Is CGI a good company to work for?

CGI has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 23,350 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at CGI to a friend and 60% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about CGI have been left by employees working as Executive Consultant , Werkstudent and Senior Consultant .

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 2157 reviews)); "Good benefits and easy to get onto service desk for a first step into an IT career" ((in 774 reviews)); "The people that you work closely with are often great people and fun to be around." ((in 729 reviews)); "Working from home often is a very good culture and allows me to be more flexible." ((in 713 reviews)); "Work culture is good........you don't need to sit on desk for 9 hours." ((in 597 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 1154 reviews)); "Management is poor and not communicate very well to employees" ((in 776 reviews)); "No structured salary for different job groups Pay scale is low as compared to other organizations in market" ((in 573 reviews)); "but if you are under a bad manager then your hikes will not be good." ((in 333 reviews)); "No training And development plan" ((in 186 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.

What are the top reviewed CGI locations?

München , Düsseldorf , Frankfurt am Main , Sulzbach (Taunus) , Berlin , Hamburg , Erfurt , Eschborn , Darmstadt , Stuttgart , Köln , Köln , Braunschweig , Dresden , Leinfelden-Echterdingen , Bochum , Bremen , Ulm , Walldorf , Dortmund , Borken , Karlsruhe , Kaiserslautern , Bielefeld , Essen , Halle (Saale) , Nürnberg

CGI reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(17,881 total reviews)

François Boulanger

78% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

3.1

Compensation and benefits

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 Management & Beratung industry (3.7 stars).

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18K reviews

3.0

Aug 21, 2008

CGI Senior Consultant review

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

CGI is just a paymaster, when it comes to a employer-employee relationship. My satisfaction derives from working at the client site where I have earned my stars. The experience I have gained in working across 100 legacy mainframe applications, is what's making me a stable and realiable stock. The benefits offered by CGI is pretty good. They offer a 1/1 stock purchase plan(that is if you buy one cgi stock, cgi credits your account with one stock). For 401K, they have a good formula. Increases as your salary increases. The formula is hourly_rate*0.04*0.5*2080=annual value that CGI credits to your 401K account. Commuter rail discount - if work in a high cost of livng city like Boston, your are reimbursed for your monthly MBTA fare. For example if you live in the MBTA Zone 6 areas around Boston, you are re-imbursed 12*223(cost of a Zone6 rail pass)=2676.

Cons

The account management at CGI does not make use of the capabilities of account members in furthering and seizing strategic initiatives. If you are stuck in a particular client site, you could be there for a very long time!!.

2.0

Aug 20, 2008

Carfully negotiate your salary before you sign on!

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

CGI offers very talented and dedicated team players that are willing to go above and beyond for the good of the company and in the spirit of helping the team. The employees are the owners and they take great care in cultivating a great team attitude and knowledge sharing.

Cons

Compensation is determined when you negotiate your salary and there is little room for salary increases above COLA once they have you on board. Benefits have been cut again and again and are teetering on unacceptable. All of the incentives and bonuses are dealt out to upper management, leaving chump change to the "worker bees." There is a joke of a 401k/retirement plan.

4.0

Aug 20, 2008

So far seems to be a good first job

Consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Flexible about working from home, or even from another city. Fairly laid back environment. I hear it's easy to move between projects and offices. I also get the sense that things vary a lot between projects and offices. Company stock share plan that is matched 50% up to 2% of salary. Reasonable vacation time, as well as other personal leave as needed. As mentioned below, sometimes things are very slow. During those times there is flexibility about coming in a bit late, leaving a bit early. There is a social club, and their events tend to be worthwhile. Many of your co-workers will be fairly young.

Cons

Variation between projects can be frustrating. Some teams have very little to do, while others are putting in 80 hour weeks. If you're not working from out of office or traveling, you will be working in a cube. Some technical consultants end up in relatively un-technical roles. For example, developers who do very little coding and spend most of their time support existing systems, upgrading third party software, etc. Working mainly or exclusively from home can be a drag, and some complain of missing personal collaboration with their team. Sometimes management's expectations are unclear. Sometimes the laid back attitude leads to simple tasks taking longer than is necessary.

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