Government of Canada Reviews
Updated Jan 22, 2021
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Pros
"work/ life balance, less stress" (in 103 reviews)
"Great benefits and working environment" (in 69 reviews)
Cons
"Some challenges with bureaucracy and red tape" (in 37 reviews)
"Compensation at mid level executive is not competitive with private sector" (in 26 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
Pros
Great job, not hard and they're very flexible on your schedule as a student
Cons
Absolutely no benefits as a student, contractor.
"Executive Assistant to the ADM"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Government of Canada full-time
Pros
Good pay, benefits, work-life balance, fair hours
Cons
Most people working there are disorganized and do not have well established work ethic
Pros
- Great and experienced team - Creative team
Cons
- Changements due to politics
"Great place to work if you like structured environment"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at Government of Canada full-time
Pros
Interesting work with plenty of mobility
Cons
Overly rigid hierarchy where process is more important than results
Continue reading- Helpful (1)
"Interesting potential"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Negative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Government of Canada full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Ability to work abroad Work with cross-functional groups Rewarding work
Cons
Slow and outdated processes Lack of ability to quickly implement new initiatives Work with tools that are not suitable
Continue reading "Meh"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
No opinion of CEOI have been working at Government of Canada
Pros
Situations you come across are interesting; Comfortable salary, benefits
Cons
Slow, always understaffed, timed breaks
- Helpful (3)
"Foreign Service"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Government of Canada full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Extensive travel, interesting files, good pay and benefits
Cons
Lack of promotion opportunities, slow moving.
Continue reading "Great learning experience"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Government of Canada
Pros
-Everyone at the office were incredibly approachable -Great learning experience, dipping your toes into government work
Cons
-Tasks were mundane -Limited opportunities for future development
Continue reading"Senior Financial Analyst"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Government of Canada
Pros
Good teammates, solid learning experience, get to meet people from all over Canada, great work life balance, easy-going culture in most departments
Cons
have to learn and use two languages for everything, a ton of red tape to get anything done, limited focus on creativity, very bureaucratic and political, little value-added
Continue reading- Helpful (3)
"Avoid"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Government of Canada full-time
Pros
You'll never get fired. Many people work 10-4, so you'll have an excellent work/life balance. But you really should read the cons section...
Cons
Terrible starting pay, unintelligent coworkers, IT practices from the last century (waterfall development!), days spent supporting legacy applications (remember X/Motif?), and there's absolutely no institutional will to improve.
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