. Les dirigeants sont gentils et dynamiques et je crois que je vais apprendre et grandir beaucoup avec eux.

Lack of work/personal life balance. Went from 37.5 to 40 hour work week with no increase (and despite the fact that almost all 2011 compensation surveys mention the vast majority of large companies have a work week at 35 hours, and the number 1 drive is work/personal life balance). Compensation is below industry-standards, and I know first hand their pay equity program is a sham. In fact, there...

Outstanding employer, offers high salaries well above IT industry average. Training is available as much as you want. Work is well organized, everyone knows what he should be doing. I'm proud to be a CGI Member!

terrible work place, they don't care about employees, clients, all they care about is making profit and to make theyr shareholders happy. terrible work place, they don't care about employees, clients, all they care about is making profit and to make theyr shareholders happy.

I worked for this company for several years. Although I haven't worked there and since then have worked for several other companies, i still look back at the positive experiences I had there. I had a good and caring boss. I felt valued by the organization. To this day I know what their corporate values are. They call their employees "members" and link their performance appraisals to the values...

Very poor working conditions - lack of office space.

CGI chose to put some of their employees on "temporary layoff" instead of giving them a package. Obviously this put folks in the position where they needed to start looking for jobs elsewhere, and would subsequently quit, thus saving the company money that the would otherwise have to pay in packages. Read the article, it's quite telling on how they treat their employees, and believe me, this...

I've been at CGI for over 7 years now, and I've never had a major problem with the company. If you are hard-working, competent, and generally a positive person... you shouldn't have any problem at CGI. You will get recognized, which brings more money and promotions... if you prefer to fly under the radar, then you won't get much (unless you have a friend in management). In general, upper...

There are many negative things I can say about CGI, but reading the reviews, they've honestly already been said. I will reinforce the fact that management is a joke at this company, basic things like communication, respect, recognition, don't think these things exist in this company's vocabulary.

Having said that - folks, just put in a year or two (or less, heh!), and get out of there. You...

Cgi is a sweat shop and slave shop. if you want to expose yourself to mismanagement from resources to projects to having no work/life balance then avoid this place.

Honest and sincere advice... JUST DON'T JOIN THE COMPANY. Your dreams will become dead. Your Career will get crushed and you will be left in the dark trying to find a way out. The company has no moral standards and treats its employees the worst. If you join you will work on outdated and outcast technologies from a bygone era nowhere else in use and mainly on support. You will do better not...

I will never work for another Montreal based company. Sorry to say but this company has been a waste of my time, its Montreals way or the high way. Management does care for you at all. Thank god im out of there.

Horrible place work! Lets just leave it at that. Stay away from there!! Management does not care about the employees. Just how to make money to get raises! If your on the bench watch your back cause the next step is out the door.

Work for this employer for 3 years. 3 years wasted that I can't get back. Company absolutely does not want employees to have a career path, aspirations, take initiatives. Put up and shut up is it's way of work. All these inspirational messages from CXOs remind me of some marketing pyramid scheme company trying to get suckers to buy into some phony success story.

CGI is the only company I worked for where I actually lost benefits and money with time. Every quarter we loose something. We lost internet at home, our week went from 37.5 to 40 hours, that a 6.6% drop. Then we lost all the overtime, we still work on call at night but its not paid anymore. All the while you are bombarded by emails asking you to give to centraide and shit so CGI looks good. ...

I saw enough of that place to know that I had to get out if I wanted to get anywhere. I left CGI for a 12% salary increase, better benefits, and I have since gotten another 3% increase recently.

If you work for CGI and it is around August/September, be concerned if you are not billable. You could be on the street joining the ranks of the unemployed. Of course make-work projects are created...

CGI is a money oriented corporation, good for investors, hell for employees.

This employer paid far too little for the industry. They were the most evolved I have ever seen in terms of repeatable processes and if you came across something that was not documented it was flagged and documented within a week. The downside, is that base aptitude is not needed and a trained monkey can do your job.

I have 25 years in the Technology field, this company is the worst I have ever seen, if I had the money or power I would definitively have sued them for multiple practices relating to employee rights, Quebec work law, etc... This is pure evil atmosphere, it literally took me a year or two to get myself back from this experience.

I worked for CGI in the USA when it bought out the technology division of the company I was working for at the time (which included the entire data center where I worked). We continued to do the same exact job as before for the original company that had outsourced us, but were at that point actually employed by CGI.

Things went remarkably downhill after that (which was in 2001). After they...

