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Calgary Economic Development reviews

2.8

51% would recommend to a friend

(22 total reviews)

41% positive business outlook

Calgary Economic Development has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 22 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there.

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22 reviews
1.0
Oct 31, 2019

WARNING - Showboating Executive Team

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Pros

CED has great connections and a great vision to improve the economy in Calgary

Cons

The executive team doesn't know how to manage a company or their staff. The CEO spends more time out in the public eye giving useless speeches on things that don't even matter. Her own staff doesn't respect her. With her constant absence from the office, people are left with no leader. She cares more about what the papers and news outlets say about her then her actual company. Moral is low. Staff will throw each other under the bus at the drop of a hat. Nobody has each other's backs. The CEO likes to play games and has the staff complete for her attention. The CFO is just plain rude. She has no people skills and is often yelling at someone or scolding them with her door open for all to hear. She belittles people and speaks down to everyone. There is no thought process for any HR decisions. The HR department doesn't have a say, nor do they have any official training. The CEO and CFO make the rules and do whatever they like.

1.0
Feb 23, 2023

Stay Away

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Pros

- Amazing job is you want to stay in the same position your entire life without any raises. - 9 to 5 workers. Snail pace work. - MOST of the people are nice. Some are complete bullies. Leadership have their own cliques. - Will force you to work on your Resume and Cover Letter writing skills as you apply for new jobs while on the job. - Everyone is always "busy".

Cons

Basically the same as the other negative responses on Glassdoor: - No career progression. No road map. Senior Management has their favorites and it is very evident. - Take a quick scan at LinkedIn and look at CED’s attrition rate before applying. Stay away. - No autonomy - do what you are told attitude. Constantly having friction with management when attempting to take the initiative and trying add value. - No pay increases. Ever. They only promote Senior Management’s friends. Nepotism. - Toxic culture. They will promote those who have been in the job for month’s vs those who have been in the job for years. Watered down titles. - Very left leaning organization. Will fired you if you have differing views. - No one really knows what CED and OCIF does. A desktop scan of 95% of the companies supported by OCIF will either show they are cash heavy multinationals and do not need OCIF help or are completely incompetent businesses that have provided no value to the Development of Calgary. - CED only looks good on paper. - Will waste your time on meetings which achieve nothing. - Leadership is trash. They will talk for hours and you will get nothing out of it. - Leadership loves their re-organization to shift accountability. - Leadership thinks they are the smartest in the room when they can’t even eloquently explain what it is they do for the organization. - Media and Citizens have called CED out many times and their response is no response. - Employees that haven't been anywhere else but rural towns and Calgary keep saying Calgary is the best City... *rolls eyes* - Anecdotes are deemed as truths. Very Silly.

1.0
Oct 24, 2019
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Pros

Amazing vision and what CED stands for.

Cons

The leadership, quite frankly, sucks! In particular, the CEO (Mary Moran) and CFO (Sheila Will) are very two-faced individuals. The CFO is a seat warmer with no personal goals who sucks up to the CEO. Not sure how she even got hired with that personality. While the CEO is 80% fluff who doesn't know anything about growing the economy but she will make it look and sound good.

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Glassdoor has 28 Calgary Economic Development reviews submitted anonymously by Calgary Economic Development employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Calgary Economic Development is right for you.