CGI Group Salaries in Chennai (Updated 2025)

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Opportunity if you work well

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No proper recognition. They don’t even pay market standard for the senior people but new joiners will get more salary while coming in while experienced inside the company get less. Its good to work for a standard 2 yrs then move on.

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Salary benefits, work from home, no strict office timings, nice and peaceful environment, transparent policies, on time salary credits, on time appraisals and hikes

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Most of the projects are older technologies, most are support projects, some time you may feel that you got limited opportunities to learn, learning is not that much good, hikes are some times less than 5%, some times you may feel like doing same type of work again and again

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1. In CGI we have work from home option which is really essential and useful. 2. If you are a experienced member, then joining from day 1, you are a permanent employee in CGI which is good. There is no such kind of probationary period for experienced candidates. 3. Good work life balance. 4. Salary on time (before to last day of each month). 5. Having options to learn new technologies via internal webinar sessions. 6. Sometimes, they will conduct fun activities. 7. If you work hard and if you earn a name as best employee, you may eligible for receiving cash awards. 8. CGI provides many help to its employees financially and mentally during this pandemic which is really welcome one. 9. You may get many projects from different regions. 10. There is no strict time for login and log out. And no one will track you either you really worked 9 hours/day or not. Which is awesome. 11. You can even change your technology internally after completing 2 years in CGI. 12. Having good number of leaves in CGI. 8 optionals leaves, 12 casual leaves and 12 paid leaves. 13. You are free to learn any technologies in CGI.

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... received less hike this time. I have tried my best to give this hike to you. 7. In your CTC, 5% is variable pay. In which 3% you will be contributed to company share. And you can withdraw that share anytime. Remaining 2% you will receive as a pay out during every year december salary. Where you wont even receive 50% of it. If you ask why, you will get answer that, you and our project performed well. But globally, CGI didnt performed well this year. 8. If you dont want to learn new things, if you want to get what ever hikes they give, if you want to settle till age 58, then CGI is the best company. But if you dont want above, then join and relieve within 2 to 3 years. 9. Getting appreciation and awards are rare. Especially cash awards. 10. Some times, there will be lack of motivation in work. 11. CGI must try to retain best employees who decides to leave organization. 12. CGI must give hikes like 18% to 20% atleast even at the time of promotion. It really hurts, if we receive usual hikes even during promotion time. At last, come here, work, learn.. in max 3 years, if you feel didnt learn so much and your ctc didnt raised, then resign immediately. Do not stick here for long term.

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Nothing to say, only thing is less variable pay, but for that we can't lose our career by joining CGI

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Worst ever company, I have seen. Very poor HR policies, treat employees as tissue papers and throw them out when they don't need. Don't know HR is there are not, reporting manager decides and speak to us about every thing. Don't join and lose your career for sake of meager money!!!!!

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Amazing work life balance Leaders are approachable by everyone Women have a lot of opportunity Great work environment Amazing work culture

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... speak their own vernacular tongue only. But that’s not true for all projects. Compensation too depends project to project, but in my case politics affects it. NO ON SITE EVEN BEFORE COVID. Using backward tools and technologies. Managers (again in personal experience) don’t allow growth, afraid the member may leave later. Also, Bangalore and Hyderabad have better growth than Chennai office.