Stay away if you care about your mental health
Pros
Nice area and plenty of jobs. Good employee training and acknowledgement that harrassment is a systemic problem at CNL and that they are trying to eradicate it! Some nice colleagues and project manager, but they are the surviving minority there
Cons
A lot of bait and switch. I was offered a job and learned that I will report to a different person on the first day of the Job. When I raised my concern about it , I was told not the worry this supervisor is very nice. The truth of the matter that this supervisor fired at least 3 people and had received several complaint from current and previous employees for harassment . There is no respect to employees and treated as a second class citizens once they know you are not from the area. Racism is alive at CNL and they consider outsiders ( anybody not from the Ottawa Valley) as job stealer hence the racism. High turnover due to lack of respect, bigotry, culture of silo and entitlement of some old employee who believe CNL is nothing without their participation. An employee committed suicide on campus last year. Check it on internet ! No happy employee commit suicide on campus! I leave it there...... If you ask a question, it means you are stupid and inexperienced. You are not allowed to say “ I don’t know” because for them it means you lack experience! And they will use it against you during the performance review. If you make a complaint about your supervisor to Hr., then start counting down for your firing because they will dig very deep to find you a mistake or a weakness and they will use to tell you why your performance is weak when other employees who are locals are allowed to do the same mistakes or have the same weaknesses without any consideration...hence first and second class employees ! If they do not find a weakness, rest assured, they will invente one! This management is very similar to trump style management. Ignorance, narcissism and obliviousness are the main feature of many of the managers who never went to University and started as office clerk at CNL lonf time ago. Through attrition and retirement, they were able to go up the ladder and because they work well together all coming from the small town and sharing similar “ threats” . Most of them are neighbours and married to each other. I know an entire family working there: the husband, the wife and their 3 children.. is that normal? Many directors and managers have no linkedin profile because they never worked outside CNL and have no education or credential to justify their positions.Look for Linkedin of CEO and you will find nothing! If you suggest an improvement or mention a negative fact about your group to your boss , word will spread quickly and will be amplified by 10! You will be then chastised for committing an unforgivable sin by your superiors and colleagues… No help whatsoever, no team work, you are on your own in a survival game...if you blame others and backstab your colleagues, you will strive and survive...this is how the culture is...no appreciation for integrity and honesty. Flip flop and short trouser during summer ! Screaming and yelling on your colleague is normal there! if you ask them not to do it, they will tell you, this is not small town here and things are different here....they will make believe that is an acceptable norm... Many ex and current employees are suing CNL and their managers for harassement and unlawful firing ....this is why they seek to hire locals mostly and because it is way to bribe the local population on accepting dangerous polluting projects like NSDF. Some employees will go on long sick leave ...and many are actively looking for another job.... I am sure there is enough stories to write another Fire and Fury CNL version book !
