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Okay Pay...
"Tour Guide" (Former Employee), Revelstoke – May 14, 2013
Pros: good pay for not using your brain, lots of friendly tourists.
Cons: self guided tours, means sitting on a chair all day and taking money. no chance of growing with the company.boring job, it's a clock watcher!
The Most Boring job of my life. Repeat mode.... Everyday was ground hog day.

That being said. The pay was pretty good considering the staff dose nothing all day. I applied for a job to be a tour guide, but it's self guided tours...

If you are looking to not use any life skills, and sit in a chair all day and read magazines, then yes, this job could – more... be awesome for lazy people! – less
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Excellent Company
Receptionist (Former Employee), Vancouver, BC – May 10, 2013
Pros: benefits, hrs, holiday, variety, staff, location, atmosphere, great coworkers and bosses.
Cons: too much sitting at my job, and too much typing on old typewriters not like the light touch keyboard of computers now.
I enjoyed working there as we were treated very well. There was a great deal of variety in my job, flexible hrs., wonderful holidays after 6 mos only, great benefits and great staff to work for and with.

I greeted customers, handed out work orders to the appropriate Residential Sales team after checking the map, answered a 20 line switchboard, sorted – more... and distributed mail to the first floor, typed many memos and letters, drew in new gas and electric services on scaled maps, put customers on the equal payment plan.and was in charge of ordering stationery supplies for our department. – less
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Will hire you if you have a pulse!
Operator (Current Employee), Fort Nelson – April 4, 2013
Pros: government job
Cons: government job
Been here 4 years, still no change rooms! About 50% male to female ratio! No showers! Cant do dishes or prepare food from taps. Very high turnover, no proper training program in place. The pay system is not user friendly at all.

Good place to get firing time and then get out!
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$2.5M facility expansion and turbine engine maintenance project for the BC Hydro Building in Fort Nelson.
Site Safety Advisor, QA/QC & Medic (Former Employee), Fort Nelson, BC – March 21, 2013
Reporting to 2 Site Project Managers, delivered HSE services for up to 42 employees; entry-level safety position serving as an introduction to the safety profession; served as back-up medic on-site.
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Good company to work for
Power Smart Representative (Former Employee), Coquitlam, BC – March 16, 2013
Handing out light bulbs and educating people on Power Smart and energy efficiant light bulbs.
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Comfortable workplace with challenging work and great co-workers
Administrative Assistant (Former Employee), Burnaby, BC – January 2, 2013
As an administrative assistant, a typical day consisted of touching base with others in the admin department, and completing tasks and responsibilities assigned to me by them. The co-workers were friendly, always open to any questions I had, and overall a pleasure to work with.
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Comfortable workplace with challenging work and great co-workers
Administrative Assistant (Former Employee), Burnaby, BC – January 2, 2013
As an administrative assistant, a typical day consisted of touching base with others in the admin department, and completing tasks and responsibilities assigned to me by them. The co-workers were friendly, always open to any questions I had, and overall a pleasure to work with.
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bc hydro summer student job
youth hire (Former Employee), Campbell River, BC – November 22, 2012
Pros: my area of study
Cons: not long enough job
great place to work and great company to work for. i learned alot and would go back if given the chance.
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Large corporation with departmental duties
Programer analyst (Former Employee), Vancouver, BC – November 14, 2012
Write and test code and review code with colleagues. Write documentations. Rigid management structure.
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Very statisfying job however alot of red tape
Sr. Engineer (Mechanical Maintenance Engineer) (Former Employee), Hudson's Hope, BC – August 10, 2012
very dynamic work environment and I learned a lot of my experience in the power plants. The management is somehow conservative, due to being crown corporation but overall it maintain the minimum standards the same is applicable on the employees. The hardest part of the job is maintaining the plant availability during the winter and the immediate repairs – more... for breakdowns in that season. The most enjoyable part is building people relation – less
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fun workplace
Office Clerk (Former Employee), Vancouver, BC – July 18, 2012
Great experience to work with as a work experience. People were friendly and believed in teamwork and very helpful.
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Interesting environment but very controlled by the Government
Senior Advisor, Internal and External Relations (Current Employee), Vancouver, BC – June 20, 2012
Pros: good compensation package and very flexible and supportive of work life balance
Cons: declining budgets result in no money to invest in employees, meaningful work is contracted out to consultants.
Used to be a great organization. Not so much anymore. Very, very political - promotions are more about politics than skill or competence.
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learnt alot on my first canadian job
Security Officer (Former Employee), Vancouver, BC – April 25, 2012
Pros: shifts could be on various locations
Cons: long hours, after hours and weekend hours
Patrolled the premises, report writing, occupant safety, monitoring cameras for a safe work place environment. patrolling was the most fun as i got out in the open.
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I would recomend the company to friends.
Mechanic and mechanical foreman (Former Employee), various – March 30, 2012
It is a good company to work for and I enjoyed working there. They are safety aware and fair to the employes.You do run into the odd supervisor that can be hard to work with but over all it is a good company.
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About BC Hydro

British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority (BC Hydro) is a Canada-based company. The Company is engaged in generating, purchasing, – Read more