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Animal Care Technician (Former Employee) – Foothills, AB – 15 February 2019
Good place to work at. you get the chance to attend lectures and improve yourself. Depending on your job role you are either eligible for benefits if you are a full time member.
Pros
good people
Cons
part time hours offered
Great place to work and study
Research Technician (TECH1) (Current Employee) – Calgary, AB – 6 February 2019
Typical work days and good pay. It all depends on where you are working and who you are working for, though the department I was working in had great hours, stable pay and always an enjoyable atmosphere
Challenging, social and busy work culture with professional atmosphere
Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 21 January 2019
Great workplace! Lots of team members and wonderful manager. Awesome group projects that required teamwork and collaboration. We had lots of Chinese teammates that I became close friends with.
Careful of IT Management
IT Partner (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 17 January 2019
I've seen terrible leadership in Central IT.
Leading by fear is the standard back-stabbing method some of them follow.
It's unfortunate that those terrible few make it so difficult on so many great people working here.
Leading by fear is the standard back-stabbing method some of them follow.
It's unfortunate that those terrible few make it so difficult on so many great people working here.
Fun place to work with good benefits and work/life balance
Jr. PMO Analyst (Contract) (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 12 January 2019
The place is very fun to work with as the people and environment is very lively and it keeps you motivated
Good benefits
focus on personal growth
many perks with education benefits
Good benefits
focus on personal growth
many perks with education benefits
Fast paced
ESL INSTRUCTOR (Former Employee) – Calgary AB – 2 January 2019
The hourly wage rate was good, but there was no extra payment for prep hours. I ended up spending more unpaid hours preparing for the classes. Most of the staff members were helpful and there was an atmosphere of collaboration. Overall, a good place to work.
i volunteered here
Volunteer for Stampede fundraiser (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 1 December 2018
I spent a few days over the summer in 2017 volunteering with my friend, we put up posters for a fundraiser and assisted with the set up and clean up of this event.
Good co-workers
ITS TECHNICAL ASSISTANT (Current Employee) – Calgary, AB – 28 November 2018
As a student employee:
- the pay is decent
- no benefits even though you have to pay union fees.
- co-workers are great, very willing to teach you.
- very flexible with schedule to accommodate for school.
- the pay is decent
- no benefits even though you have to pay union fees.
- co-workers are great, very willing to teach you.
- very flexible with schedule to accommodate for school.
Pros
Flexible hours
Cons
No benefits
Busy Work Schedule
Night Audit Supervisor (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 25 November 2018
• Ran daily credit card transactions through a settlement process
• Recorded daily room occupancy and rate totals.
• Recorded revenue totals for cash, checks, and credit card transactions.
• Generated automated accounting reports for the manager's review
• Settled Corporate Accounts and sending reports to those entities for billing purposes, running the computer back-up systems
• Handled 3rd party reservations and Ensuring proper processing
• Recorded daily room occupancy and rate totals.
• Recorded revenue totals for cash, checks, and credit card transactions.
• Generated automated accounting reports for the manager's review
• Settled Corporate Accounts and sending reports to those entities for billing purposes, running the computer back-up systems
• Handled 3rd party reservations and Ensuring proper processing
Pros
The staff and coworkers
Cons
Schedule
Enriching department
PhD Student, Political Science Department (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 12 November 2018
Plenty of opportunities for professional advancement (i.e. SSHRC/NSERC), a focus on preparing PhD students for teaching one day, and a strong focus on preparing PhD students for all other aspects of academia (i.e. grant applications and such)
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Researcher (Former Employee) – Department of Economics – 28 October 2018
University of Calgary is a good place to work and learn skills. The facilities is good. Everything is close to you: gym, food court, classes. I really recommend this place for starting your work, but do not hang there for a long time.
Excellent for Enthusiastic Educators
Early Childcare Educator (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 23 October 2018
Children are a lot of work, but the staff are passionate about their work, and developing a strong bond with your team to provide the best possible care is immediately apparent.
I was a research assistant at the university of calgary
Research Assistant (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 20 October 2018
Good place to learn. the labs are fully equipped for graduate students. My suggestion is to choose your supervisor carefully and have difficult conversations early on.
Not a career building environment
Associate Director, Internal Control (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 16 October 2018
If you value your career progress I would stay away from it. I have been their 4 year and half over which time my direct report to manager has not expressed any dissatisfaction and I have always met performance review target, however i was terminated without cause abruptly.
No opportunities for advancement, no benefits
animal care (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 2 October 2018
Has the potential to be a great place to work if you manage to secure a full-time position. However, the University relies on multiple recurring part-time staff on a daily basis but claims that there is not enough work for additional full-time positions. This way they do not have to provide benefits or job security to a large portion of their staff while benefiting from their work. Many of my coworkers had multiple part-time jobs to make ends meet. Work-life balance was strained due to this.
Negative work environment due to some part-time staff working comparable hours to the full-time staff without any benefits or job security.
Negative work environment due to some part-time staff working comparable hours to the full-time staff without any benefits or job security.
Pros
Good facilities
Cons
Rely heavily on part-time staff, no benefits, stagnant wages, very low qol salary increments for p/t positions (less than 3%)
You have control over your own work process
Student Assistant (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 26 September 2018
It was great working there. In my case, I worked with the library and it involved metadata collection. You have to find creative ways to retrieve the information, which is part of the fun.
Overall, the supervisors are sweet, the job is relatively easy (though sometimes tedious), and the people around you are willing to help when you need it.
Overall, the supervisors are sweet, the job is relatively easy (though sometimes tedious), and the people around you are willing to help when you need it.
Pros
Easy, great workplace culture
Cons
Work sometimes gets repetitive
A great place to acquire skills and expand your breadth of knowledge
Executive Assistant, VPR (Current Employee) – Calgary, AB – 20 September 2018
Working at the University of Calgary for over 5 years has afforded me the opportunity to develop my current skill set as well and expand my breadth of knowledge. I am privileged to work with all faculties and departments as well as government and industry stakeholders.
I have grown in the areas of partnership development and have demonstrated a strong ability to cultivate key relations both internally and externally. Working at the university has allowed me to grow in my passion: bringing people together to create opportunities for collaborative success
I have grown in the areas of partnership development and have demonstrated a strong ability to cultivate key relations both internally and externally. Working at the university has allowed me to grow in my passion: bringing people together to create opportunities for collaborative success
good for gaining experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Current Employee) – Calgary, AB – 16 September 2018
Great place to start your career. Great work culture but may sometime depend on your course co-ordinator. Senior level courses are easier to teach than first year courses
Pros
good work culture
Cons
long hours