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Good, fun workplace
Facility Operations (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 14 July 2021
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The most useful review selected by IndeedEasy to manage work-life balance and pretty flexible around scheduling shifts. Very transparent and friendly management. Great peers with good teamwork and communication.
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UBC okanagan
power engineer (Current Employee) - Kelowna, BC - 6 May 2021
UBC BCGEU position is a dead end job with a great benefit package. The wages are very low however you know that coming in and may be able to deal with that aspect. The charge engineer and management team in the facilities department create a toxic work environment. There is an old boys club mentality and change is desperately needed, the existing work environment its not a healthy or positive workplace.
Pros
Benifit package
Cons
As mentioned
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Lots of fun, but too much work and low pay
Residence Advisor (Former Employee) - Kelowna, BC - 12 April 2021
Working as an RA, you have no private life. You’re never fully away from your job. It’s very stressful to not be able to separate your work life and personal life. Also, you soooo don’t get paid enough for the amount of work you’re doing. But! The people that you work with legitimately care about you. And they’re there for you. Having such a supportive community is amazing
Pros
Management is great, employees are great
Cons
Never off the clock, not paid enough
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Productive, competitive and joyful work
Postdoctoral Fellow (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 16 February 2021
Excellent place to work. Beautiful weather and stunning location. A happy and balanced life. Supportive staff, readily available for support. Well organized and inclusive work culture
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Excellent employer
Aboriginal Student Community Learning Experience Coordinator (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 28 January 2021
Had benefits from day 1, very good employer and lots of opportunities to apply for internal jobs after hire. I really enjoy the management style and workplace culture of this institution.
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A workplace that takes care of employees
Sales Attendant (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 24 November 2020
Covid showed me that the university cares about its staff, and I feel that we are a huge part of the long term goals of the organization. I look forward to being there until I retire
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Look elsewhere
Labourer (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 27 October 2020
This is honestly the worst place I have ever worked. Cons:Low pay, favoritism, bus throwing.Pros:Time off to apply for other jobsSave yourself time and DO NOT apply here.
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Mast university
Assistant Professor (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 4 October 2020
very good university. Typical day of work is chill. Students are chill. Vancouver is chill. Even I am chill. There is nothing hard. Workplace culture rocks!
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Great
Patrol Officer (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 17 August 2020
Great stepping stone for those looking to advance into management or law enforcement. Always look at coming to work with a positive attitude and things will be easier.
Pros
Flexibility
Cons
Shift work can have an effect
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Great fit for students
Animator and Character Designer (Former Employee) - Kelowna, BC - 9 July 2020
The work environment at UBC is fairly good, especially if you are a student in need of part time work that fits around your schedule- not the other way around. Working for the university as a student means your employer will do almost anything to make sure you have a schedule that works for you and I appreciated that very much.
Pros
Work-life balance, convenient location
Cons
No benefits
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Its fine
Business Analyst (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 24 June 2020
- Slow Paced
- Inter team communication is not good
- very okay management
They need to establish proper matrix structure so that the teams can work better, rather than have a silo structure for each team.
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Inclusive Work Environment
Research Assistant (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 24 June 2020
Very conducive, inclusively accommodating work environment. It's understanding in terms of flexibility and student workloads, but very rigid in terms of productivity.
Pros
Very flexible and accomidating
Cons
Unreliable funding, projects could be abandoned halfway subject to funding. Makes you feel unaccomplished.
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Great for job security
Support Analyst I (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 16 June 2020
The union and bureaucracy is a double-edged sword. I was paid very well but my computer was constantly slow to the point that copy paste, double clicks, and even typing in text boxes would not work reliably. I reported it many times and was told there was nothing they could do to fix it. I felt like a chef with a dull knife.
If you are looking for job security then this is the perfect job. If you are looking to be treated like a person then consider elsewhere.
Pros
Good pay, strong union
Cons
Poor equipment, overnight shifts, soul-eroding
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Productive
Administrative Assistant Coordinator (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 15 June 2020
Always busy days.
Learned more about time management.
Business culture.
Pot lucks with staff most enjoyable part.
Commute was hardest part.
Good managment.
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In general workplace
3rd Cook (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 13 June 2020
Good pay and benefits, as well as friendly staffs. One thing though is there's alot of management issues and scheduling so those i always keep on eye on it.
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Very good company
Cashier/Customer Service (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 8 June 2020
My 15 years of work experience, has very good management and co-workers. Very helpful staff. Training is very professional. I enjoyed working with UBC.
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Remote
Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Michael Brauer (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 2 June 2020
Good. Nice supervisor.
Schedule is flexible
people are friendly
work environment is nice
Develop good programming skills
quiz response
need to spend time on learning and improving yourself
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the environment is really good for working and studying
Storekeeper (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 14 May 2020
A typical day at work always starts from going through tons of emails. The most important thing that I have learnt is to cooperate with you team members, to learn from each other, to help each other and to share views with people around you. The experience helps improve your management skills including time management, and project management.
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Great place to work
Patrolman (Current Employee) - On campus - all over - 13 May 2020
Work 12 hours a day four days on four days off. You get decent adequate pay but still below a liveable standard. You get a lot of time off. You need to take an interest in your job, be a self-starter, take pride in your work. Look for a need and then fill it.
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Excellent workplace with lots of things to learn
Database Developer/Programmer (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 4 May 2020
It's been wonderful 6 months till now at UBC. My workplace is full of fun and tons of things to learn about. I started as Database Developer, but have been learning about front-end( HTML, CSS, JQuery) and linux administration as well. I have been migrating data to UBC Cloud and it's fun to learn about the migration process.
My team members are great and my manager is always supportive.
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Job Satisfaction Depends on Co-workers
RESIDENCE ADVISOR (Former Employee) - Residence - 25 April 2020
While it is hard to balance your work life and the rest of your life because you live where you work, when you have great co-workers the job is amazing! However, if your co-workers are less passionate about community-building or do not want to bond as much, the job can be draining without much benefit. But definitely would recommend being a Residence Advisor to all as it can provide you with a sense of belonging on such a large campus.
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