Wonderful staff, down to earth senior management, great work-life balance - Anonymous employee Quartech Employee Review

4.0
Nov 21, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Quartech offers excellent benefits and a laid back environment - probably because they do so much business with government. The staff are great and the management are very down to earth people, genuinely interested in their staff. The Victoria office is nice. The Burnaby office is shabby - but rumour has it that they will be investing in some new office space in the next few years.

Cons

The Burnaby office is very segmented and individual business units don't seem to have much interaction with one another. There are a lot of silos of information, few processes, and a definite lack of documentation which makes onboarding new staff very difficult.

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2.0
May 29, 2026
Anonymous freelancer
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Pros

People are great and know their stuff, always willing to help and open to discussion. Practice guilds meet monthly to share info and lessons learned. Pay is slightly higher than average but no bonus scheme.

Cons

It's a shame the great folks who do the work are let down by management who are all old, white men. The CEO is a boomer himself from old money. He may seem kind and grandfatherly, but he watches all revenue like a hawk and will cut you if you're benched. I'm one of the many folks who got laid off when their bread & butter (BC govt contracts) dried up. We had a hiring spree the year before which proved short-sighted and unsustainable - something that should've been obvious, But this company has been a traditionally a sales / contractor company who only cares about the bottom line. HR (people & culture) - are there to enforce the CEO's will, nothing more. They're not their to support you, they're not your friends nor are they interested in lifting company morale. People "disappear" and they won't tell you why. They do very little and are overpaid.

3.0
Apr 27, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Team members are talented and strive to provide highly technical solutions with great client service and insights. Great projects to work on with real impact to citizens in Canada

Cons

Executive / leadership is toxic and not aligned. Revenue comes first, then the client. CEO is not savvy and often makes challenging decisions based on little information.

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