Ontario Power Generation Employee Reviews

Wonderful team, thoroughly enjoyed working for this company.The pay is very fair, and personnel are ready to assist if needed.Benefits are second to none.

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Great company

Manager (Current Employee) - Bowmanville, ON - 2 December 2023

As an employee at Ontario Power Generation, I’ve had the opportunity to work in a dynamic and supportive environment. The company places a strong emphasis on safety, sustainability, and innovation, which aligns perfectly with my personal and professional values. The team culture here is incredibly collaborative, fostering an atmosphere where ideas are valued and everyone’s contributions are recognized.

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Electrician (Current Employee) - Darlington, ON - 1 December 2023

Amazing place to work!! Lots of opportunities to grow! Friendly employees and management. A very safe place to work with a massive focus on procedure use and adherence!Pay is more than fair, benefits are even better.

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Way too many managers, overseeing the workers resulting in a penitentiary feeling.

Radiation protection coordinator (Former Employee) - Clarington, ON - 23 November 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Militant and very political.you are under a microscope all the time.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Management is always looking for any mistakes.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?It feels like a lockdown in a penitentiary.

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Awesome

FLM- Shared service, Pay service (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 20 November 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Salary and compensation is the best part in the company What is the most stressful part about working at the company?It’s not stressful working here- but there are challenges definitely and I love challenges.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Great work environment and there is one OPG culture.

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Feeling of personal appreciation
Inclusive work environment
Fair pay for job

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Machine Learning Developer (Former Employee) - Ontario - 15 November 2023

Everyone in management speak to speak rather than add value. There is mix of people but toxic management trumps voice of smart and thoughtful engineers because they are threatened by it. Blame game is strong here and I would not recommend joining unless you are ok to just suck up to everything management says without objection.

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Great for a student

Summer Student (Former Employee) - Pickering, ON - 10 November 2023

Great place to work and gain experience. Supportive colleagues and positive learning environment. Compensation is above average. Opportunities to stay long term.

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Fun work.

Word processor (Current Employee) - Toronto - 9 November 2023

Great people. Room to grow and move up within company. The management is great to work with. Very supportive. Lots of locations if you want to move to different area.

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Intensive but rewarding experience

Computer Co-op/Development Student (Former Employee) - Clarington, ON - 27 October 2023

OPG is a nice place to do internship, especially if you are in engineering field. The co-op term was intensive, and tough at times, but rewarding. Most coworkers were nice and supportive. My co-op term was 4 months, not long enough to guarantee me a return offer.

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Fun workplace

Co-op Student (Former Employee) - Pickering, ON - 22 October 2023

Good company to work for paid well as a coop student and had great coworkers that were ready to teach you more and answer any questions you had. The work load wasn’t overwhelming either

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Toxic management, have had bad experience

Project Engineer (Current Employee) - Pickering, ON - 13 October 2023

I got hired under a project only to get re-assigned a low value project with short term prospect. Now they are saying budget constraints might affect this project and my tenure within 2 months of being hired. Management is toxic with no regard for mental health of employees. Contract employees are viewed as a tool to be used by full time officers.

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Endless Growth Potential

Front Line Manager (Former Employee) - Darlington, ON - 5 October 2023

Started as a millwright (mechanical maintainer), promoted to foreman (my favorite position there) and later to Front Line Manager. The potential for growth is limitless if you are interested or you can spend your entire career as a front line worker if you prefer. Being nuclear it is a heavily regulated and procedural based work environment which is understandable but frustrating at times.

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Good work life balance, low pay relative to cost of living

Engineer (Current Employee) - Bowmanville, ontario - 20 September 2023

Good work life balance, low pay relative to cost of living. Getting pretty excessive with the political ideologies. If you want cutting edge look elsewhere. Otherwise, it’s acceptable.

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Best place to work

Maintenance Technician (Current Employee) - Pickering, ON - 8 September 2023

Relaxed environment, safety oriented. Management is professional. A lot opportunities for self development. Coworker are helpful, very happy to work in this place

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Clueless management

IT Technician (Former Employee) - Pickering, ON - 1 September 2023

Management had no idea on what is required to execute a project. They have ton of money to throw at a project. Some managers I worked with had hard time describing what their project were about and its requirements. I am glad I left.

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Great job security but too much office politics

Assistant Health and Safety Advisor (Current Employee) - Pickering, ON - 31 August 2023

I am a full-time employee who took a developmental rotation. I was not aware the hiring manager hired me to make sure I didn't get a full-time position out of my rotation. In OPG full-time staff get hired for internal posting over temp workers, provided they meet the min job requirements. The manager whom hired me had a team full of temp workers who would not get a job if I were to apply. So, the team made my experience during the rotation horrible, and did not give me the opportunity to develop skills. I confirmed my suspicion when I placed in a different department, same job, and my performance noticeably improved overnight. This is an example of how office politics ruin the work culture and I'm sure it is accountable for some of the extremely high turnover this company experiences. Wages are no longer competitive either due to government regulations on wage increases. Only in Ontario would you cap raises at 1% when inflation has been 8%+ for over a year.

Pros

Free lunches, training, and they give you enough time to complete work

Cons

Office politics, compensation not competitive with industry standards

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Horrible

Supervising Nuclear Operator (Former Employee) - Pickering, ON - 22 August 2023

Ladder climbing clueless managers each trying for a larger salary and pension. Shop floor employees ignored with an us and them attitude. Tax payers would be shocked.

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Good coworkers but bad management

Nuclear Operator (Former Employee) - Pickering, ON - 16 August 2023

I worked with good knowledgable team members. Management was bad with low understanding of problem they wanted to solve and wanted to throw a lot of things at wall to see what sticks. I am glad I got the chance to leave.

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Best job ever

Nuclear Operator (Former Employee) - Pickering, ON - 14 August 2023

Loved it. Left cuz I thought they are shutting down. Man I’m dumb. Great job but no sleep. If you are young good place to be. If old, can be pretty tough.

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Good pay, decent overall with some toxic managers

Senior IT Analyst (Current Employee) - Ontario - 11 August 2023

Some managers are toxic and unsupportive towards employees. Most I encountered were good and supportive but I came across some who were downright passive aggressive, act unaccountable and look for ways to put blame on others. Harder if temp.

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Amazing place to work

Line Cook (Former Employee) - Laval, QC - 5 July 2023

really good. it is a good job for those who enjoy cooking baking cleaning and organization. it is ok paced, i learned so much in this experience. really good for newcomers joining the work force

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