Utterly broken culture - Senior Consultant CGI Employee Review

1.0
Feb 16, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly coworkers who will go out of their way to help one another. Lots of great training options available (provided you do it on your own time)

Cons

The culture of this company is completely, utterly broken. CGI only cares about one thing: billable hours. Anything else is expected to be done on your own time, including attending mandatory company meetings. Even "mandatory" training is expected to be done outside your 40 hours of billable time to a client. And it doesn't matter if you go weeks and weeks billing more than 40 hours to a client, if you even go under 40 hours of billable time for one single week, they get upset. I'm astonished that they even deign to allow you vacation or sick time without expecting you to make up the hours in the same week. On top of all that, the benefits are mediocre, at best. They only offer a high deductible health plan, the dental is worthless, life insurance is terrible, etc. What's more, they "talk" a LOT about diversity and inclusion on one hand, but on the other hand they eagerly take contracts from governments and businesses that are actively working to oppress and take away the rights of women and minorities without a second's hesitation. Because, for all their talk, they only care about profit margins.

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Cons

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Pros

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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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