This company is an absolute must avoid!!!

If you must work for CGI, consider a change in career, since they really are the bottom of the barrel.

I find this comment below helpful because this provides some insight on the company's moral compass, however, I am unclear as to how they can sabotage a non-cgi candidate's application to a client company?

If CGI is 'bad-mouthing' the former employee to the client, then this is clearly a violation of federal privacy law. If they are only gossiping and defaming within their cronie circle then...

Company does not care about employees, only the shareholders. No respect for employees, from bad layoff tactics ('temporary leave') to work hours increases with no compensation. They do not care about customer satisfaction, only their bottom line. No moral values whatsoever.

what a mess. No raise no help no training no nothing. Pure Crap stay away stay away if you dont you become a trained monkey and do the same think day after day. No learning no where to go but out

Depends on your aspirations . Good for repetitive monkey work, not much else. The chosen few from aquisitions run the show, a fake management at best, only interest is the stock price and, me myself and I. This company will one day be taken over or simply go down the drain...no real value to anyones efforts, its the few doing the work for the everyone else..

Sad for a government subsidised...

Yeah thanks alot CGI.... Viterra hired 2 of your former employees it to management here and now they out-sourced all of IT to India. Nice! Yep... got black listed too!

Like any company that is accountable to the shareholder, CGI's focus is on making money. Period. It's not on delivering quality management advice or automated systems. It's money.

CGI is very good at exploiting it's position as an approved services provider for the Federal Government. In many cases, the govn't has no choice but to give work to CGI and they know it. Quality of work is...

CGI is a dump, Stay away from Halifax AGDC. The Senior Managers are poor managers, six figures and couldn't run a two man race to a one door outhouse. The specific Senior Manager who drives a porche SUV is always saying that we need to compete with India. So therefore no one should be expecting raises this year. Now they had 300 CSB jobs go to India and said "Don't worry guys", we have 150 new...

CGI, what a joke of a company. We have to dress like we are making big salary (pants, ties, etc) and we make like 16$/hours. What you get in bonus are only ridiculous donuts or timbits. Team leaders are bunch of 20yrs old that still talk with street slang and think they are cool. Everybody in here hate the client for who they are working. We keep getting pressed like lemons. Every months we have...

Working for CGI is like going through a revolving door or watching a revolving door. This company should not be trusted. I have seen the careers of former employees destroyed and the careers of CGI's clients destroyed. They do a lot of bad mouthing. This company is all smoke and mirrors and the woman at the top in the Markham office is more destructive than a black widow spider. Beware. If you...

3 weeks ago I got my annual salary raise... I felt my employer somewhat recognized my efforts... Then came the 40h work week with no compensation, which in itself means a 6% salary DEcrease. One week I finally get some appreciation, the next they spit right in my face. Conclusion : whatever the pimp, you get fu**ed and CGI is no different. Their corporate message where they say 'Customers -...

Bad cie

I have been working at CGI for the last two years. I totally agree with everyone on this forum. Its a horrible place to work. I am in a senior Position but feel that every thing is overly process driven. further more old relationships from CSB etc count more than your work effort. We just got a manager that doesnt know the ABC of what we do but was chums with the VP. Everyday we are given a new...

This company has very poor work ethics. I have seen how they have burned both their clients and their employees. Once they get a client the modus operandi is to overthrow that person from their role in the company by using different tactics such as going to that person's superior and making the push to get more work and take over more and more work that is being done by employees. You can guess...

CGI is the worst company I ever work for. I left a middle sized company to work in the big corporate environment thinking it would provide me more challenges and be more rewarding. I was wrong. Since I started working for this company, I lost all kind of benefits that attracted me here in the first place. I lost 20% salary when I moved from Montreal to Saguenay (the employer didn't even pay for...

Liars and cheats to both its employees and clients. If you work for this company beware. They track you, hunt you down and try to sabotage your career after they have let you go. They do the same thing ongoingly to clients. All information is held in CGI's "Njoyn" database. Njoyn customers who receive resumes from job applicants are kept in a main database that CGI displays every week to the...

What they just announced in the papers yesterday says it all. They are making employees work 40 hours instead of 37.5 as of October, with no pay raises. So not only have some people not had raises in 2 or 3 years, but now they are reducing your pay by making you work more hours for the same money.

I left this company 2 years ago and am so glad I did. The corporate culture is awful. You can...

What the heck is wrong with management here ! or i guess i should ask what the heck is wrong with French run companies, they are all a bunch of cowards who love to reply to emails, that was sarcastic by the way since your manager at this company will never respond to your emails, unless he needs something from you.

