BC Ambulance Service

BC Ambulance Service Employee Review

Broken system

Paramedic (Current Employee) - Surrey, BC - 14 July 2023

The job is great but the employer is a challenge. Good wage after 5 years considering the lack of education. Management is a boys club that is slowly changing luckily

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Paramedic (Former Employee) - Vanderhoof, BC - 26 June 2023

Its not an easy job but its rewarding. Its great work if you can handle long hours and a shifts all over the map. The pay isnt great but its more about the job.

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2$ an hour is not livable

Paramedic (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 15 March 2022

if you like being sent hours away from home and having to work back to back days to make ends meat then this is the job for you. job is very rewarding but struggling to pay bills is not.

Pros

making a difference, continuous learning

Cons

long hours, commute, pay

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High stress job with little to no employer support

Paramedic (Former Employee) - Abbotsford, BC - 17 July 2020

Employer is demanding and relies on the employee submitting a grievance rather than dealing with any issues, The employer will fight you on every front and most of the improvement in working conditions have been by order of WorkSafe The union is unable to deal effectively with the employer and the salary has continuously fallen farther and farther behind other emergency services The employer takes advantage of new hires by requiring them to work part-time and commute to far away station to work for a stipend of less than $3 per hour while waiting for a call. Off times it costs an employee more to commute than they'll make while on call