CGI Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Talented people, but a chaotic company"

What do you like about working at CGI?

"The people I worked with were the brightest and most talented people I have ever teamed up with."

What don't you like about working at CGI?

"The executive level decisions seemed to lack a clear vision, so we often ended up tacking back and forth from emergency to emergency."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be slightly more thoughtful before committing resources to a new idea, and make sure you support the systems that are already working."

"It's where my career took a complete shape."

"Was fun workplace until economy went south. :)"

"The close of this division was very disappointing"

What do you like about working at CGI?

"The association with a worldwide equipment manufactuer and the depth of support."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Simply Honesty and demonstrate the value of a unified approach"

What don't you like about working at CGI?

"A corporate wide launch of this new product verus a limited launch."

"I hope you find my responses worthy of additonal discussion."

What do you like about working at CGI?

"The people and the clients. They are what make coming to work all worth it. There is great commeraderie (sp). And once the relationships are established with the clients, everything is that much easier and falls into place, whether its negotiating a contract, trying to resolve a dispute, or trying to remedy a system problem."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask a lot of questions. Culture, work ethic, opportunities may require additional information."

What don't you like about working at CGI?

"Extermely political and no clear career psths for those who desire one. Not everyone is satisfied doing the same thing over and over for the next 20 years. Although CGI has many members who are more than content with that lifestyle, I am not one of them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to your employees, encourage your employees, reward your employees. Allowing them to remain employed in a competitive job market isn't always enough."

"I love this survey! It is so clever! I needed these questions."

What do you like about working at CGI?

"I liked the work that I was able to do, the knowledge I gained about the field, and the accountability of the position."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The answer is always the clearest and most logical one you can think of quickly. If you're testing something, try to break it and find out where the break occurs so it can be fixed: like a bone."

What don't you like about working at CGI?

"I had mutual differences with my project manager. I did not like working under someone that openly admitted that he loathed his job and refused to coach or highlight areas for opportunity."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest to closely monitor the project managers. They are the direct connection with the client, and my project manager had little to no knowledge or involvement with the products we were testing, writing for, and communicating with clients about."

What do you like about working at CGI?

"Flexible hours, easy commute, good people"

What don't you like about working at CGI?

"less than average pay, monotonous work, poor travel planning"

"Andew Deal is a Visionary"

What do you like about working at CGI?

"Andrew Deal"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go for it!"

What don't you like about working at CGI?

"Long commute from Portland to Vancouver"

"A great company to work for."

What do you like about working at CGI?

"Very helpful."

What don't you like about working at CGI?

"I am satisfied."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They are great."

"A company that doesn't stand by it's employee"

What do you like about working at CGI?

"nothing"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't work for Oberon when it is sub to Textile Tech"

What don't you like about working at CGI?

"everything"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stand up for your employees when an unjust has been committed."

"I enjoyed my experience while at CGI and would recommend it."

What do you like about working at CGI?

"The best part was the people I work with. I had a lot of intelligent, fun, hard working people to both work with and learn from. The senior people were very knowledgeable and helpful."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Focus more on your overall knowledge and what you do know not what you don't know. They really look for people who can learn and grow, not just someone who has all the skills in the resume already."

What don't you like about working at CGI?

"My last project was 80% travel , traveling Mon. - Thurs. That made it difficult to have a life."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Put more effort into retaining talent, especially younger talent."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"LIsten to your people, they know what they need. If they feel like they are being ignored they are going to walk away."

"Remember GM (although you can't compare in size what so ever)"

What do you like about working at CGI?

"nothing"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't. there are many other great companies out there. Stay away"

What don't you like about working at CGI?

"extremely unorganized company - you'll do well if you are related closely with the sr executives. else, look for another job because you are nobody"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"if you don't change the management structure soon, you'll not have anyone wanting to work there."

"Don't do it...."

What do you like about working at CGI?

"The actual people who did the work, not the glory hound supervisors who would walk over you. Supervisors were completely reckless off base."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"See one liner....."

What don't you like about working at CGI?

"Incompetence of supervisors and front line management. Working 12 hour days, 6 days a week and only getting 1.25 OT for over 48 hours."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Find out what is going on with your people"

What do you like about working at CGI?

"Satbility"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be proactive and know your subject matter well enough to be hired for the respective position. Your knowledge and skills are very important as much as your personality and outward appearence."

What don't you like about working at CGI?

"Do not keep up to their words"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please help make employees happy because if they are not happy, they will not work to their full potential and this can cause a serious conflict to achieving the enterprise vision."