Does Health Canada pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Health Canada employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Health Canada. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Health Canada?

77% of Health Canada employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Health Canada 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Health Canada?

Policy Analyst (23) , Analyst (13) , Scientific Evaluator (13) , Regulatory Affairs Officer (8) , Administrative Assistant (6) , Software Developer (6) , Biologist (5) , Co-Op Student (5) , Evaluator (5) , Program Officer (5) , Compliance Officer (4) , Director (4) , Executive Assistant (4) , IT Technician (4) , Intern (4)

What are the pros of working at Health Canada according to real employee reviews?

"Good Benefits" ((in 41 reviews)); "Stability and good work/life balance." ((in 37 reviews)); "The pay is good." ((in 18 reviews)); "good work environment" ((in 18 reviews)); "Good pension plan and benefits" ((in 14 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Health Canada according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management, discriminatory behaviour, workplace harassment" ((in 8 reviews)); "Senior Management has no idea what's going on most of the time or they could care less." ((in 7 reviews)); "Bureaucracy and red tape makes it difficult to accomplish certain things." ((in 5 reviews)); "Hiring process is a mess" ((in 4 reviews)); "Slow process, average compensations with no bonus" ((in 3 reviews))

What Health Canada locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Toronto , Montreal , Ottawa , Vancouver

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Health Canada reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(290 total reviews)

Rona Ambrose

60% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.5

Senior management

3.4

Career opportunities

Health Canada has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 290 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Health Canada employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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Race / Ethnicity

Gender

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Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Reviews by job title

290 reviews

1.0

Mar 28, 2016

Terrible Department for Visible Minorities

Policy analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pension and benefits, decent salary

Cons

Bad management, discriminatory behaviour, workplace harassment

4.0

Apr 24, 2016

Assessment Officer/Scientific Evaluator

Assessment officer/scientific evaluator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Very rewarding to be involved in meaningful public work. * The kind of experience you get as associate director or very experienced scientist in company, you will get at entry level. * In general friendly coworkers. * Diversity at work place.

Cons

* Loss of some of the skills you acquired in Ph. D. * Post-doctoral, Ph.D and Master's degree holders are hired at same salary level. * Promotions are very difficult in general.If you get promoted, workload increases dramatically, which may require additional working hours. * Only few employees know how to become managers/Directors. Its unclear how people get promoted. * You need to know French in general to progress in career.

2.0

Nov 26, 2015

Work at BGTD

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very interesting and rewarding job - working for the health and safety of Canadians

Cons

Mediocre leadership leading to conflict, harassement, favouritism, abuse of public funds and lack of integrity. Senior management does not lead trough example. Values of the Public Service Commission in hiring and promotion are almost systematically ignored.

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