Horrible place to work

Destructive, exploitative, dishonest, and exclusively in search of profit. This is a company too wrapped up in itself and the bottom line to really care about its employees, whom it exploits, as demonstrated in the behavior of the manager I worked for. Its attention is held by its propaganda proclaiming its own excellence. It took a hard-won education and work experience to get the job I did, and...

Worst employer I have ever had. Promises were made at the interview regarding the duties of the position, continued to be made periodically during the course of employment, and then eventually broken. Promises were made regarding raises, and then broken. Lack of clear official policy and instructions, leaving worker to make anything up as time 'went along'. Official policy statements were made,...

If you are employed full time in a company who is getting services from CGI in the areas of project management, technology support, testing, systems or business analysis *****be careful****** It is only a matter of time before CGI will start playing games to get you ousted from your full time job. This is what CGI does in order to get the business for themselves. Do not trust the outside vendor....

They invited me to a senior management presentation. During the presentation, management walked through the Njoyn application. The resumes for several applicants were displayed on the projector's screen. The kicker? These applicants did not apply to CGI for a job. They had applied to various different companies directly for a job but CGI who made the Njoyn application and sold it to these...

they work you like animals, throw you on projects with no resources or backup, and expect you manage it all costs. The cost is really that they win the contract, and you resign. If you want to be overworked, work with bad management who are disjointed from what employees really do, and want no work/life balance, then come here.

This has got to be the single most horrible employer to work for! If they do not get contracts, you do not work period. If you are not working on one of their projects for 10 days and are sitting at a desk you become their liability. You can guess what happens next - an employment termination. Upon termination they cheat you on the Record of Employment and ask for a signature from the terminated...

Victoria BC - Almost walked out of interview. I have never encountered a more unprofessional, hostile and rude manager in a interview in my life.

No thank you.

CGI has found a way to lay off people without paying any package, here is the technique:

1) Without warning, announce to the person that he is now on: Congé Temporaire. Effective now, you have no more paid...

2) So, for the next 6 months, you are still employee of CGI, but receive no salary, and if you want another job outside of CGI, you have to obtain the authorization from CGI... So...

Well, I wish all these true negative comments about management goes to them as nothing seems to work. I have never seen any company managers so rude anywhere but here. How the hell did this company made it so far grinding people like some labour. Breaks are not allowed not even 15 min, salary frozen, no encouragement at all. And to all those who asked above why we are here because we like...

I recently left CGI after giving the company many, many years to prove they could be a decent company to work for. I witnessed lack of respect for employees, verbal abuse and just short of physical abuse. Threatening behaviors and poor management. There was some middle management that made honest efforts to try to improve things but upper management only fosters an environment that shows no...

Beware of this company they recently laid off personnel without any compensation. They labelled the layoff as temporary but have no intention of calling back the workers. They simply want to avoid having to pay the proper compensation.

Assignments are dull. If you work on one of the outsourced contratcs, the atmosphere is dreadfull.

Management has no vision or leadership. They manage like...

I used to work at CGI in Markham, ON. I was very happy when I got hired because CGI was on the Top 100 employer list. What I liked about CGI - very good orientation session for new employees, excellent training courses, cooperative teammates, respectful atmosphere, flexible work hours, etc.

Why I left? - 2 years of salary freeze is just too long to take.

I make ~34K$/yr and I was _the_ top agent of our department's helpdesk, with an average of 72 calls per day and less than 5 minutes of "not ready" per day (the average for our helpdesk is 30 calls a day and 30 minutes "not ready"). I was congratulated with a big smile by my manager thanking me for my exceptional performance, right before he offered me a 125$ raise. Wow. Now I understand why they...

I guess it's to be expected that most of the ratings here are negative. Why else would someone come to a site like this? I just came out of curiosity but now I feel compelled to set the record straight. CGI is not the horrible employer that some say it is. I personally have received consistent, fair raises (at least 5% every 6 months, and a couple of months ago, I got a whopping 12.5 %). I have...

I used to work for CGI in Montreal for 8 years. I fully agree with most of the comments in here. However I have to say CGI is a good place to learn and gain skills. The key to get advacement in this company is to work hard and build the contacts with those who have power and influence in the company. Just don't deal with charlatants. If your boss happens to be one of those then find the way to...

I have been with CGI about 5 years , many people seem to think the grass is always greener on the other side. I have seen people come and go and even come back a several occasions. I have had good and difficult times within CGI , but everything is a matter of how you tackle your challenges.

