Pros
CGI can be very accommodating of work/life balance concerns. In the past, they accommodated work from home and part-time situations for me and many of my co-workers to assist with school, health and other reasons. Additionally, much of the consulting work is done in company offices, so the atmosphere is very different from other consulting firms which generally work on the client site.
Cons
“You don’t work at CGI to become rich” is the words of my account leadership. The company is generally known to have a lower total compensation package from that of similar consulting firms. The company consists of many divisions, and the pay, type of work, and amount of work done varies across groups – the expectations of a Sr. Consultant in one group is not necessarily the same in another. Additionally, the company is still addressing issues with merging the AMS consulting practice (e.g., custom system development and COTS implementation) into the business services (e.g., data center hosting, etc) of CGI.