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Great place to work. Great benefits offer and a great life balance.Normal government work place with lots of good people. But poor management ans lack of skilled individuals.

Pros

Benefits

Cons

Remoteness, isolation.
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Great place to work with several opportunities for career advancement

The Gov. of Nunavut has several departments that differ from each other. My experience was overall positive. Managers and coworkers are supportive and there are career development opportunities

Pros

Competitive salaries and great benefits

Cons

Location, high turnover
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Great payStressful work- unorganized management

Working in Nunavut was an amazing experience. The pay was amazing. Lots of vacation time. The work, at times was stressful due to high turn over of staff.

Pros

pay

Cons

high turn over
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Experience average if you want to experience take a holiday

worked in Rankin, staff ok management ok. Double isolation because of covid. if you wanted to go on holidays to see family you have to self isolate on own dime for two weeks. makes it difficult. Winters are long days are extremely short. Very slow paced. wait around wait for trouble calls. Overall work is ok. just understand what getting yourself into. its a different world and covid makes it difficult to travel in and out with out avoiding 2 weeks quarantine. Hardly any overtime anymore another down fall. Money is not there like it use to be.

Pros

Money is ok. Cheap rent. local people friendly. experience local culture

Cons

Covid and travel restrictions, overtime cutbacks, long winters
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Good place to work. Helpful advancements

Lots of lack of organization throughout departments. However great job security. Always hiring.. lots of overturning of staff which creates more disorganization. Its another world and not for everyone but it is great if you can have a good work and home life balance.

Pros

Compensation, security

Cons

Lack of organization, constant turn over
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Best job I ever had!

I learned so much and was treated with respect by everyone I worked for and with. Work/life balance is recognized and taken into consideration by management.

Pros

Great work environment, salary and benefits.

Cons

None.
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Valuable work experience

Rich culture and therefore excellent learning environment. Thorough orientation program and accessible opportunities to grow professionally within the organization. Salary is competitive and job security is assuring. Management team is very supportive through preceptorship, mentorship and information sharing. The arctic climate of the communities can be harsh, and may therefore render a level of discomfort when trying to live and there for more than a few months at a time. This is one downside to working and living in Nunavut.
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It's complicated

The GN has a wide range of jobs. Nurse, finance clerk, teacher. you name it. So difficult to be specific. So instead here are a few tips. The pay is good, but not as good as it looks, the cost of living is very high, and airfare is thousands of dollars if you want to leave the territory. A good job is easier to get then decent housing, pay attention. There is a high rate of turnover. If you show up on time, and are generally competent, the rate of advancement is much faster then provincial governments
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Excellent facilities Great pay

The government of Nunavut is a great place to start a career and increase your abilities. It offers great pay and benefits. It offers free training and dental care, as well as housing.

Pros

everything

Cons

CSA contract's can end
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different based on the community, good pay

Good place to work, depending on the community and department you work in.

Pros

great pay

Cons

away from home
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Amazing place to work. Best place I have worked at.

The Government of Nunavut provides a second to none employee benefits package and compensation. The work is fulfilling and provides great opportunity for growth.

Pros

Great work environment

Cons

Some units are too laid back.
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Wonderful place to work for

Good pay and good benefits. It is a wonderful place to work for, You have to be able to put up with the cold. There are many communities, about 27 but Iqaluit is a very nice place to work for. Currently, the north is growing rapidly and this is the time to join the great white north of Canada and share in the growth of the Inuit communities and leave a positive mark on the new generation. The Inuit are very friendly and welcoming people.

Pros

Friendly community.

Cons

Too cold
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Govt. of Nunavut

Community & Govt. Service department of Government of Nunavut provides basic facilities like Drinking Water, Waste Water Disposal, Roads, Bulk Fuel Storage, Building etc. to Aboriginal Peoples of Canada in Nunavut Territory. The CGS Professional Team has the expertise to work under extreme cold temp. (upto -55 degree Celsius) and in parma frost soil. CGS provides very good salaries and health benefits to its employees.

Pros

Daily free tea and coffees

Cons

Free Christmas Party
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bad managment

Good money but it will be used up in rent and food and airplane tickets to get back down south. So it ends up being the same or worse than working in southern Canada. Really bad management in the department of health and wasteful of money - millions.

Pros

job security

Cons

everything else
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Fast paste, enjoy helping people with what they need

Fast paste, learned what chemicals to use, I really enjoyed helping those in need,the hardest part of my job was seeing all the sick children, The most enjoyable part of my job was being able to help patients with what they need

Pros

Free lunches

Cons

No cons
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Not good

Overly bureaucratic, no clear direction, lots of useless fat. Uninformed, inexperienced management. Decent salary, no extensive experience required to start. Benefits and work life balance is adequate, but stressful and inefficient workplace culture.
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Ok.

Expensive place to live. Gov't subsidized housing necessary. Good experience with Inuit staff but above manager positions seem to be politically motivated.

Pros

Interesting work.

Cons

Frustrating never cracked manager barrier despite advanced skills.
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One of the best jobs I could find

The only shortfall of this job is location. Nunavut comunities are isloated, remote and cold. Other than that, this job was very rewarding and provided lots of positive experiences. the work environment is great, salary is very comptitve and there are opportunities to learn and grow.
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good benefits

GN is a great place to work for up north, the largest employer in Nunavut. I've learned how to enjoy working with clients in many ways also thankful for upper management.

Pros

good benefits

Cons

angry clients
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Highest pay ever

Pay is very good, but the city is in very remote area and isolated and dark in the winter as it is close to Arctic.

Pros

Good pay

Cons

Isolated and cold in winter
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Quick Summary

A new Government with a mandate from the people. This Government is focused on improving services to the people and increasing Inuit presence in the workplace.

Pros

Excellent salary

Cons

isolated locations
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3.8 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance
4.4 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits
4.1 out of 5 stars for Job security/advancement
3.3 out of 5 stars for Management
3.6 out of 5 stars for Culture

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