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City of Calgary Employee Review

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Special Projects Coordinator (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 1 May 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Job opportunity Work life balance Good people What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Unworthy people in management What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Culture was always changing Work environment was okWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?I had a job that I really enjoyed

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Junior Operator - Water Services (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 19 August 2023

"Junior Operator - Water Services" comes in many different types, it can be for any of the 4 water services (WTP, WWTP, WD, WWC) and they may or may not tell you during the interview which one you will get.The pay was the lowest on the scale they posted, management was good at the foreman level, bad above that, typical day of work was driving around the city doing WWC or in the plant later on. The hardest part of the job was mental as dealing with human waste is not easy for someone who has never done it, and the most enjoyable part of the day was going home.When I applied I had level two certifications and five years experience, I applied for the one that has the "2-year Water Engineering Technology Diploma" as desired qualification. You might be told you will be placed according to qualifications during the interview, and later on human resources will call you with a nice sounding job (HR asked me if I could lift 50 pounds) but in the end you might be put to clean the sewers for a few months (two man job required to bring down a 180 pound auger down the basement stairs multiple times a day). You should really inquire about this and get it in writing if possible, it seems the supervisors can still change their mind prior to your start date and you will not find out until your very first day at work. Take four weeks off work before starting this position, the reason being the first two weeks are classroom training.They started me in WWC and it went from bad to worse there, until the opportunity came up I applied internally to the WTP. To my surprise they actually gave me -