Good technical experience but very toxic management - Electrical Technician Powertech Labs Employee Review

2.0
Feb 10, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

1. My team lead was very flexible in scheduling 2. Best benefits 3. 32 days of time off and you can cash out half of it 4. Learned a lot of technical skills 5. Travelling all over BC 6. Unionized - helped me a lot when i had problems with the management as HR was no help at all

Cons

1. High employee turnover - over two years and half working here, i was the 7th tech who left the company 2. Salary- Way below the market value 3. Toxic Management - they won’t promote you unless you work way above your job description w/c is against the union. 4. No workload balance - as many techs left, the work load was heavy especially working out of town 5. High expectations from management and some team members

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1.0
Oct 1, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

32 vacation days is the only pro

Cons

Toxic management levels in 90% of the company. Only a few leaders care and all others are micro managers. Some even sexist. Leadership team and CEO has no respect for any of the employees time. Things are constantly thrown at you to finish within hours and call it "teamwork" when it's not on your job description and the people hired for those jobs are incompetent to do it themselves. Company promotes backstabbing with no trusts even when Powertech's tagline is "the power of trust". Cannot trust HR because they are under toxic management too. You'll only be "blacklisted" for complaining about harassment. High turnover rate because there are no respects from leadership. And there are no future in the company unless you suck up to certain people. Super low pay - way below market.

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5.0
Mar 16, 2026
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Pros

This a place where you can foster your own future if you are committed and creative. A place to learn due to availability to amazing pool of experts willing to share knowledge. Opportunity to work on multidisciplinary projects. A company that care about its customers and employees. Despite being a consultant company, not layoffs during Covid. Excellent benefits including pension and vacation.

Cons

Salaries are constrained by public sector rules despite operating as Profit and Loss company.

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