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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Research & Development

Research Scientist (Current Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 4 April 2017

I appreciated the opportunity to work at the prestigious site at Chalk River. I met and worked with many very talented individuals and learned many items in my field of interest. Although it was not initially clear as to my role at this site, I was given many roles during my nine years working there. I served as trainer, coordinator, research scientist, work permit authorizer, safety officer, decommissioning specialist, document writer for preliminary decommissioning document, emergency preparedness procedures, equipment commissioning, decommissioning readiness preparedness document and form. Every item was a unique experience.

Pros

Many opportunities to learn.

Cons

Societal segregation based on levels of education.

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Intimidating supervisor made the Co-op term experience unbearable.

Computer Science Summer Student (Former Employee) – Fredericton, NB – 25 January 2017

It sucked. The supervisor was intimidating and the work was uninteresting and just plain boring. Apply to some other company.

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Excellent place to work

Maintenance Specialist (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 9 December 2016

Worked there for 25 years. Challenging positions, but very rewarding experience. Some growing pains as the company transitions from government managed to privately managed, but continually improving.

Pros

Very safety oriented company.

Cons

Some of the infrastructure is old and outdated.

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Co-op

Co-op Student (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 2 October 2016

I was a co-op summer student that had the opportunity to work at CNL for three weeks.

It was a great experience.

Unfortunately there was not enough time here. Three weeks at a job placement is never enough.

It was a good learning experience.

Pros

Amazing supervisor that really shared her knowledge with me.

Cons

Long hours, not enough to keep busy.

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avoid avoid avoid Whiteshell

RP Worker (Former Employee) – Pinawa, MB – 12 September 2016

Typical government atmosphere with typical incompetent leadership. This was kosher when it was run by the government. But the place has been "privatized" in 2015 and all that did was add another layer of incompetent leaders from down south. These new leaders seem to have come here for a taxpayer paid fishing vacation. And there is obvious conflicts of interest, with who is married to who and by all the buddy buddy amongst upper management.

When WL was run by the government, it was an OK place to work and collect a pension. The results of privatization is now an even more bloated incompetent leadership team trying to make things more efficient by spewing out more hot air.

Everyone here knows that they will lose their job in the next 8 years but are not being told when they will be let go and with no incentive to stay. New hires have been let go after a few months of working here due to restructuring, not a good environment to be in. Combine this with management's incompetence just avoid avoid avoid.

Pros

pay is good, good pension before it's gone in September of 2018, good benefits, some good people

Cons

incompetent management

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Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Project Engineer (Current Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 2 June 2016

Canada's national nuclear research and development facility located in Chalk River Ontario. Formerly the crown corporation Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.

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Canada's premier nuclear S&T organization

Technical Training Consultant (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 5 November 2015

Many interesting researchers working on innovations that boggle the mind. Excellent safety culture and program leaders.

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Enjoyable position for those who enjoy being social

Training Lead/Training Coordinator (Current Employee) – Chalk River – 15 October 2015

In my current role I have developed a five-day onboarding program for new employees. I am responsible for coordinating/facilitating their onboarding on a bi-weekly basis. As part of the onboarding I also facilitate a one-hour presentation on HR services, forms and entitlement/compensation. I have also conducted a Training Validation report to ensure the program increases employee engagement and retention.

I am also the facilitator for Conflict Resolution training and Communication Basics Training.

This position requires a large degree of responsibility, organization, and social agility. The encumberment must be confident, knowledgeable about all aspects of the company, comfortable communicating with all levels of the organization and being the "face" of the company.

Pros

Flexibility, Socially Satisfying, Face-Paced

Cons

Lack of people resources causing strain on the department

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Cool place

Co-op Student (Former Employee) – Chalk River, ON – 21 September 2015

Very well organized reputed company. Work environment is very Good. Nice people, but very from from city. I loved working here.

Pros

beautiful place

Cons

no mans land kindda place, harsh weather

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