City Of Prince George Employee Reviews

Great if you want an easy paced job with total job security. Not great if you want real money or real experience. The shift work can suck sometimes but the work atmosphere definitely makes up for it! Great management definitely helps too!

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Very stressful and changing environment

Communications & Technology (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 30 May 2022

Management has poor time and budget management. Your week often changes because there are no clear plans and things often go off track. A lot of the priorities are determined by Council so things can go off the rails many times.Not a very supportive or positive environment. The job was not enjoyable or rewarding and it was often stressful. If they did not pay well, they wouldn’t be able to keep people.

Pros

Competitive pay and benefits

Cons

Long hours, stressful environment, toxic people

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Based on 5 survey responses

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Supportive environment
Fair pay for job
Ability to meet personal goals

Areas for improvement

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Sense of belonging
Overall satisfaction

Great Place to work

Engineering Technician (Development Services) (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 17 March 2020

Totally worth the experience. A productive and collaborative experience. I enjoyed being there and learnt a lot about different aspects of muncipal work.

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Really enjoy it

Event maintenance worker (Current Employee) - Prince George Civic Centre - 13 March 2020

Every day is different which keeps it interesting. Management is fair and works to solve issues. Hours for casuals can be sporadic. Great co workers who work as a team.

Pros

Good pay. Interesting work, fast paced. Great co workers.

Cons

Very sporadic hours

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Great People

Loader Operator/Dump Truck Operator (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 10 March 2020

Great place to work. Very flexible. Work for schedule. Snow removal in winter. Night and days shifts that rotate.Pay was good. Was asked to slow down a couple of times.

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Good benefits and salary

Planning & Development Representative (Current Employee) - Prince George, BC - 7 March 2020

Due to the union, it is difficult to advance based on skills and work ethics. Preference is given to certificates and not experience and capabilities.

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Wonderful place to work

Records/Watchclerk - RCMP (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 1 March 2020

Very professionable, 99% of time very Much all business, very caring people to work for. Mostly all business but you do get some relaxation moments. Would say 90% of staff working really enjoy the job, the people and and the smiles they get. Very happy family.

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Challenging and rewarding

Lifeguard/Instructor (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 24 February 2020

I loved working with the City of Prince George. It was challenging and rewarding. It had a great paying salary and I loved my managers and the people that I worked with .

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Productive and Fast Paced Environment

Development Services Representative (Current Employee) - Prince George, BC - 22 January 2020

Fast paced working environment, always learning, multi-tasking, education and training options available, variety of job options available, good salary and benefits

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Great job

Loader Operator/Dump Truck Operator (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 11 December 2019

I really enjoyed my time here. Co workers were great and so were the supervisors. Lots of different jobs to change days up. So days are slower then others. Was told I worked to fast some times.

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The best learning experience one can be apart of

Lifeguard (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 16 October 2019

Being in the Aquatics Divisor of the City of Prince George gave me a wide variety of skills that I will use for the rest of my life. I would recommend pursuing this career if you want a lot of hours and have the opportunity to hone your first aid and communication skills.

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Great work environment

Utility Worker (Current Employee) - Prince George, BC - 9 October 2019

It is an excellent place to work at. There is a lot of room for improvement and advancement. There are always challenges within the daily work, which provides and interactive work day.

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Decent staff but a very difficult manager to work for.

Eq4 (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 15 January 2019

The roads department Manager has a bad temper and is very quick to fly off the handle. Makes bad calls and decisions before putting any thought behind them. Acts first, thinks after.

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Excellent place to work

Bylaw Enforcement Officer (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 20 November 2018

Work load was there in the busy office which it did not make difference as the management and office staff were just so helpful and excellent. I learned a lot and got my foundation of enforcement skills and office management in variety of departments. There was no pressure or hypes to make workers nervous, unwanted and lacking knowledge. Management were just great and very helpful. They made me feel I was one of them. There was no hard part of my job. It was hardest thing to do was to resign to relocate for my children's university in lower mainland. My most enjoyable part of the job was to catch up in all my task and at the end of the day I get to discuss things with my other co-workers that we may learn and compare the situation and things.

Pros

Very positive office environment

Cons

There is no cons about City of Prince George.

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Great Salary, Benefits and Team

ARENA MAINTENANCE WORKER (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 7 November 2018

Working for the City of Prince George has been a great experience. It offers a high salary with benefits and a supportive team environment. I had a great time working here as a casual.

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Terrible management, politics and unfair practices.

Public Works (Former Employee) - Utilities - 15 October 2018

The politics, nepotism and cronyism is awful. Toxic work environment is an understatement. Management turns a blind eye to the problems and that’s from the top right down to the foreman positions. Harassment is mainstream and the union is less than effective. Benefits and pay are the only reason to stay, but expect your mental state to be challenged if you believe in standing up for what’s right. The city is less involved with looking after the citizens and more about looking out for themselves. Abhorrent behaviour such as theft, bullying and harassment in all forms is permitted as long as you’re friends with the right people. Don’t expect much from CUPE should you encounter an issue. Not sure what they’re doing with the union dues because It doesn’t appear to be going to workers grievances. Maybe it’s going toward union trips to discuss how not to fight for employees rights. At any rate don’t expect to be treated well. Just make your money and go home. Try to be invisible.

Pros

Pay, benefits and possible overtime

Cons

The leadership, union and nepotism

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Good wage and benefits. Awful management, poor morale and little to no union representation.

Munocipal worker (Former Employee) - Prince George BC - 29 September 2018

Used to be a great place to work. Current management walks all over employees, they have total disregard for the collective agreement. In 2 short years, many of the senior employees have either opted to take early retirement, quit or have been fired for speaking out about mismanagement. The once effective CUPE union has become a "lap dog" for the management. If you take a job here, you will move up fast, as the turn-over rate is becoming high. There are good benefits to working here, but keep to yourself and dont speak out. It is not a happy work environment.

Pros

Highest wages for municipal workers in province. Good pension and benefits.

Cons

Toxic work environment. Little to no union representation. Expect poor behaviour out of management.

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Working Enviroment

Custodian (Current Employee) - Prince George, BC - 17 October 2017

It is always a pleasure to work for both of companies good employer and great work environment, Our manager helps us to find the solution for the problem all the time.

Pros

paid breaks

Cons

no coffee break

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Friendly place to work

Utilities Service Labourer (Former Employee) - Prince George, BC - 14 November 2016

Great people and great atmosphere. Really loved the schedule and having the opportunity for overtime. Cant wait to go back next summer!

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Good training offered but high internal politics involved

Supervisor Fleet Operations (Former Employee) - City of Prince George - 11 April 2016

Was a very demanding job as service requirements were high but monetary resources to provide equipment and staff were not there for support. The pressures of internal politics were always active in the work environment which was an unfortunate part of an otherwise good job.