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    Shaw Communications Reviews

    Updated 21 January, 2019
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    Shaw Communications CEO Bradley S. Shaw
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    • "Impersonal scheduling difficult to maintain a work/life balance or standard sleeping schedule" (in 29 reviews)

    • "Call center mentality -- highschool esque/can be drama filled" (in 20 reviews)

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    1. "Awesome Company"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Shaw Communications full-time

      Pros

      Good working environment
      Great benefits
      Big company with room to grow and move around

      Cons

      lots of office politics
      No clear communication internally

    2. Helpful (1)

      "Technical Operations Specialist"

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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

      Family centered company
      Good pay and fantastic benefits

      Cons

      Ii still believe it is a perfect place in comparison to industry expectations

      Advice to Management

      Try not to make changes too often as it truly disrupts business and morale

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    3. "Manager, Telecomunications"

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

      I have been working at Shaw Communications full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Most staff are top notch , working life and balance are good, training is available for those in need, benefits are good

      Cons

      Senior management. Some bullying, some with no leadership skills, some think more of their own abilities then they should. Not much for accountability.

      Advice to Management

      Start a top down cleansing of leadership.

    4. "Good place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Shaw Communications full-time

      Pros

      Good place to work, Good benefits

      Cons

      Sometimes Management can turn a deaf ear to employees

      Advice to Management

      Take people that want to Rock the boat and listen to them. These are the people who bring fresh take on Ideas

    5. "Sales Consultant"

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      Former Employee - Sales Consultant in Winnipeg, MB
      Former Employee - Sales Consultant in Winnipeg, MB
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Shaw Communications full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Attractive products and promotions at reasonable prices

      Cons

      Changes are too fast without enough notice

    6. Helpful (1)

      "It was okay"

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

      Pros

      Lots of incentives, base pay was good

      Cons

      Upper management doesn't listen, huge disconnect between frontline and upper employees.

    7. Helpful (1)

      "Ups and downs"

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      Former Employee - Support in Vancouver, BC
      Former Employee - Support in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Shaw Communications full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      - Great office
      - (Mostly) great people
      - Lots of extra pay via incentives and bonuses
      - Amazing growth potential
      - Hands on mentoring by higher-ups for long-term growth
      - Decent company culture
      - Great benefits
      - Lots of autonomy

      Cons

      - Wildly inconsistent management: There are many great and hardworking managers, but I personally worked under a couple who were not. One manager showed blatant favouritism while the next manager was ineffective at dealing with infractions, resulting in some worrying practices going completely unaddressed.
      - Bad sales practices and questionable behaviour sometimes went unaddressed.

      Advice to Management

      Managers need to put their foot down when something unacceptable is going on. In my experience, many things that would warrant consequence were swept under the rug for the sake of retaining people for their sales numbers. This was not always the case, but it happened enough to leave this impression with me.

    8. "QA Lead"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Shaw Communications full-time

      Pros

      Great place to work for, great people

      Cons

      keep doing what you are doing

    9. "Best Place to Work"

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      Former Employee - Customer Service Representative/TSR in Vancouver, BC
      Former Employee - Customer Service Representative/TSR in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Shaw Communications (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      -Good Team
      -Good Environment
      -Learn and Grow
      -Benefits

      Cons

      -Not the best pay
      -Easy to get too comfortable in one role and become complacent

      Advice to Management

      Leaders need to really listen to what your team is saying. There are so many good ideas fueled with great intentions.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Great company!"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Calgary, AB
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Calgary, AB
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Shaw Communications full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Excellent people to work with
      Decent pay for your work
      Great benefits and ok bonus

      Cons

      Too much volatility and change
      Too frequent of layoffs
      Too many pointless meetings but that is pretty much every organization

      Advice to Management

      N/A