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    Shaw Communications Reviews

    Updated 23 September, 2017
    692 reviews

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    Shaw Communications CEO Bradley S. Shaw
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    288 Ratings

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    Pros

    • good benefits and pay structure not bad (in 75 reviews)

    • Shaw's a great place to work for work/life balance, career development and if you want to sell products that are way better than the competition (in 30 reviews)

    Cons

    • It is also difficult to keep a work/life balance as it's extremely difficult to take time off and your schedule constantly changes (in 18 reviews)

    • Still suffers from typical call center complaints from customers (in 17 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Big Business, Family Orientated"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Shaw Communications full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      The people, the culture, the tech are all fantastic. Feels like making a difference in peoples lives from the outside in.

      Cons

      Work environment could be better outside of head office. PC's and tools can be frustrating. It's a dynamic environment, every few years, your colleagues go and new ones come in. Stability can be a concern each year.

    2. "shaw benefits good"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Shaw Communications full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      great benefits including pension, choice of coverage and stocks

      Cons

      pay, training, pick cheapest person for jobs,

      Advice to Management

      Live your values-the staff members do but the company doesn't

    3. "Government Affairs"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Shaw Communications full-time

      Pros

      Exciting place to work, always something happening.

      Cons

      There are times that getting direction can be a chore.

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    4. "Good job"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Shaw Communications full-time

      Pros

      Shaw is improving as a company.
      Good work life balance.

      Cons

      Red tape.
      Too many cooks.

    5. "Customer service"

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      Current Employee - Customer Advisor in Victoria, BC
      Current Employee - Customer Advisor in Victoria, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Shaw Communications full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      benefits employees
      great supervisor work culture

      Cons

      call center job
      no room for advancement
      rotation schedule

      Advice to Management

      career develeopment
      disgruntled customers

    6. "Good culture, middle management suffers."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Shaw Communications (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good benefits, stock shares, a strong community presence which is dwindling as they eliminate local positions. Employee benefits are good, but starting to be marginalized with cash flow issues.

      Cons

      Middle management gets shuffled around, teams are eliminated without notice, lots of restructuring lately due to Alberta losing lots of money. Needs stronger and more focused leadership.

    7. Helpful (1)

      "Good company, getting work done was hard"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Shaw Communications full-time

      Pros

      There was good work-life balance, and the health benefits were very good.

      Cons

      As a large company, it was very hard to get work done quickly. There were many, many levels of management.

    8. "CSE"

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      Current Employee - Cse II in Calgary, AB
      Current Employee - Cse II in Calgary, AB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Shaw Communications part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      its a great/fun atmosphere to work in, the people are amazing. great support to achieve goals. the pay is decent and has amazing benefits. part time evening shifts and no weekends.
      base+commission.

      Cons

      distribution of campaigns not always fair.
      prices for some services are a little steep which makes it hard to sell sometimes. dealing with rejection on a daily basis which is common in any sales positon.
      high monthly target.

      Advice to Management

      be fairer with distributions of campaigns everyone should get an equal opportunity in campaigns that way everyone is happy.

    9. "Solid company with good benefits"

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      Current Employee - Shaw TSR in Vancouver, BC
      Current Employee - Shaw TSR in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Shaw Communications full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      -Good starting pay
      -great training
      -great benefits
      -Share purchasing plan
      -Great employee culture
      -Direct management is very helpful

      Cons

      -variable hours
      -Job is fast paced with little downtime
      -Pay increases are small and only once per year
      -Direct management doesn't have enough say in performance reviews
      -Numbers are strict

      Advice to Management

      I would recommend trying to be more aware of what works and what doesn't for phone support reps. Very frequently new requirements come down the pipe that with a 10 minute chat with a few reps would have been shown to be superfluous or a waste of everyone's time, but it gets instituted anyways due to a managers (or highers) whim.

    10. "costumer service"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Shaw Communications part-time

      Pros

      great place to work, friendly team, benefits

      Cons

      no cons at all, great place to work

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