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Manitoba Telecom Services

Acquired by Bell

Is this your company?

Wake-up! - Inside Sales Representative Manitoba Telecom Services Employee Review

1.0
Jun 21, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Not much. It's a Manitoba company? Longevity? Nice building on the corner of Portage and Main? This company needs a major shake up at the top or it will continue to stagnate.

Cons

Shuffles front line managers around like monkeys in a barrel; allows same to rise above their capacity, which ultimately hurts the organization and its employees. Doesn't have a real telecommute policy, wants "bums in seats", limited flexibility, no real employee incentives, pay is average unless you are a director or above, doesn't really value employees, gives a lot of lip with minimal follow through. New CEO is babbling the same old spin the only thing that is different is the branding - he wants to be edgy I guess.

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3.0
Aug 19, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Reasonable work environment, company trying hard to reverse very long-standing attitude of employee entitlment and to level the silos and playing field for younger incoming staff by changing this with the older staff who are mid-career and those who are near to retirement. Training is mostly on the job or on-line now. Leadership is mixed, good at the top but doesn't always get implemented by mid-mgmt who are set in their ways a little - many people trying tho'.

Cons

Still a lack of recognition of female employees to rise up to more mid-mgmt and Director-level jobs (endemic in telecom) - slowly changing but the pace is glacial. Compensation is OK but the company is dragged down in its results by the Allstream purchase of 2004 and its inability to sell Allstream to others (last bid was cancelled by the Fed Govt in 2013 - due to national security concerns possibly over some Chinese involvement with the Egyptian-based potential buyer - this was a blow to MTS who as the original company would be better off going back to the original state - no knock on the Allstream staff, etc. but the acquisition of that company in 2004 was not the right fit).

2
4.0
Feb 20, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Allowed for multiple career paths

Cons

typical large company issues to deal with

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