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Found 68 of over 93 reviews
96% Recommend to a Friend
58% Approve of CEO
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Peter Goodhand
17 Ratings
Pros
"located in downtown, friendly environment to work" (in 9 reviews)
"Good work life balance and people" (in 6 reviews)
Cons
"It was a challenge to manage work-life balance" (in 3 reviews)
"Have to be independent at research" (in 6 reviews)
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- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Like every workplace, it is not perfect… but they are far better than most and continuously aim to improve. Lovely work culture. Fairly well defined processes. Excellent IT support. Beautiful work environment.
Cons
Nothing to add in this section
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Smart people. Great office. Research-oriented.
Cons
Salary is not as high (it is a government-funded NGO, so nothing of surprise) HR is not really that helpful
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Great work, sleeping management
Oct. 14, 2022 - Software Architect in Toronto, ONRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great team, interesting work, great place for juniors to get a ton of experience.
Cons
Management considers it a success, in their own words, when senior and valuable members are not retained.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Academia, but with better funding
Aug. 5, 2022 - Assistant To The Regional Manager in Toronto, ONRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- Good environment to start a career - Most groups will promote staff development, coaching, but it depends on your manager - Relatively stable jobs as long as you're not paid from academic grants. Good pension. - IT support is unbelievably good
Cons
- Work life balance can be terrible. Constant pressure from researchers in and connected to OICR to do more "to help cancer patients" without regard to resources, money, staff availability, etc. Staff burnout and turnover is a major problem - Research is often very academic with no clear path to "health and economic benefits to the people of Ontario" - Principal Investigators often don't pull in the same direction as the institute and OICR sometime feels like a university department.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
I was able to work from home.
Cons
Contracts will end when there is no more grants.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Good place to gain more skills and enjoy the friendly team work
Jul. 8, 2022 - Research Associate in Toronto, ONRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Nice place to work in, with friendly team members
Cons
the commute is a big issue in Toronto. It made many people to quit working to big companies based in downtown toronto
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
good place to learn
Jun. 21, 2022 - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ONRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
-good benefits, pension -good work-life balance -good place to learn
Cons
-salary, limited opportunities for growth
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Avery good place to work
Cons
None that I can think of
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Excellent environment and great people to work with
Apr. 9, 2022 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great working environment Nice people to work with, welcoming and friendly. Excellent leadership team
Cons
Nothing that I could think of.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Great place to work
Jan. 12, 2022 - Research Technician II in Toronto, ONRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Flexibility, good benefits, good management
Cons
Professional growth can be difficult
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OICR has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 93 reviews left anonymously by employees. 96% of employees would recommend working at OICR to a friend and 38% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 12 months.
96% of OICR employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated OICR 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.
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