Imagine the Titanic, but with timesheets instead of lifeboats. - Consultant Capgemini Employee Review

2.0
Feb 12, 2025
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Pros

If you can get in at a high enough grade, you'll have a great work life balance - because you'll never have to actually work. Basically a masterclass in patience because it will be constantly tested. You can come in at a relatively high compensation, but don't expect it to ever significantly grow. There are clients that can be great additions to your resume, blink and you'll miss them because clients churn more than butter around here. There does seem to be a changing of the guard across senior leadership, I can't wait to see how this turns out. There are extremely talented developers in the organization, and they are burning through them. You'll get really good at math because the only thing that matters is your timecard and billability, but the project codes will constantly expire and the seventeen teams responsible for updating them will drag their feet while you get screamed at for low utilization.

Cons

The structure of the entire organization fosters competition, not collaboration, across business units. This leads to internal cannibalization and rampant unprofessionalism. Leadership will never take accountability for missed forecasts, deals falling through, or clients taking advantage of team members. Don't worry, in 3 months they'll introduce a new acronym that will save us all. People Managers will often have absolutely zero idea of their reports’ day to day and offer little value in helping you progress in your career. You will be assigned superfluous "Priorities" that have no actual metrics to gauge success, however. There is no standardization for delivery and processes across projects, causing inefficiencies and redundancies for the team. Once you're on the bench, it's best to start packing your bags. To be blunt, this place is riddled with organizational and administrative inefficiencies that make doing your job more difficult than it should be by burdening you with trying to navigate them.

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5.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Company provides training on soft skills and technical skills prior to placing on a project.

Cons

Client contracts can end unexpectedly so you may not get to work on a project long term and change from project to project.

1.0
Jun 30, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

there are no pros for this company

Cons

I was laid off after spending several months on the bench, with "lack of available projects" cited as the reason. However, another consultant in the same role who was also without an active client engagement was retained. As a woman and racial minority, I could not ignore the disparity in how these decisions appeared to be made. Before my termination, I reported being recorded without my consent and raised concerns about conduct that I believed reflected implicit bias. I was referred to as "URM" instead of by my name or role, encouraged toward race based employee resource groups rather than meaningful career opportunities, and repeatedly advocated for fair project placement while on the bench. My employment ended shortly after I raised these concerns. Following my termination, I pursued the matter through the appropriate internal and legal channels. I provided documentation supporting my concerns and gave the company multiple opportunities to investigate and resolve the issues. Rather than meaningfully addressing the evidence or acknowledging the seriousness of the allegations, the company denied wrongdoing, offered what I viewed as a nominal severance, and declined to accept accountability. Employees deserve confidence that concerns about discrimination and retaliation will be investigated objectively and fairly. My experience left me with the opposite impression.

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