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CPKC Employee Reviews about "no work life"
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- "Pay was good and all the workers made sure that the new hires new what they were doing" (in 138 reviews)
- "Good benefits and that's about it other than a feed every so often when you reach an almost impossible goal" (in 126 reviews)
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- "No work life balance Bully Style Management from Top to bottom ( they are encouraged and coached that way) Tough environment to work in" (in 91 reviews)
- "Middle managers have too many direct reports and cannot effectively monitor and coach their performance." (in 42 reviews)
- "Poor upper management, old fashioned culture, dress code enforced, bully environment in non union side, heads down culture" (in 22 reviews)
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Return to all Reviews- 1.0Mar 19, 2021EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 3 years
Pros
Fair Salary Good Benefits Good stock offer
Cons
Bad Management No Work and life Balance
1 - 1.0Feb 5, 2018Information Technology SpecialistFormer Employee, less than 1 yearCalgary, AB
Pros
Might be OK if you're in the union or a contractor.
Cons
CP has the most oppressive work culture I have ever seen. Everyone seems to live in constant fear of being fired. A recent, 2017 employee survey revealed that 82% of CP employees '...would leave the company if offered a job with similar pay elsewhere'. I dare you to ask about that in a CP interview and see if you get a straight answer. IT is a sweatshop meaning that work/life balance is non-existent. If you work on-call, you get no compensation for it except $25 total per night and only if you get called between certain hours. There's no overtime in IT as it is non-union. Many IT employees, especially in the area I was in, are expected to work well beyond 40 hours/week and 50-60 hour work weeks are very common. You will get abused or threatened by managers who don't know the meaning of respectful workplace.
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