Statistics Canada Employee Reviews

What is the best part of working at the company?Flexible hours and well paid .What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Talking to people who are not aware of what Statistics Canada is.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?I was working from home it was COVID timeWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Can't describe the tipical day, because it was work from home.

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Unorganized

Survey Assistant (Former Employee) - Alberta - 30 November 2023

You work primarily on your own, supervisors are not much help if they dont know what theyre doing. Simple work to do knocking on doors and filling out survey forms. Training portal walks you through most situations you run into. Can run into a lot of rude people.

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Équipe très agréable, motivant. . Tout en étant détendu.

Commis au recrutement (Former Employee) - Charlevoix, QC - 28 November 2023

Début 08 hres, lecture de courriel et des gens à conctacter dans la journée.Intéressant de rejoindre des gens pour leur offrir une opportunité d’emploi .Un peu décevant de travailler en mai pour offrir du travail , quand on sait qu’il n’y aura plus de poste car la date est terminé.

Pros

Travail motivant, en équipe

Cons

Travail sous estimé par les gens

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Very productive and learned a lot

Programmer Analyst (Former Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 2 November 2023

Worked on cool technologies and learned a lot from the senior devs. I was a coop so it was interesting to be able to work on a larger application bearing more responsibilities.

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Good WLB, a bit of a career killer

manager (Current Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 25 October 2023

There was a lot of chaos regarding the return to the office, it is frankly a bit of a mess. We've had contradicting instructions and upper management made a 180degree turn in regards to remote work. Whilst I have to stand behind my agency's decision, I was not terribly pleased by the decision making process and the overall transparency - various policies that affect our day to day are pushed down to us and managers have absolutely no flexibility/discretion in their enforcement.Work is not too stressful, I have enough to keep busy but not too much that I need to work OT. I won't say it is the most exciting or ground breaking work, but I've had worst jobs...My colleagues are all very nice. I highly value the flexibility of my schedule: as long as I pack my 37.5 hours and attend meetings boss is happy. I have no problem getting approvals for things like LWIA, compressed weeks, etc.My interactions with lower and mid management are almost always positive - most were down to earth, reasonable, and open-minded people. The agency is totally broke and can't promote employees, I have to say it is a bit of a career dead end at the moment... I'd avoid as an entry level. If you have a family and want a cushy position, it's all good

Pros

Wlb, low stress, job security

Cons

Career progression, unclear hybrid work policies

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good part-time position

Interviewer (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 16 October 2023

Good training, flexible work hours, good dental and health benefits. Work is only from home. The big minus that only part-time positions are available.

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Bureaucratic, but nice

Interviewer (Former Employee) - Remote - 15 October 2023

Overall, people were nice, but it's a huge bureaucratic apparatus with little room for being human. I was assigned to work with an outside agency, part of the Quebec government, so I essentially had two entire sets of bosses/supervisors. I had two schedules, which were sometimes in conflict, I had two sets of rules and expectations to follow, two computers, two MS Teams accounts. The schedule was not part-time as I had been promised during the interview process and could not be changed. Some of the work was interesting and being able to work from home during the pandemic was great. However, the pay wasn't anything special and I left before benefits kicked in.

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Good learning experience with information gathering for Statistics Canada.

Census Enumerator (Former Employee) - Fredericton, NB - 15 October 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Working independently on your own schedule.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?The unpredictable response from door to door canvassing.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Good support from Statistics Canada, and its team leaders create good culture.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Organizing your day at home, making calls and door to door canvassing....

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Wfh

Clerk (Former Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 6 October 2023

collection support unit operator, handles calls and do survey with people. Its a work from home, you just need a high speed internet. Great place to work

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Very bad experience. Not very good communication.

Call Assisted Telephone Interviewer (CATI) (Former Employee) - Work from home - 30 September 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Working from home………working from home………..working from homeWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?IT set up. Communication with IT and management. Work schedule.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Felt like I was just a number. No one ever showed their faces on TEAMS.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Either super busy or super slow.

