good to start - Junior Software Developer CGI Employee Review

3.0
7 Jan 2020
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Pros

I've been working at CGI (Lisbon, Portugal) for 1 year. It's a good company for starting after college. The environment is relaxed, and they are used to new and young people. There are good teams, with a mix of senior and junior developers.

Cons

The management of work is not good. The programmers are always to blame for poor documentation, that is not given to the development teams. The senior managers prefer to protect customers rather than perceive problems and try to solve them. This is very frustrating.

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5.0
9 June 2026
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Pros

Inclusive workplace; great benefits; supportive of personal and professional growth; decent compensation for the area; - especially given the benefits; great leadership; strong culture and values.

Cons

Can be ups and downs if you are in a more volatile area of work which has contracts come and go. AI has increased that volatility across the industry and CGI hasn’t been immune. Individuals experience can vary by manager, but it’s a very good company.

2.0
7 May 2026
Anonymous employee
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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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