CGI reviews

Back several years ago, CGI management in Ottawa convinced me to become an employee and sent me to the GAC project in Gatineau. (I swear my life I never was and never will be a racist or hater of any ethnicity - absolute and ultimate nonsense.) My Team Lead in GAC had torturing horrible accent and a really short temper, but he seemed to have a very strong "hand" helping him and pushing him forward, because, having this incredibly horrible accent and a short temper he was an employee of CGI for 17 years and became GAC employee. The software development environment and the application itself for Export and Import was too old, unnecessarily overcomplicated and hard to embrace and maintain. The whole team was suffering from his horrible accent, but whispering under their breath. 3 months after they laid me off with no chance to be on another project as an employee, but the most terrible part was that the CGI management in Ottawa complained about me as a racist to the Public Security, jeopardazing my whole long career in Ottawa (about 30 years in Ottawa alone by now out of 35 years). As a former immigrant, I have no "helping hand" to protect me. I had to meet some "men in black" and managed to explain that I never was and never will be a racist. If God was more active or attentive, he should have burned the CGI managers in Ottawa on the spot for their lie and hypocrisy !!!

I worked at CGI and unfortunately, my experience was far from positive. I was terminated for sending an email to my personal account, which felt incredibly unjust given the circumstances. The work environment is extremely demanding, with employees being required to work 50 hours a week, including weekends and evenings from 5-8 PM. This workload is unsustainable and leads to burnout. I had hoped to advance my career by obtaining a certification. Despite submitting the necessary forms twice, my project manager completely ignored my requests and didn't even bother to reply. This lack of support and communication from management is disheartening. The project I was involved in was poorly managed, resulting in it being over budget with 100 people working on it. The project status was "red" and the government customer was extremely disappointed with our performance. We missed the go-live date by an entire year, which is unacceptable and a clear indicator of the systemic issues within the company. Overall, my time at CGI was marred by unprofessional management, unrealistic expectations, and a toxic work culture. I cannot recommend this company to anyone seeking a supportive and balanced work environment.