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4.0

Interesting and chalenging job

Safety & Licensing Specialist (Current Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 22 September 2018

Interesting job with great work colleagues. Move into private management in last 3 years (government owned, contractor operated). Undergoing a major re-organization.

Pros

Good salaries and benifits

Cons

Much change and re-organization over the last 3 years sinse contractors took over management.

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4.0

Good Place to work at

Electrical Engineer (EIT) (Current Employee) – Pinawa, MB – 10 September 2018

Good work environment. company is unionized. work and life balance is great. co-workers are very friendly and helpful. great place for those who are new to industry. great place to gain industry experience.

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5.0

Great workplace with amazing people and corporate culture

Landlord Asset Management Co-Op Student (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 22 August 2018

Work was great, safe, all personnel friendly, supportive. Felt as a big family that is positive and willing to work hard, teach, learn and play.
Company is oriented to research and innovations and supports anyone with their projects and impacts on future

Pros

great people, safe, fun

Cons

in the middle of the nowhere

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3.0

good workplace with employee benefits

Accounting and Reporting Analyst (Current Employee) – Deep River, ON – 22 August 2018

good workplace
diversity in culture
friendly collogues
employee benefits
management good
flexible work times
highly educated workforce
prod history in research

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4.0

Execellent place to work

Process Specialist (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 8 August 2018

During my 10 years at CNL, I had the opportunity to experience varying job positions, interfacing with many aspects of the company. This company is very dynamic and energetic and has many exciting times ahead.

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3.0

Work/Life Balance

Administrative Assistant (Full-time) (Current Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 8 August 2018

CNL lets you easily enjoy a work and home life balance, you are usually home every night and you get paid well enough that you feel okay to leave and not have to work extra hours.

Pros

Good Pay, Paid Training, Opportunity to advancing your career

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4.0

Worked here for 13 years +. Would go back.

Manager (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 25 June 2018

Great opportunity for training and advancement. Has benefits and pension package.

Commute was a little tiresome (45 min) each way.

All types of employment offered on the R&D campus (days, shift) technical, non-technical etc.

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4.0

Good Company to work for

Waste Characterization Specialist (Current Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 28 May 2018

The group that i specifically work with is amazing however there is a less than desirable culture in the area. This could be the result of the area where the company is located.

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4.0

Great Company

Manager (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 11 May 2018

I would return in a minute if given the right opportunity. I've was employed for 18 years and have seen great improvements in the last 4 years since GOCO

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4.0

Great People, Unique Work Environment

Engineering Support Specialist (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 2 April 2018

I worked at the NRU, a nuclear research reactor, at the Chalk River Laboratories. Before it was permanently shutdown in March 2018, it was my privilege to be part of the team that kept the reactor running that helped millions of people with cancer diagnosis and treatment. It was a unique environment to work in, with a mix of old and new technologies, and sometimes developing the technologies to meet the needs of the reactor.

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4.0

Slow going

Decontamination Operator (Former Employee) – Pinawa, MB – 1 February 2018

The job can be very interesting and also very very slow. (as with any government job) If you work here expect a lot of training and some super slow days.

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1.0

Sick place

Procurement Officer (Current Employee) – Deep River, ON – 15 December 2017

I have been working there for more than a year. I am looking forward to leave and find a new job. The working conditions are poor. A lot of silo and lack of team work. Some managers like more employee than others and so there is a lot of differential treatment and favoritism . If you are not happy there , it is difficult to look for job since the area is isolated and difficult to commute to major cities . I do not recommend this place!

Pros

Nice area in summer

Cons

Lack of respect

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4.0

Interesting company to work for

Business Associate (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 1 December 2017

Each department's culture is entirely different; they are all more or less separate of each other.

I enjoyed working for the Business Development department; it was very relaxed, and we were able to interact with each of the departments and have a wide variety of projects to complete.

Pros

fun work retreats and job perks

Cons

commute is horrible

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3.0

Great benefits, nice plant, uncertainty

Corporate Adminstrative Assistant (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 22 November 2017

Long waits in traffic to arrive in mornings, lots of parking but far walk to offices.
Necessary security processes make it difficult for break time to get to food accessibility.
Remote location require travel to work with no transit options for the local area.
Overall great place to work if you are willing to do the drive and walks, benefits are incredible as well as the salaries. Atmosphere is good but some uncertainty for the future of the company however promises for a growing organization.

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5.0

Great work environment, mentally stimulating

INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL DEIGNER SUMMER STUDENT (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 17 November 2017

CNL was a great company to work for over the summer. I gained vast knowledge in my field. I would recommend anyone to work at Canadian nuclear laboratories.

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3.0

Secure employment with good renumeration

HR Associate (Former Employee) – Chalk River, Ontario – 6 November 2017

CNL is a great place to work but definitely needs to work on management. The people there love to work but management is holding them back. Morale would be better if upper management focused more on their employees than their annual bonuses.

Pros

Salary, benefits

Cons

Poor Management

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5.0

CNL is an Inclusive and Growing Company

Project Manager’s Assistant/Summer Student (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 20 September 2017

I greatly enjoyed my time at CNL and felt included and nurtured during my 4 month internship. I was encouraged to ask questions and was mentored by several individuals during my time there. There are so many departments, there is always a new challenge to undertake once hired.

Pros

Nice work environment

Cons

Far from the city

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1.0

Avoid at all cost !

Contract officer (Current Employee) – Deep River, ON – 7 September 2017

The company is going through tremendous changes , however, the old guard is still controlling and the mentality did not change.
The people from the area believe it is their company and they hire from within. Do not not be surprised to see a secretary becoming a manager after 10 year of work. They train their staff so much they lack skills. Interesting , an employee who follow few hours of training will claim he or she is an expert in the field.
Avoid because, the place is full of harassment and bullying

Pros

good benefit

Cons

a lot of unqualified people are have managerial position

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2.0

Great learning opportunity

Procurement Assistant (Current Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 16 July 2017

Poor management, supply chain manager micro manage employee. Manager has no nuclear experience and cannot advice in nuclear related issue in procurement. All other people are helpful. Opportunity available to learn. Non union employee has difficulty to get into unionized position.

Pros

Opportunity to learn new things

Cons

To return of hard work

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3.0

Workplace is fine

Contamination Monitor (Current Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 3 May 2017

Workplace is very good
Management are poor take too long to do anything for employee/
People at CNL are great
Morale in Radiation Protection is very low

Pros

People are great

Cons

Radiation Protection management are clueless

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4.0

Co-op

Junior Physics Analyst in R&D, Co-op (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 18 April 2017

Great place to work to have a good work and life balance. Its perfect if you want to help create a better future for people, as the work done there will help out with the medical industry.

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