I have been working for 20+ years and CGI have been by far the most rewarding , most amusing , and most...

I am a member of CGI and I agree that as a company we have our challenges. But one thing I don't understand about some of these comments is they are not being made to the people who can actually do something about it - the managers.

Someone on here said that HR runs everything. That is not true. I have worked with several different HR representatives and their motives are to guide, advise and...

Wasn't a bad place to work, seen better but might be a good stepping stone for some people....I left because of conflict of intrest....CGI execs asked me to basically "spy" on Bell Canada executives. After that I left.

I worked at CGI Edmonoton for about 5 months and then my project was done successfully, and I got excellent evaluation from my manager, however, they do not have a project for me for about 4 weeks and I was assigned some boring task, such as revising the user manual, though I am a DBA and not a technical writer. So after two weeks, I told myself enough is enough, and I started to contact my...

Webster defines a bureaucrat as "an administrator concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs". This, I believe, accurately describes the CGI way of doing things. Management is obsessed with processes and if employees complies to the gazillion number of CGI processes. They don't care how you're actually doing, how you feel about your work, they simply want to do if...

All I can say is that I do not recommend you work for this company if you value not getting onto someone's bad list which will make it very difficult for you to get another job. CGI has projects in a number of companies and your resume may end up on a CGI staff person's desk. For example I applied for a job at Bank and got a response from CGI. To avoid this, speak to the company's HR department...

Chicoutimi, Qc - I work at CGI for now three years, I'm going to get my third raise, but I'm already sure it's gonna be a joke. Some new employees gets in @ $15 per hour with mo diploma; after two raises, I still not reached the $14, I've started at $13. I got 1.5% of raise the first year and then 2% last year; hey, the cost of life increased of 3.8%, I'm losing money year after year.

They are...

CGI has a high turnover rate. They are widely known for hiring people, extracting the new hire's knowlege and exploiting the business contacts of the new hire then terminating the employment of the new hire once the obtain the information. This is a dangerous company to work for if someone would like to maintain a good employment record and not get a bad name for no reason in their field.

I worked for CGI in Montreal downtwon next to cresent street, and I have to Say We had clowns as our managers, many people are leaving our managers don't have a clue about anything.

Salary is a big joke working for the helpdesk.

I've been working for CGI for less than a year and it's the most miserable experience I've ever had. Managment is a joke. They don't care about you and make it a point to ruin your self esteem. I've been reprimanded like a two year old on numerous occasions. I was promised a lot in my interview. They made the company seem like the greatest place to work and once you excepted the postion all those...

10 years with no raises. Token "One Time Payment" are all we have received all be it yearly @ 2% ... maybe. We are so called members, not employees yet we never share in any of the record profits made each year. The workload is extreme yet management is still looking for cuts. Promotions are almost non existent but when someone does get a promotion the money never follows, Title only pretty much.

In Alberta, the cowtown office is really a lot of fun to work at. Some of the negative comments I read here are true, but everyone has tough days and all companies have issues. In general the Managment team is trying to balance work load and revenue, although work load is fairly steep. Overtime is not paid, but I like getting the extra time off, although I wish the time off was paid out at...

I could go on hours speaking about how it sucks there. Only reason I'm staying is that I don't have a diploma yet.

The management problems start at the lowest level. They don't care about employees.

- If you wanna leave, go. You're not essential.

- Boot lickers or friends are the only one to real promotions. Lots of examples.

- The ones who work hard to get promotions are given new...

I work in the UK for a company that has just been "acquired" by CGI and I can fully agree with the comments by most people. The management seem like they have collect tokens from cereal packets to get into their positions. Prior to the "acquisition" the atmosphere in the office was terrible. Then came all of the big promises and shiny marketing. All lies, which now seems typical for the...

I work in the Regina office and have worked with many of the people there. I agree with the posts on this site about the poor management at CGI. There seems to be a selective management approach within the company. Also you should not have to fight tooth and nail to get a simple cost of living raise.

My former company outsourced our department to CGI and there are some positive aspects and many negative aspects of working for CGI. There is always the thought of the bottom line which means everyone and anyone is disposible if they are not contributing to that bottom line. How can one feel positive and safe at a company that treats everyone like a number? And work gets moved out in swoops. ...

I think the reason why you (some of you) people are spreading so much hate is because you are weak. If you don't like your work, nobody ask you to stay. Please quit, you are bringing a negative vibe within the company and that's not what we need! Common guys, stop complaining like kids. Take some vacations with your love ones and go back to work with a smile on your face.

