Canada Post Reviews in Ottawa, ON Area

Pros

Excellent training and development for management and executives. Very solid benefits and pension. Great professional colleagues and high degrees of collaboration.

Cons

Tough unions to deal with. Large and complex, getting approvals for initiatives is sometimes a quite lengthy process.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work.

Pros

Not a good place to work. Other then the benefits and your some of the people, your better off soemwhere else.

Cons

Management does not respect employees, no career advancement, no employee recognition. They take adavantage of their employees and when they have no need for you they discard like an old shoe.

Advice to Senior Management

take the time to acknolwedge employee contributions, be honest with the employees. Stop using the employees to further company profits.

Pros

Good Benefits, pension and pay. Reasonable work week. Good job security.

Cons

Hierarchy management structure. Unionized employees fully protected no incentive to work hard or do a good job.

Advice to Senior Management

Ensure people are treated fairly and that non-performers are dealt with.

Pros

The organisation offers plenty of opportunities for training and advancement. It is presently going through a huge wave of retirements and if you have the qualifications, are self-motivated and have interesting ideas, you will be able to move up the ranks at Canada Post. Being in the Ottawa area is also a definite advantage as there are 3000 jobs at head office and another 2000 in the field.

Cons

The "old school" culture which is still present amongst some employees is certainly counterproductive and somewhat diminishes the overall chances of succeeding in the new "postal" age. There is quite a bit of negativity and cynicism amongst the rank and file employees and even some lower to middle management personnel. People need to realise that the company's survival actually hinges on getting employees to buy on to the "Modern Post" philosophy and they need to focus on making this happen.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep communicating with your front line employees.

Pros

flexible schedule and good pay. I with a great team of people. great training opportunities.

Cons

too many decision makers and inconsistancy with values. it takes too long to get a descision made, there are way too many meetings, consultations. the forcus is very internal and not customer oriented. The company is top heavy, there is way too many directors, GM's and VP's.

Advice to Senior Management

listen to the customer and employees. senior management needs to walk the talk.

Pros

This crown corporation has a real drive and commitment to improve themselves. My expectations were of a government type organization, but this is not the case. There are real objectives, people who care about where they are going, and a clear path to get there. The investment to improve this company over the next 5 years is staggering and shows the committment of the senior management and directors.

Cons

As with most large employers there will always be "bad days", where the system itself frustrates the employee. This company has 60,000+ employees, corporate policies and systems are necessary to keep the system functioning continuously; however, these same systems make doing your job difficult and frustrating over time and can distract you from your efforts. Using the SAP system is always painful...

Advice to Senior Management

Keep on target with the main goals, but enable your employees more with proper motivation. The "quota" or "bell curve" system on yearly personal evaluations is statistically correct, but highly demotivational when a manager MUST choose someone to be a "dis-satisfied". Stop sending so much corporate mail to my house!