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    Ontario Power Generation Reviews

    Updated 1 June, 2018
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    Ontario Power Generation President and CEO Tom Mitchell
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    Pros

    • "Pay is good but the work-life balance is the biggest factor for me" (in 19 reviews)

    • "Relax, no busy, good pay, good environment" (in 19 reviews)

    Cons

    • "there are no CONS, it is all pros" (in 7 reviews)

    • "The work environment: Indoors, noisy, dry, no windows" (in 5 reviews)

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    1. "Very interesting sector to work in."

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      Former Employee - Enterprise Risk Management in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Enterprise Risk Management in Toronto, ON

      Pros

      Great pay. Interesting work. Good location. Lot of opportunity to learn and expand your skill set.

      Cons

      Slow work environment. Not a lot of opportunities for interns to come back to the company after graduation.

    2. "Great company to work for!"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON

      I worked at Ontario Power Generation (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great community and experience gained

      Cons

      Sometimes independence created inefficiencies

      Advice to Management

      Retrain employees who have not been in awhile

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    3. "Job Content"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON

      I have been working at Ontario Power Generation full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great salary and benefits
      Relaxed environment
      Opportunities to do more.

      Cons

      Systems and processes are archaic.

      Advice to Management

      Majority of staff has spent life in the company with very little exposure to other organisation.

    4. "HR"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Ontario Power Generation full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      People, pension, compensation, senior management

      Cons

      Can be long hours at times

    5. Helpful (1)

      "Frustrating and Depressing"

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      Former Employee - Technical Engineer in Bowmanville, ON
      Former Employee - Technical Engineer in Bowmanville, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Ontario Power Generation full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      The salary and work hours.

      Cons

      Upper management was deaf to the concerns of workers and focussed more on reducing the workforce than ensuring that the company worked efficiently. No response to real concerns about dealing with problematic suppliers or systemic problems. Middle management was incompetent since the remuneration for those positions caused only poorly qualified entry level employees to get those jobs. Constant pressure to take on more work and reduce access to benefits. On paper the company has great values, but in practice workers are steered to cut corners and only give lip service to the company's charter.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to the concerns of the Society of Professionals and resolve them. Respect the workforce.

    6. "Line Manager"

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      Former Employee - Front Line Manager in Bowmanville, ON
      Former Employee - Front Line Manager in Bowmanville, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      Pros

      For union employees salary and benefits, not for management though.

      Cons

      A lot of people at OPG have anger issues, there is rampant blame culture. At the Union employee level there are many old timers who got there God knows how and you can all you want: the inept, the lazy, the aggressive ones, etc. etc This is bad for the good union employees who try to work because they end up working for the ones who can't do their job.
      Union people can make more money than managers!!!
      At the Manager level there is a lot backstabbing and betrayal!!!!
      At the Director level and up, there is a lot of people with absolutely no knowledge of the areas they "lead". Very aggressive Directors and upper management. I was told several profanity by a senior VP!!!!
      Lots is buzzwords used only when convenient to the Director or VP in question.
      OPG is a wide display of distunctions at a workplace!!!!
      I don't recommend to go there unless, you really have no option...

      Advice to Management

      Clean up the mess

    7. Helpful (1)

      "If you join early in your career, you may enjoy it - not for professionals with some experience."

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Ontario Power Generation full-time

      Pros

      Awesome if you are a member of the unions - very strong union and union members are way overpaid than their education and experience will command in the real world. Annual pay raises for union members are greater than raises for management.

      Good place if you join early and learn the OPG way and do not mind spending years and years doing the same thing. However, you will not be marketable after a few years at OPG.

      Cons

      Work with teams of people that have been with OPG forever - all they know is the OPG way of doing things (very large teams work on projects; usually there is no one person responsible for results so you waste an inordinate amount of time as leaderless teams go around in circles). Frustatingly slow progress on projects.

      Very limited growth opportunities in management.

      Managers will have union members in their teams - very difficult to get good work from them; you will be stuck with a very inflexible team. Almost impossible to get rid of poor performers if they are in the uion (and there are many of those around).

      Advice to Management

      None - beyond repair!

    8. "Shift Manager in Training"

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      Current Employee - Shift Manager In Training in Pickering, ON
      Current Employee - Shift Manager In Training in Pickering, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Ontario Power Generation full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Good salary, benefits and growth opportunities

      Cons

      No room to use creativity

      Advice to Management

      Management team at OPG is excellent

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Good benefits and pension plan"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Ontario Power Generation full-time

      Pros

      Good benefits and pension plan

      Cons

      Senior management are not held accountable for mistakes

      Advice to Management

      Management should be held accountable of their work

    10. "Best Job Ever!!!"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Ontario Power Generation full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great pay and benefit awesome bunch of people to work with.....

      Cons

      Lots of red tape. Hard to get jobs done in a timely fashion

      Advice to Management

      Be more open to suggestions from the floor.

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