Avoid!!! - Service Desk Technical Analyst CGI Employee Review

1.0
3 Dec 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Friendly colleagues that are helpful that teaching you the ropes. First few months of your contract will be reasonable and provide initial entry level IT experience.

Cons

Avoid this place like the plague if you want to feel valued on a Service Desk, you are just a number in a large call centre here and the pay is terrible... Turnover is crazy high on the teams and being understaffed really sucks alongside back to back calls, expected multitasking etc! After youve settled in, the workload gets gradually worse and worse until you crack and management doesn't care about it affecting your mental health, you are expected to just get on with it! They will not allow you to change your duties/shift patterns etc. Micromanagement is a big problem, strict adherence schedules and KPIs are in place and they will breath down your neck if you are having a breather between calls! You cant even go offline and deal with outbound calls without getting moaned at! Team morale is so low and I can understand why people feel the way they do.

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Cons

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1.0
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Recommend
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Pros

no specific positives to highlight from my perspective

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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