TELUS Reviews in Vancouver, BC Area

Pros

interesting, complex work. good people

Cons

TELUS is a busy environment. Good industry but downside is it is busy and you must take ownership for managing your workload.

Pros

Great individuals to work with

Cons

Like any big corporation processes come in the way of sleek responsiveness

Advice to Senior Management

Empower staff to make decision without fear of consequences when things head south.

Pros

Benefit and Pension plan are okay, used to be better but have been striped back.

Cons

No teamwork, everyone looking out for themselves, unfair practise in terms of promotions. Very little women in management.

Pros

Work life balance is very good.

Cons

Growth is slow for high performance people.

Advice to Senior Management

More performance based recognition

Pros

Good culture, good benefits and perks, good work life balance

Cons

Internal move might not be that easy

Pros

One of the better paying employers in the Vancouver area

Cons

Little respect for workers from executives and senior management.

Pros

TELUS has some of the best and brightest people anywhere and has a culture of developing people towards higher performance.

Cons

At times, strong business cases and/or team members are not supported sufficiently. The root cause is generally the lack of priority alignment with adjacent teams that are neeed to support the initiative.

Pros

industry is changing and exciting to be a part of

Cons

clunky and difficult to get ahead. The ILM is undervalued by senior level management. ELM policy does not attract talent into operations due to budget constraints.

Pros

- People in the office are nice and very talented
- I've met so many talented people that genuinely care and want TELUS to succeed. They believe in the product and work through the numerous hurdles to make it work.
- Telecommuting

Cons

- Morale is low - incredible amount of fake enthusiasm - driven by initiatives to increase comradery. Lots of free ice cream if your willing to forgo basic wage hikes.
- Wildly different experiences for career progression depending on manager.
- Increasing offshore / contractors with no addition to full time staff

This isn't specific to TELUS, all corporations are like this. If you can ignore the negatives, it can be a decent place to work.

Advice to Senior Management

None. As a publicly traded company you answer to the shareholders and the shareprice.

Pros

One of the few large companies in Vancouver. Lots of room for movement.

Cons

Head office is not downtown

Advice to Senior Management

not applicable