What are perks and other benefits like at BC Housing?

Values, community, culture, pension, networking

Slow paced, no benefits for people on work permits

Good benefits and you get off on time.

Very rigid/structured, not much flexibility. If you deviate from your schedule, it would look bad on your end. Not much culture here. You have to pay for your own meals during meetings or special gatherings. This company has a very small budget for it's staffs. Pay is pretty low for the job.

Fair wage good benefits ours

Trying to help the tenants without getting too involved

Great health benefits, flexible benefits where you can choose the coverage you want for different types of benefits

Complicated processes and unionized employees are having issues with pay increases and this issue has apparently been going on for >2 years. The legal department is an excluded role (not union) but the processes are confusing and it is a lot of gray area.

Pension, blue cross benefits, flex days

Management needs a shake up. They create policies that do not work. Everything is outdated, new hires do not receive training, their reconciliation strategy is offensive to employees of color.

Flexible work week. You get an extra day off every 3 weeks. Depending on the department you work in, you get to do work that makes a difference in people's lives. The employer did a fantastic job at hiring the most kind, caring, loyal and lovely people that you could ever work with. It's probably the biggest perk of the job. Public Service pension Benefits

Long recruitment process. Expect to wait 1-3 months from the time you apply for a position, to the time you actually start. Many times, job applicants find another job somewhere else before BC Housing finish up their lengthy recruitment process. Unionized staff have been working under an expired collective agreement for almost 2 years. Current staff don't have a lot of faith in the employer anymore. They've repeatedly, over the past year and a half, denied to meet with the Union and rejected our simple asks. Extremely poor salaries compared to not just other crown corporations, but most of the private sector too. Many staff are paid so low, that they actually would qualify for some BC Housing's rent subsidy programs, which are designed for low income people. Staff are extremely over worked. Many choose to work through their breaks, start work early or stay back late. The employer favors hiring temporary and contract staff from recruitment agencies. They pay these recruitment agencies substantially more than their own permanent full time, unionized employees.

work life balance, good benefits

Wage Injustice: The current pay is unlivable, and BC Housing shows no interest in fixing it. Despite the agreement expiring two years ago, they've consistently dodged meetings with union reps. Adding insult to injury, they're now pushing new hires to work Sundays without extra pay. Management Mismanagement: While a few managers stand out, most are either lazy, selfish, or excessively controlling. Some even demand overtime without compensation, showing a blatant disregard for their team's welfare.