Qtrade Financial Group Reviews

Pros

Friendly people Great environment Currently Using up to date technologies Management and leadership is awesome. Client is company's business department so deadlines are not as strict as other companies with external clients

Cons

May stick with a technology for several years

Advice to Management

Need to improve the learning process for new employees. To help them pick up the domain knowledge soon

Pros

high entreprenurial spirit and noted for can-do attitude

Cons

resource allocations were often misplaced

Pros

Good Experience, great for learning, fun culture

Cons

Very Political, managers playing favorites

Advice to Management

Treat everybody well and equally

Pros

Decent company to work for overall. Lots of pros like: - Everyone is helpful as the company is very client centric - Benefits such as extended health and dental - Vacation days are industry standard - Perks such as company / department lunches, social events, etc. - Salary is decent - Excellent work/life balance

Cons

- Management seems to be very out of touch with employees - Promotes an open door policy but does not follow through. Suggestions/ideas/requests from employees are rarely heard and even less likely to have any follow-up or follow through. - Managers tend to play favourites with certain employees and rules/exceptions apply to certain individuals in the department - Lots of micro-managing in the department with lots...

Advice to Management

- Listent to employees and follow-up/follow through (even though if there isn't much you can do) - Have a better hiring (and firing) process in place. If employees can't do what they were hired to do, the manager needs to stop accommodating these individuals. - Treat all employees fairly - Promote employees who work hard and go beyond their roles - Managers just need to be nice decent human beings! This seems to...

Pros

higher than average salary for some positions. That's it.

Cons

poor training procedures, too much middle management layers, incompetent HR dept ( i got cheated out of my final month's MSP coverage), little room for growth.

Advice to Management

you need a major upper management overhaul, hopefully Desjardins identifies the deadwood.

Pros

Good pay Relaxed work environment Access to markets

Cons

Not much room to move up Not a place for the ambitious

Advice to Management

Training is needed badly

Pros

It is a growing company, successful in its industry, great people to work with, and interesting and challenging work.

Cons

It is a growing company with some growing pains.

Advice to Management

Yes I would recommend this company to friends and colleagues.

Pros

Flexible, somewhat laid back workplace encourages employees to work hard in return receiving positive outcome. Annual pooled bonus & assessed raise

Cons

Disorganized management, HR & coworker conflicts starting to show

Pros

Stock options, owners looking toward growth but not just for the sake of growth. Not sure if there is good leadership (not where I worked) or vision. If there is, it is not shared.

Cons

Too many VP's and micromanagers. Decisions take forever and they change often. Not much opportunity for advancement unless you are junior or in a growing department. People focus more on protecting "turf" when they should encourage teamwork.

Advice to Management

Let staff learn, trust people you hire. If you want people to stay for more than a couple of years you need to loosen the reins.

Pros

The company is growing fast. Fresh opportunities come along as the company grows. People are generally nice and pleasant. The culture is fairly young and diverse. Competitive salary and standard benefits.

Cons

Poor support in education opportunities. Not open to working from home. Corporate politics.