I agree with other posters, foremost problem of this company is the very poor, subpar management unable to "do the right thing", just the easy thing: hiding the dust under the carpet.

Also I find it overall understuffed. Not enough people to do the job and a cancerogenous "I don't care" attitude which management is unable (and unwilling) to fight.

Might be a great place if you want to work the...

I worked at CGI in mid-2007 at 150 CVD. All I can say is that you will get overworked - there is little recognition by mgmt -

the Montreal exec team is really far removed and disconnected from Toronto - what type of company operates where mgmt doesn't recognize you but the employees have to fight for recognition? It is cliched to say people are overworked, but the reality at CGI is you will...

Expect to have less earning power each year as "raises" are way below inflation. Expect to take on new tasks and responsibility with no accompanying increase in salary. Every move is a "lateral" move even if workload and required skills increase dramatically. Stock purchase plan is a good idea if you don't intend to ever retire because the stock has gone virtually no where over the last 10...

In my opinion, most complainers probably haven't got any other jobs in other IT companies, because I've seen a lot worse than CGI. While it might not necessarily be the best conditions in terms of money (especially raises), I can't say that I'm poorly treated.

You want advancement? Don't sit there and wait for management to bring it to you; fight for it.

Hate to say this, but it pretty...

Although I enjoy working in my office, I believe there is a discrepancy between how each office is treated.

There appear to be preferences given to larger centres resulting in a poor "country cousin" feeling for those who work in smaller locations.

I do, however, respect the efforts of local management to advance the careers of those in our office. As well, I believe local management to be...

Most of the crticism of CGI Management is well founded. Company focus is definitely on new business above all else, regardless of wether or not the company can deliver... While people are generally overworked, CGI compensates their valued employees reasonably well, you just have to fight for it. CGI is super flexible with working hours and family comitments. Overall it's the worst company...

Regina - CGI is more concerned with investors than they are with their own employees. They have little regard for their own employees. Go to this company to get experience and then get out! Poor benefits and pay should deter anyone. There are far better employers in Regina.

The only thing i have to say is that this company lacks proper management. They have no clue what operations is up to nor do they even care.

CGI is a pressure-cooker. I am trying to present a balanced approach, but when i was there during 2007, they assign a single massive project from end-to-end to one individual from each team (i.e. LAN resource, FW Resource, DB resource, App Resource); however the work effort is way beyond what a single person can be expected to complete reasonably - their solution is overtime..however, this is...

CGI has a bright side and a dark side much like any large organization. On the bright side, CGI allows you to work a decent week and have a family life at the same time, it's not a pressure cooker unless you want it to. Reasonably good benefits. However CGI suffers from subpar management at different levels. Middle managers have absolutely no power. HR rules rather than be at your service. ...

Things seemed nicer before i was hired. Broken promises. Very bad management. A idiot working for 5 years will get advancement before a 3 year old kick-*ss employee. And once again it's true that it's all about making money, reducing costs, no-bonuses, ridiculous raises (1 - 2.1%), keeping staff productive at low costs. I will get my experience and get the f*** out before i have to bend over...

Wow...reading all the comments people have made has really hit home for me. I thought I was the only one suffering at CGI! The senior management are raking in 6 figures while those of us doing the work are slogging away with no raises/bonuses, trying to make sure we're 100% billable and stay off the bench. And how do we feel when the VP pulls into the parking lot with his brand new Porche SUV?...

I work for CGI in the US. All that is said about Canadian branches - no advancement, no recognition, no training, lousy management, etc. is double true here. Compensation is not too bad, benefits are really bad and getting worse. I would never recommend this to a friend. It is a bad company all in all.

(Ottawa) This is the only company I've been at that will have one employee on more than one contract at once. When the money runs out from one bucket of cash they simply tell you to use another clients code on your timesheet. The person I know who complained doesn't work there anymore. The best way to succeed at this company is to think about #1 (yourself). I learned this technique by...

This company only cares about the bottom line. The management is confused and unable to motivate or even articulate their direction. The CSB team is led by the weakest management team I have seen in 20 years of working.

i've been here for 2 years and its rates as one of the better places that i have worked at.

Please, Stay away from CGI. My Company was bought out by this "bully" No money for anything, grind your bones to dust. If your into self mutilation or sadomasochism CGI is your wet dream.

