City of Vancouver, Canada Reviews

Pros

challenging work and the people are great

Cons

career advancement is not vey easy

Pros

Lots of opportunity for advancement and learning.

Cons

lots of competition to get your foot in the door. You will also always need to answer to and interact with the general public - make sure you are ok with that.

Pros

Good pay, good job security

Cons

Very hard to get anything different or new done, not a supportive workplace if you've had an interpersonal issue

Pros

Decent pension plan, fair pay structure, room for advancement to other departments

Cons

Once at top pay scale no further pay raises besides yearly inflation raise, feel like a just a number rather than a valued employee.

Pros

flex hours generous vacation amazingly complex projects

Cons

public sector decision making makes for ponderous committees

Pros

Good benefits and flexible working hours and arrangements

Cons

Office politics and interdepartmental squabbling missing sight on the overall aim of public service