University of Calgary Reviews

Pros

technology-minded , great place to work

Cons

sometimes it may seem as if there are lots of people

Pros

The University of Calgary was a very nice place to work for various reasons, including flexible hours, great staff, and the ability to drive your own research.

Cons

The University of Calgary was a very nice place to work, however the experience was diminished (and I won't be going back again) due to the lack of competitive wages and benefits.

Advice to Senior Management

In order for the University of Calgary to retain interest in its employees, and the ability to drive people towards topics in research, the University must increase the ability for hard working researchers to receive additional compensation.

Pros

The pace is slow, a relax city. Environment is great. The city is quiet. A good place is to live.

Cons

No serious research. People here are practical. Salary here is really low except in oil company. The whole city is bureaucratic.

Pros

lots of funding
benefit is decent

Cons

very poor management
very inefficient
no fairness and resection to staff

Advice to Senior Management

get rid of middle management level personal

Pros

One of the fastest growing Universities and cities in North America
Pros and cons of your postdoc project very much depend on supervisor and particular lab/department

Cons

- Generally underpaid training jobs for highly educated staff
- Post docs are not considered to be a part of agreement with unions, so there is a lack of benefits and etc

Pros

Flexible time off, good benefits, possibility to work from home,

Cons

No career plan, no reward for people who get the job done, lack of proper workspace (furniture is old and outdated, you have to scavenge you own stuff)

Advice to Senior Management

Please get rid of senior managers that are clueless and dont want anything to change, specially when it comes to jeopardy their positions.

Pros

Location, parking, may appear prestigious, new President

Cons

self-serving culture that may eat any emerging strategy

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to Management and Professional staff. Do not put academics into Dean or other executive management positions unless they have management and leadership experience and do not let Deans skip a level.

Pros

-Tuition benefits, and great health benefits
-Opportunity to work in several different business units
-Promote from 'within' philosophy
-35 hour work week
-Excellent growth opportunities

Cons

-Management 'promoted from within' without sound business management experience or training
-Flex work options not accessible for everyone
-Overwork hard-working employees, yet allow others to underperform
-Familial/Friend relationships between upper management isolates general work force

Advice to Senior Management

Implement strict skip-level management reviews and 360 feedback- and then act on the results in assertive ways including termination if need be.

Pros

- Great people to work with
- Flexible position
- Multiple opportunity to advance personal learning experience
- Collective bargaining and leverage

Cons

- Better opportunity in the private sector (especially in Calgary)
- Limited challenge in the work place (depends on personal preferences)

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to the employee feed back as well as provide more opportunities to the students study at the University to work at the university

Pros

flexible hours and nice people

Cons

low average education background and not knowledgeable

Advice to Senior Management

get into some management program so that you at least have a vision for the whole office