I was a college hire in 2019 and just 6 years later I am out of a job, due to the federal government cuts. CGI claims due to it being a government budget cut, they did not offer me any severance or compensation package.
Throughout my time at CGI, I received average to above average yearly reviews, so from a performance standpoint, there was no communication to me to believe otherwise.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend this company to any young person just starting out their career. Work is pretty easy and straightforward but pay is absolutely horrible and management does not like getting involved in any part of career growth:
- Severely underpaid the last 5-6 years, basically had to advocate for myself in order to get a pay bump to match inflation. Only kept the job because I had a part-time gig which helped me cover living expenses.
- Really odd lack of accountability from mgmt as I had several older colleagues who routinely took off or did not do work while still on the clock, leaving me to fill in for them without any compensation or recognition.
- Many programs/teams were cut due to the new administration- CGI Federal swept it under the rug and did not give much warning at all to any of the employees, nor did they mention it in any of their town hall meetings. Mgmt heavily encouraged us to apply to internal position openings, in which I applied to over 20+ and did not even get a single interview...which leads me to believe that they were instructed to basically let go of a lot of employees.
- HR Workforce finally offered me an internal position on a new project the last day before my employment was terminated, in which I accepted...only to be denied by the hiring team because I had turned down the opportunity beforehand to remain on my current project (since I didn't know I would be out of a job) which was them denying out of pure pettiness, the response to me was "We are not interested because he was not interested 3 months ago". Great to know that HR and Workforce management has no power and can allow two petty individuals to deny someone out of job just because they feel like it.
- One of my colleagues who routinely underperformed and was close to age 60-70 years old was kept on a new porject while myself, a college hire who I was told upon hiring that CGI was investing a lot in the retention of younger workforce was let go.
