St. Joseph Communications Reviews

Pros

• The people are SO wonderful! Felt like finding a second family • They're glad to have you try new things and expand your role • Working with media is great, you really get to see the impact of your work

Cons

• The print/digital media industry is struggling a bit right now (facebook/google's fault) • Could use a more agile approach to large projects

Advice to Management

Stay strong! I think the sale from Rogers to St. Joseph's Communications will prove beneficial as the teams find their footing.

Pros

Good people and good clients

Cons

No raises for staff in over 10 years . A lot of male bullies running the place and no investment in people or technology. HR turns a blind eye to it all . Worst work experience EVER

Advice to Management

Start listening to clients and employees instead of pretending

Pros

There are some really good people here if you're lucky to work with them. It's a job, if you're in need of a job and it's fairly flexible in terms of working hours. Management has been trying to improve the workplace environment and morale.

Cons

This is the most toxic workplace I've ever experienced. Many people are demoralized, angry, overworked and underpaid. Few women are in leadership positions and it shows. There is little regard for work/life balance or mental health issues. I heard people in management making transphobic and racially discriminatory comments on more than one occasion. Senior women regularly bullied more junior women (Often to the point of tears). I witnessed sexual harassment and people working to break each other down rather than work together. There is zero investment in staff and employees tend to get typecast and stuck in the same position for years, with little to no opportunity for advancement.

Advice to Management

Invest in your people. Give them cost of living increases that many haven't gotten in 10+ years. Every year they lose money by choosing to continue working with you. You should reward that loyalty and commitment, not abuse it.

Pros

None. Better than having no job at all? Debatable.

Cons

Terribly run company. Only work here if you have literally no other options and are desperate. The CEO will feed big lines of BS that you are family, but anyone with half a brain or eyeballs can see this for what it is. A con.

Advice to Management

This place is a lost cause. There is no advice

Pros

If you like video and photo production then you might see something good about working here.

Cons

The company keeps declining and losing business. There is no team spirit and everybody is always complaining about co-workers. There are no processes and procedures in place, everything in done in papers and spreadsheets, super messed up. Salary and benefits are very average.

Advice to Management

No advice, it’s a matter of time until the company disappears.

Pros

The People there are cool

Cons

Lack of breaks and low pay

Pros

Nice place to work, people are nice.

Cons

Organization and planing should be better. You can end up working 12 hours straight for weeks. Every long weekend is short for you because you are asked constantly for overtime.

Pros

The workers at SJC are very friendly, however that is where the Pros end

Cons

- No respect for employees - Constantly being pushed to output more and more work but are punished if the quality of the work goes down even though people are working on projects simultaneously that used to be full time projects - Managers are a joke and can't actually do anything to help any employees - Boys club, if you're not a male you will not succeed at this company - Employees are all disgruntled and rude to one another - Always trying to cut corners to make the highest profit possible, but then when they're caught cutting corners the workers are the ones who are punished - No way to excel in the company unless you're a middle aged male - No raises ever, they will push you around for as long as possible when you request a raise in hopes that you'll give up

Advice to Management

Honestly just close and try again, there's no saving this toxic company, all of your employees are unhappy and are all hoping to just be laid off