Pros
-Challenging projects at good clients (sometimes) -Decent starting pay -Good healthcare benefits until 2014 and decent amount of vacation -the stock matching of 3% is nice. Not sure if that will continue in 2014.
Cons
-Does not value employees at all. CGI acts like a contracting firm. As long as you are pulling income for the company, they are not concerned about your career growth or if you even want to be at that project. -3 week bench policy and then you will need to find employment elsewhere -2014 health insurance plans do not pay for anything (including PCP visits) until you meet the deductible -Promotions are on the basis of internal favoritism, so that even if the client is consistently providing stellar feedback on your performance and giving you increasing levels of responsibility, CGI will find ways to deny your a promotion or a raise. -Bonuses & raises are based on a division performance. Divisions are done geographically, so you could have a lot of low margin performers, while your projects are some of the most profitable and as a result get little or no raise/bonus