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    Toronto Hydro Reviews

    Updated 16 June, 2017
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    Anthony M. Haines
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    • Difficult to become full-time, many employees remained on contracts for years (in 9 reviews)

    • there is lots of office politics going on (in 6 reviews)

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    1. "Great Place to work"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Senior Technical Student
      Current Employee - Senior Technical Student
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Little to no in house politics
      Great work environment
      Flexible hours
      Great internship experience

      Cons

      Doesn't have very competitive pay scale compared with other utilities

    2. "Great benefits, Terrible Culture"

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      Former Employee - Consultant in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Consultant in Toronto, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      Pros

      + Competitive Salary
      + Great benefits
      + Good work/life balance
      + Central location
      + Friendly coworkers
      + Interesting work
      + Great learning/education opportunities

      Cons

      - Extremely bureaucratic (MAJOR power struggles all over the organization, which made it difficult to get anything productive done)
      - The culture was brutal between management and union staff, and meanwhile HR was submitting awards for 'best company culture' which was laughable
      - Very flat organization, no opportunities for growth and promotions. Only certain divisions (HR and engineering fields) ever had ppl rising in the org.
      - Difficult to become full-time, many employees remained on contracts for years
      - Many managers have been flagged by employees to HR and nothing has been done. A few departments have a revolving door of talent coming and going just as fast.
      - Company lacks transparency and is very secretive. No one ever knew what was happening as there was hardly any internal communications. Most ppl found out major company news through the media/front-page story.
      - Many silos within the organization
      - Little-to-no company engagement (very few company-building events, social activities, etc.)

      Advice to Management

      - Listen to employees. They care about the well-being of the organization just as much as you do, but if you never ask for their opinion, you'll never be able to improve this organization and its toxic culture.

    3. "Sr. Technical Student (Commissioners)"

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      Former Employee - Senior Technical Student in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Senior Technical Student in Toronto, ON

      I worked at Toronto Hydro (More than a year)

      Pros

      - Stable job if you're a full-time employee
      - Great learning opportunities (very unique challenges)
      - Fairly casual and low stress environment

      Cons

      - Interns and new grads are treated poorly (undervalued and on contracts)
      - Not at the forefront of utility development even though they're so large

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    4. Helpful (1)

      "Great place to start off"

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

      Pros

      Friendly environment
      good pay
      big breakfast on Fridays

      Cons

      there is lots of office politics going on

      Advice to Management

      Try to be more involved with employees

    5. "Great employer to work for"

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

      Pros

      - great people, learned a lot about the company, the work was meaningful,
      - my manager was readily accessible and was helpful

      Cons

      - some of the projects were expensive

      Advice to Management

      - try to think of ways to reduce the price of electricity as it can start to get expensive

    6. Helpful (4)

      "Worst professional experience of my career."

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      Former Employee - Consultant in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Consultant in Toronto, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Toronto Hydro full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Pay, benefits, pension and hours are all excellent and very competitive. You actually work so few hours that it is easy to pick up a second job.

      Cons

      Politics, inefficiencies and toxic culture makes the place unbearable. Unfortunately this negates any pros mentioned above and I would not recommend Toronto Hydro if you want to build a fulfilling career. This place is not what it used to be 25 yrs ago.

      Advice to Management

      Take your exit interviews and employee complaints seriously instead of turning a blind eye on the underlying issues and problematic employees who are turning away your valuable talent.

    7. "Technical Students"

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      Former Employee - Senior Technical Student
      Former Employee - Senior Technical Student
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Friendly environment and great managers, full facilites.

      Cons

      not really that i can think of, may be slow paced, cold office.

    8. Helpful (1)

      "PM Consultant"

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      Current Employee - Program Management Consultant in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Program Management Consultant in Toronto, ON

      Pros

      Good compensation, Good work life balance

      Cons

      Poor IT systems and processes, Beuracracy

      Advice to Management

      Rear down the silos please

    9. "Nice Environment"

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      Former Employee - Senior Technical Student in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Senior Technical Student in Toronto, ON

      I worked at Toronto Hydro (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Friendly workers
      lots of trainings are provided

      Cons

      things move slowly
      lunch cafeteria not very good

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Analyst"

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

      I worked at Toronto Hydro full-time

      Pros

      good benefit and work life balance

      Cons

      toxic working environment, office politics. manager doesn't really care who is the hard worker, only care who is the best talker.

      Advice to Management

      Hire the really person who is qualified as a manager but not a real talker.

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