- dental benefits can be expanded (maybe all the money gets invested for pension, who knows)
- cold air blasts out of the vents in some places, while it feels like a sauna in others; there is a real struggle to maintain room temperature, which brings me to the next point about working at the office...
- executives (old boys club) probably seem to think that working at the office is critical (even though our work has literally doubled because of the digital age and the work-from-home shift that occurred during the pandemic); they want to do a U-turn and expect staff to spend hours in Toronto traffic to reach the downtown location, and yet the workload will remain the same and/or skyrocket (whether it's calls or transactions); pretending to copy the tactics of the federal/municipal government is a sorry excuse because we're just not in the same industry
- way too much favoritism/nepotism (as already mentioned in so many other reviews here); leadership is flooded with individuals who make it all about themselves and their wining & dining; if you are not related to a "VIP" either by way of marriage, family or pen pals, your chances of moving up the ladder are extremely slim; while you are trying to work towards a promotion, somebody else in another team will be assigned to take over the position anyway
Funny fact: HR has blocked new entrants (through policy amendments) from initiating romance, but the people in charge are already in cahoots with each other, so the new rules are an utter joke and will only stifle new talent; the leaders will continue to promote folks who behave exactly like them; newer generations bear the brunt of the shortcomings of senior staff members, and this leads to job dissatisfaction and an exodus of skilled workers, who then join competitors like CAAT and UPP.
How do you help the "people of Ontario" (most of whom you have never met in real life) when the people in charge are engaging in "quid pro quo" amongst themselves? Talk about being self-professed...
Good to know: Every Town Hall is about how well you personally know your managers & higher-ups. And if you are not a Swiftie, you're in trouble. Yes, these people are bragging about their cronyism - they deliberately prop up people of a certain aesthetic.