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5.0

Good job, short period of work

Special Ballot Coordinator (Former Employee) – Camrose, AB – 23 April 2019

Working during the election for Elections Canada is certainly and interesting position. The only concern is that unless you are an Electoral Officer the period of employment is quite short as it only runs the length of the election (so typically a month, at most).

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1.0

Horrible experience beginning through the end

Project Assistant (Former Employee) – Gatineau, QC – 23 April 2019

Badly organized and will not pay you properly. They are now asking me for money they paid after wrongfully firing me. The management is useless and not helpful if you want to start career

Stay away.

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3.0

Electoral Clerk (Former Employee) – Montréal, QC – 5 April 2019

Please don't do this job, it's not fun at all but it's well paid.

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3.0

only worked on elections day

Teller (Former Employee) – L'ange Gardien, QC – 22 March 2019

I cannot say much, only that the location was not ideal. I was only hired for the day of the elections to count ballets. Over all: they gave us no food or water.

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5.0

Pole Clerk (Former Employee) – Surrey, BC – 20 March 2019

The management takes in account your work ethic and what you would like to advance to and makes a plan to build you into that role. There is job shadowing available if you would like to consider a role in the company you may not be sure.

Management was very involved and supportive. They give you maximum training and also communicating within emails for any questions.

The company has very high expectations for reaching your sales goals and making recommendation but it has absolutely no commission at all which is a terrible part.

Overall, it is a very good company to work for and amazing people.

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5.0

Avis

Secrétaire de bureau de vote (Former Employee) – Montréal, QC – 19 March 2019

Emploi d'un jour qui s'est déroulé lors des élection Fédéral

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4.0

Great and multicultural work enviornment

Greeter (Former Employee) – Oshawa, ON – 27 February 2019

This was a temporary volunteer position so I cannot speak to full time employment (hence the low salary rating). But my brief experience there was wonderful. It was a very multicultural and understanding work environment

Pros

Wonderful management and enviornment

Cons

Volunteer position, not job

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4.0

Good work environment

Electoral Geospatial Data Technician (Current Employee) – Gatineau, QC – 19 February 2019

Full of people who are very knowledgeable and hard workers. Enjoyable to be a part of the workplace. Areas for advancement can be challenging when not an election year.

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5.0

Temporary position

Electoral Material Coordinator (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 11 February 2019

My role here was very short lived but it was enjoyable. I had an amazing experience working with different levels of experts and learned a whole lot, especially since i was working with the public sector

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5.0

fun place to work

clerk (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 7 February 2019

i learned how to do elections work and have done it numerous times. the workplace is regular people like me which is nice you dont need any specific skills to do the job.

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4.0

Fun but temporary

Revising Agent (Former Employee) – Marystown, NL – 5 February 2019

Loved it.

Loved the people, loved the atmosphere but I knew it was all going to end sooner rather than later.

There was also this stress around the election that came from party vs party that fell on us but it wasn’t so bad as it was different for myself.

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4.0

Stable job with good environment

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (Former Employee) – Gatineau, QC – 31 January 2019

This job was stable, and I had a good manager that was always eager to help me and make sure i'm doing my work properly. Unfortunately, the work itself wasn't for me.

Pros

Stable, Management

Cons

The work itself

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3.0

Very interesting to be involved with the federal election

Deputy Returning Officer (Former Employee) – Brighton, ON – 28 January 2019

A demanding job as there were protocols that of course had to be followed. Satisfying to be part of the democratic process in Canada and interesting to meet different people.

Pros

Satisfaction of being part of the election process

Cons

Long day

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5.0

Nice time meeting new people

Information Clerk (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 27 January 2019

I met a lot of good people working at the elections. Fun times that I look forward to yearly. Easy going job but busy enough that you won't fall asleep

Pros

Laid back environment

Cons

Long hours

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4.0

Petit travail

Greffier (Former Employee) – Terrebonne, QC – 22 January 2019

Bon quand les evenements arrivent pour de jeunes ados qui souhaite tenter.

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5.0

fun job

Poll Clerk/DRO (Former Employee) – Sydney, NS – 26 December 2018

I was a poll clerk, these jobs are only around when there is an election, every 4 years.
great to meet and chat with people
can be stressful when you do the count at poll closing

Pros

fun job

Cons

long day

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5.0

enjoyed interacting with people from a wide range of background

Information Officer (Former Employee) – London, ON – 15 November 2018

excellent work environment, god learning opportunity, working with the public and get to interact with people from a wide range of background, proud to be part of the voting proces and fulfill your citizen responsabilitu

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5.0

Very interesting

Registration Officer (Former Employee) – Stony Plain, AB – 2 November 2018

I love politics so the job experience was very interesting. We had quite a few trainings before the elections and everything was very well explained. Election day went Great!

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4.0

It was an excellent place to work.

TECHNICAL DEPUTY RETURNING OFFICER (Former Employee) – Ottawa, ON – 1 November 2018

It was an excellent place to work. short well paying hours, lots of benefits, respectable helpful coworkers excellent teamwork despite the fact that not all the government teams work well together.

Pros

high pay

Cons

long training

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5.0

fun

Elections Registration Officer (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 28 October 2018

very good experience would do it again and again if i could. the manger that day was very nice and welcoming and overall made us feel important, valued

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