Bell Canada Reviews in Montreal, QC Area

Pros

Discounts as an employee
Benefits

Cons

Management
Lack of vision and leadership
Lack of opportunities

Advice to Senior Management

Don't only hire people who are like you and who support you

Pros

Working hour flexibility, personal achievement, Autonomy, career opportunity.

Focus on result and delivery.

Cons

Stress, High-Pressure, sales oriented, strong cost containment. Large structure.

Pros

lots of job opportunities and the atmosphere of camaraderie reigns in the workplace. great to learn telecommunication business regionnally and nationaly

Cons

you are not allowed to make any mistakes. if ou do so, you are automatically blacklisted by uppermanagement and their is no chance for you to climb the ladders

Advice to Senior Management

no comment

Pros

Nice to be working at one of the most respected companies in Canada. Ambiance is great : friendly and relax, balancing company interests and your interests.

Cons

Salary is not that high, although they try to keep up to date with other companies in the same segment or occupation.

Advice to Senior Management

You have great people, give them more training and a little higher salary and they will shine.

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Nice campus

Cons

Commute to said campus, old bloated company. General ambiance is kind of depressing

Advice to Senior Management

Simplify everything, products, promotions and systems

Pros

Benefits and
infrastructure are good. Also, knowledge growth is encouraged through education programs

Cons

Lack of leadership, lack of vision, and the amount of politics and friendships it takes to get advancement. Bell is not an environment for people who are honest, loyal and hard-working

Advice to Senior Management

Hire people who are truly competent.

Pros

-Good Salaries
-Very esablished company
-Stock purchase program
-Employee discount program
-Wide range of jobs available
-Good vacation and benefits
-Educational Assistance program

Cons

-Large bureaucracy
-Rigid union contracts
-Head office in Toronto
-Generally low employee morale
-Company does not have large growth potential

Advice to Senior Management

Bell is finally taking a step in the right direction since George Cope took over last year, becoming a more competitive and exciting company

Pros

Ok employer overall, job security is good even with considering what happened to the economy and that's about it thanks.

Cons

The company's way of operating doesn't fit with my personal values. Knowing now what I didn't know when I was hired...

Advice to Senior Management

The company's way of operating doesn't fit with my personal values. Knowing now what I didn't know when I was hired...

Pros

good image, big company, should look well on a resume

Cons

KGB atmosphere, no critics allowed - so impossible to improve anything

the internal network is not working, the tools for the customer service are not functional

Advice to Senior Management

dont hire people without a bachelor degree - they will ruin the company, they cannot and won't understant the new challenges

Pros

Good benefits
Lots of opportunities for advancement or lateral moves

Cons

Lots of silos
Different districts are like different companies in the way they are ran

Advice to Senior Management

Make each team mandate clear
Increase a team's capacity instead of always hiring contractors
Reduce the number of temporary solutions which end up permanent