Niche Firm with Niche Warts - Anonymous employee SYLVIS Employee Review

2.0
Oct 22, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Environmentally benefiting projects - Chances to grow and encouraged internal promotion - Diverse clients and provided support to coordinate and execute project plans - Hands off supervision - Comfortable office spaces for BC and AL locations - Pay above industry average for comparable roles - Excellent work life balance

Cons

- Archaic administrative procedures with no indicated incentive or desire to improve - Hit or miss coworkers - Overbearing, passive-aggressive and condescending Project Staff - Internal promotion is gifted to all employees, regardless of the value of their work or whether they are ready for higher responsibility - Health and Safety culture tracks incidents as a blame-based metric, and employees feel uncomfortable about reporting and frequently hide incidents - Project tasks often left incomplete or tardy due to encouraged 8 hour work days

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5.0
Nov 27, 2024
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Pros

Fantastic coworkers who are skilled and care about each other. Company is entering a growth phase with accompanying career growth opportunities. Interesting projects that make a positive environmental difference.

Cons

Workload can fluctuate seasonally depending on your role with some periods being very busy, but managers are open to discussing pinch points and finding solutions.

4.0
Jun 14, 2024
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Pros

Great learning opportunities Work with smart fun people Get to travel around BC Support for Professional development

Cons

Pay is terrible for workload Pay gets worse as the workload increases over time Narcissistic company president High turnover, leading to others suddenly taking on heavy workloads Being told that "you treat the company President like god" Work life balance is not as important as they make it sound

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