This Company lacks almost everything you want in a good employer. No chances for advancement, very little in the way of pay-raises, 2% if your lucky. There are no such things as a bonus. The person who does not give a damn gets just the same raise as the person who works their ass off for the company. There are to many managers running around, we are managed to death. Would I recommend working...

(Ottawa) Although this company is one of the largest IT employers in thh National Capital Region, it lacks thought leadership and a strucutured career path for advancment. Over the past 2-3 years, has become largely a body shop for staff augmentation. Corporate culture is laid back and friendly. Unforntunately, advancement opportunalties are all to frequently limited to friends and family of...

well, this is a company that does not believe in bonuses, the salary increases are measly, there is no overtime paid as the "sugest to take time off, instead of getting paid the overtime", there is none or close to no training, the benefits are just like any other company.

would i recomend it to a frined? hahahaha no!!!!

I could not, in good faith, suggest that taking a position at CGI would be a good move for anybody who takes pride in their work. I am sure that there are some people who are happy to work there but I have not met any of them (but I am not in senior management). In my particular unit, vision comes from the ground up and there are serious issues with the lack of leadership or cognitive ability...

This is a lousy company to work for, they don't keep their promises they lie, lousy raise, bad management, profit at all cost. this company stink, always adding more work without thinking about the consequences, without anaylsing the impact after that they expect you to do well and meet the objectives.No employee consideration, all about profit and sacrifice to the employee. over all this company...

Give all you can for 2% and less as a raise. Same raise is you don't give a damn. Fake excuses are given by managers. Cannot keep their employees. Fake standards, saying yes to whatever client wants without seeing consequences. Pressuring employees because schedules aren't set properly. Trying to cross cover mutliple client at the same time with different contracts, then blame employee for lack...

Management does not have a clue about what's going and don't care. Too many project managers that manage

projects that end up being canned for whatever reasons. No corporate culture.

CGI is the worst employer i have ever known. No corporate culture unless making money is one. Nobody cares about nothing. management does not have clue. Employees are mercenaries looking out for themselves and management sees the as catle. Good benefits but the trade off is daily unhappiness.

What is the point to ratemyemployer, if you just erase them every other month. ???? We are all wasting time, we know CGI sucks.

The grass is always greener on the other side -- but that's because they use more manure.

CGI is the best employer I've worked for and I am proud to be a CGI member.

MONEY IS GREEN AND EMPLOYEES ARE A MEANS TO IT!

Its all about share holder values at all cost, layoffs and broken promises made at hire.

Raises are cheap and the annual bonus and profit share is less then 200.00 (two hundred) per employee...... a real joke!

I have been working at CGI for more than 10 years. I have seen it grow and become more of a success year after the year. I also think I have contributed to this growth in my own little way, which is a very satisfying feeling. I won't say that it has always been easy; there have been challenges at time. And, there will be more of them. But, that's part of corporate life in a very competitive...

At CGI any member can have an impact on how things go. Very positive if you take care of yourself, have a career plan and work at it. Unlimited possibilities.

Terrible place to work - they only care about one thing - making money at all costs! Employees are not important. Management is terrible and the raises accross the board are 1%...great year when profits are over 900 million.

it's all about making money. optimization, being smart and working better/faster isn't appreciated. you've got to be sloppy because you charge your client by the hour and the clients are big companies who have lots of money. they have twice as much useless analyst as real programmer who can really do the job. lots of time is spent to make more money. if you don't like your assignment, it will...

Terrible place to work - they only care about one thing - making money at all costs! Employees are not important.

The Atlantic business unit is poorly managed. Senior management tries to push responsibility for this down to inexperienced middle managers, when really it's their own inability to execute their mandate. They are exeriencing retention issues as a result. They are trying to compete on the global stage, but require low waged employees to make any money, so unfortunately quality gets cut. This is a...

(Regina) The call center portion of CGI (the department where I am located) is a large open cubicle farm which can be quite noisy at times.

CGI has great benefits and the pay is good.

They have a great teamwork atmosphere and the team leads are usually very concerned about making sure that personal life is balanced with work.

Overall I am happy with my employer.

(Ottawa) Company offers excellent opportunities to move around and progress. A previous rater failed to mention that the overtime policy is fixed. People there work hard to make the company successful and do the right thing.

(Ottawa) CGI would be a better place to work if the Management respected the employees more. The president of the business unit at one time decided to unilaterally cut paid overtime (however you still had to work it) citing a culture of entitlement. We found it ironic that he felt entitled to our spare time. Holidays is rated low because they basically force you to take the Christmas holidays off...