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Infantry Soldier (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 9 August 2022
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The most useful review selected by IndeedNothing bad at all. Amazing part time career to build experience for a main career. Tests your limits, builds character and compensation is worth it while you’re done your mandatory courses.
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Good team work and looking after each other
Soldat (Current Employee) - St. Catharines, ON - 3 August 2022
I loved everything I've done at the caf. It was good experience attending the caf And been a part of it I've learned a lot. I would like to take the national defense department for this opportunity.
Pros
Free lunch
Cons
Long hours
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What people like
- Fair pay for job
- Clear sense of purpose
- Ability to learn new things
Bad culture
Armoured Crewman (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 3 August 2022
Bad culture, bad leaders. Lack of respect through out the unit . Pay is minimum for the hours you put in during excercises. Not recommended unless you are a poor student.
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Hurry up and wait
Gunner (Current Employee) - Valcartier - 27 July 2022
Salary is good, sometimes it’s very stressfull, sometimes you won’t do nothing for weeks, but still you get paid. Lots of time for physical training during works hour( 2 hours per day )
Pros
Nice pay
Cons
Not at home few month/year
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Great
Infantryman (Current Employee) - Ontario - 19 July 2022
You’ll meet great people whom you will share hardships with and get the job done. You’ll gain experiences that will help you gain confidence and strength.
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Toxic work culture.
Canadian Armed Forces (Former Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 13 July 2022
Overall, not a great place to work. Military life is not for everyone. Your often posted to units in the middle of nowhere, or somewhere completely unaffordable. Institution lacks support for members as the mission comes first. Toxic work culture.
Pros
Vacation time, medical benefits.
Cons
Can take up to a year/two years to receive an offer, Toxic work culture, Pay does not equal what you would make in the civilian community for a similar job, Lots of time away from home, Not everyone is treated equally.
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Pays the bills
Artilleryman (Current Employee) - Shilo, MB - 10 July 2022
Depending on your trade it is all or nothing you are either working days at a time with little to no real breaks or waiting around for months at a time for something to happen
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Bon environnement
Soldat d'infanterie (Current Employee) - Québec City, QC - 1 July 2022
Sentiment de groupe et d'appartenance. Beaucoup d'avantages et de congés.
Pros
Travail variable et intéressant
Cons
Difficile pour la famille
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Good benefits but no work/life balance
Marine Technician (Former Employee) - Halifax, NS - 21 June 2022
Only apply if you're young and single, this job will ruin your personal life. You will spend most of your time away sailing and when alongside you will be fixing 30 year old equipment that should've be replaced long ago.
Pros
Good job security
Cons
Always away from home, toxic leadership
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Great for travel
Naval Communicator (Current Employee) - Halifax, NS - 20 June 2022
Love my career with the CAF. Great pay for the amount of work you actually do. Do lots of research prior to joining so you pick the trade that is perfect for you.
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Complex hierarchy
Senior Materiel Acquisition and Support Specialist (Former Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 17 June 2022
Hard to adjust due to extreme bureaucratic systems and processes. It is very hard to understand the big picture and things change quickly. A lot of deficiencies in the internal systems and procedures. Out-of-date.
Pros
Training
Cons
Lengthy and complicated system to work
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Brief description of serving in the military
Military (Former Employee) - Kingston, ON - 13 June 2022
typical day at work can be between 5am to 11pm. You're completely trained in whatever trade you apply for. management is hit or moss you may have excellent leaders. you may get incompetent commanders. The culture is heavily ran by men who are stuck in an old culture of it being a boys club. Harassment is common place. the job can be physically demanding and can demand virtually months to a year away from home. Kiss your family life goodbye when you join the forces.
Pros
Benefits, job security
Cons
Log hours, Dangerous work, poor management
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loved my years in the forces
Airfield radar technician (Former Employee) - Canada - 12 June 2022
after you get through the 13 weeks of terrible in basic its becomes awesome. after your weeks of getting yelled at lack of sleep and overall bad times you start your career and its awesome. lots of travel opportunity
Pros
good pay
Cons
no choice of work hours
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Improvement and high income
Canadian Armed Forces (Former Employee) - Terrebonne, QC - 11 June 2022
Is when the work increase income through improvements on goods and service when the labor force isn’t willing and determined to work hard to contribute to end good productivity
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They are really working to improve culture
Musician (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 10 June 2022
I'm always impressed at my units ability to keep their staff educated about trauma, violence prevention, emotional support and safety. They are working very hard at changing the culture.
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Nothing else like it
Information Technology Specialist (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 10 June 2022
The pride and sense of camaraderie you get from wearing the Canadian Armed Forces uniform is unmatched in any other career I've ever had. I've learned a lot professionally.
Pros
Too many to list
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pretty good
soldier (Current Employee) - Canada - 6 June 2022
pretty decent place if you are a fit. good people to work with, sometimes get to do some fun stuff. the training can be tough though but its part of the package.
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Can be tough yet rewarding. Decent job security, benefits and pay.
Combat Engineer (Current Employee) - Gagetown, NB - 5 June 2022
After six years of being a combat engineer in the CAF, I have no regrets enlisting as a non-comission member. I have the best and worst memories of my life with the army. At the end of the day, it is what you make of your career.
Pros
steady pay, job security, benefits
Cons
expect almost no deployments for combat arms ncms
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Great teamwork and mental development opportunity
Trained Private (Current Employee) - Kingston, ON - 31 May 2022
I’ve loved working for the CAF so far, only complaint has been paperwork as it sometimes gets misplaced in the reserves; otherwise it has been a fantastic work environment and I look forward to continuing my career
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Miserable Place to Work
Vehicle Technician (Current Employee) - Borden, ON - 26 May 2022
Enlist in the army only as a last resort. You are there to be abused. The Loudership and Bureaucracy is arcane. The salary does not keep up with housing prices. People are digging in to their savings just to be able to work. We have families with double incomes working 2 jobs.
Pros
Federal Benefits
Cons
Long Hours
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Couldnt have Asked for better
combat engineer (Former Employee) - petawawa, on - 23 May 2022
great place to work and proud to have worked and spent sometime and wish I could have spent more time but I cant physically do it anymore. Could not have asked for a better place to work but now its full of snowflakes.
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