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Good to be able to work from home but minimal training

In person interviewer (Current Employee) - Western Canada - 27 September 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Pay isn't great. Only guaranteed 20 hrs/wk. But do get benefits if you have 13/wk average work week.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?In person Interviewing of difficult peopleWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Work from home. Not much contact. Culture is you are on your own figure it out yourselfWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Get out in the field and knock on doors

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Good student job!

Interviewer (Former Employee) - Montréal, QC - 24 September 2023

Great pay, fair hours, benefits, and remote work. Excellent to do as a student or for a summer job. The only drawback is that a lot of members of the public assume it's a scam when you call

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Not terrible, but could be so much better.

Field Interviewer (Former Employee) - Sydney, NS - 19 September 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Ability to work autonomously most of the time.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Equipment / software malfunctions. Policy changes can occur weekly. Feels like you are invading the privacy of others. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Woke. Marxist. Anti-west, anti-White, anti-family. What is a typical day like for you at the company?Drive to homes of prospective respondents and ask them to complete surveys. Occasionally complete telephone surveys. Log miles driven and complete time sheets.

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Fun and easy workplace

Economist (Former Employee) - Ottawa - 11 September 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Work life balance and healthy cultureWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Nothing is ever stressful at the company What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Positive work culture that values employee diversity and time What is a typical day like for you at the company?Working with others and maintaining business operations and socializing then leaving as soon as possible

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Inconsistent management, unclear expectations/work, decent pay/benifits

Statistician (Current Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 8 September 2023

It can be a decent job depending on the team/manager. Many teams are not doing well due to lack of funding and team members who retired/left. The wfh demands are horrible and non-sensical, leaving many people working in crowded offices without any team members. The pay and benefit are pretty good. It can be stressful when management is on different pages.

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Kind staff

Interviewer (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 7 September 2023

The staff are supportive and kind. The hours are flexible. The pay is good, since you only need grade 10 education. The benefits are very good. It’s a safe job.

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Productive, active, good sense of community at work

Census Enumerator (Former Employee) - Greater Sudbury, ON - 31 August 2023

Typical day at work would mean picking a time and starting work. First thing was to check the online database on the updated list of surveys on the statistics canada page. Followed by going door to door and filling out the designated surveys.Learning moment was people come from different backgrounds, privileges, and have limited accessibility. There is alot of poverty in some areas. Some people are compliant some are not. Strong workplace culture. Supervisor was in constant communication with his group od enumerators. Our concerns and challenges were heard and solutions were suggested accordingly. Hardest part of the job was going into any unsafe areas of town and dealing with aggressive and non compliant people. Most enjoyable part of work was the amount if physical activity I ended up getting per day.

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work from home

Interviewer (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 17 August 2023

Working from home best thing about the job. Supportive coworkers and supervisors. Unreliable hours. Good student job. Good job for people who need side income but so unreliable for hours.

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Good experience

Enumerator (Former Employee) - London, ON - 16 August 2023

Didn’t mind going door to door in the summer, but you have to be comfortable with people and them saying “no”. You’re not expected to convert anyone, so if you can handle that it’s a simple part time gig that allows a lot of autonomy in scheduling.

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Decent Pay. Not full time. A bit stressful

Survey Interviewer (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 13 August 2023

If you're young and looking to get ahead, dodge.If you're older and looking for a few hours to make some side cash, or are already retired, decent. YOU WILL GO INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES TO INTERVIEW THEM AS IT'S THE LAW AND THEY WON'T LIKE IT AND IT'S AWKWARD.

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Old school pink ghetto nobody is getting ahead they all make sure you don't.

Statistical Survey Interviewer (Current Employee) - British Columbia - 31 July 2023

Nobody here cares unless they hate you.There isn't anyone who will help you with problems arising on the job.The union was no help when I wasn't getting my correct pay, and the company never gave me even one pay stubs.

Pros

I can have a home office tax deduction

Cons

Never got paid for the hours I worked and nobody helped me fix it, just kept getting meaner every time I tried to fix it until they finally fired me but never paid me.

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