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    BC Hydro Reviews

    Updated 10 March, 2019
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    • "Decision making high in organization with insufficient delegation" (in 8 reviews)

    • "Overly complex infrastructure and slow decision making process resulting higher costs in every project" (in 4 reviews)

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    1. "Great Company to work for"

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      • Culture & Values
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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at BC Hydro full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      - The benefits
      - The people
      - The opportunities
      - The work/life balance
      - Interesting Work

      Cons

      - Could get more pay else where
      - Lack of direction from management
      - Lack of communication between departments
      - Work can be quite slow (might suite some people)

    2. "Marketing"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at BC Hydro full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Medical benefits, retirement plans and holidays

      Cons

      Difficult to advance to higher level job

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    3. "Humdrum Role but Steady, Predictable and Easy"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at BC Hydro full-time

      Pros

      Easy job, predictable, lots of decent coworkers, and you can always pass the buck...

      Cons

      Pay is below market for some positions and well above for others. Growing number of people who are just there for the golden handcuff (pension, benefits) and don't really care about the job. Hard to get fired to people stick around regardless of skill or effort.

      Advice to Management

      Benchmark compensation and don't keep playing the closed shop game. External hires can be great, but you keep restricting the pool to existing contractors and former employees, limiting overall candidate pool quality.

    4. "lool"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      good enviroment and overall people

      Cons

      hard work and on call

    5. "Project Manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at BC Hydro full-time

      Pros

      They have knowledgeable personal at the work level.

      Cons

      Some of the director are not technically familiar with work

    6. "BC Hydro Employer Review"

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      Current Employee - Senior Engineer in Vancouver, BC
      Current Employee - Senior Engineer in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at BC Hydro full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Average work hours
      Great team to work with
      Lots of great benefits

      Cons

      The two main offices are quite far apart, which means travelling between them for meetings is a small hassle

    7. "Values Safety, Diversity and Inclusion"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at BC Hydro full-time

      Pros

      Many managers are respectful and supportive. Great benefits for employees particularly if you are full time.

      Cons

      The compensation for temporary contingent labour should be increased from 16 CAD to at least 20 CAD in order to meet daily needs here in the Lower Mainland.

      Advice to Management

      Manage with humility and share the leadership through genuine collaboration.

    8. "Management issues"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at BC Hydro full-time

      Pros

      Good benefits and pension plan

      Cons

      Management issues due to unproffesional management

      Advice to Management

      Provide a close review of a manager performance. If the manager creates many conflicts inside team he must be removed from management.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Strong CEO (Chris) , great benefits"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at BC Hydro full-time

      Pros

      CEO driving transparency across organization
      Great employees (crews, specialists etc) who keep our lights on
      Fantastic safety culture

      Cons

      Slow decision making time (muggy procedures)
      Very difficult to get rid of unsuitable employees, which leads to bottlenecks and ineffectiveness
      A mix of fantastic managers and very poor managers - depending on which team. Lots of politics.

      Advice to Management

      Be aware of those that manage up very well only but do not manage down well at all
      Be willing to take more risks and expect more out of employees who are underperforming

    10. "BC Hydro is great"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at BC Hydro full-time

      Pros

      Wonderful company to work for. Benefits are good, lots of opportunities to learn

      Cons

      Not a lot of opportunity to move up without seniority