Decent Pay, good work life balance - Senior Strategy Manager TELUS Employee Review

5.0
Feb 3, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Hybrid Remote/Full Remote/Full time office your choice. Work from anywhere in the country. Move around and keep your job. Fairly recession proof but does have some ups and downs with economy. Will never go bankrupt, very stable. Matching employee share plan up to 5% contribution at a 40% discount to market, so free money to be had. Expanding from Telco to Tech company everyday, branching into many industries and has an international branch as well

Cons

HR designed overlapping pay ranges and rules designed to prevent a pay increase when moving to higher job levels that overlap. Usually when promoted you have to wait a year in the job, get a good review and then you will get adjusted to the middle/average. Moving beyond average pay in a job requires backflips and good company year. Moving up the ladder can be done, but you have to be in the right areas. If you aren't then move to another ASAP. Marketing and sales in Consumer Wireline or Wireless is good. If your boss likes or depends on you enough they can't get VP approval to override any of the HR policy handcuffs. Your most important negotiation is the first one when joining the company, getting higher pay is a slog but can be done.

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5.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility of hours and freedom of location.

Cons

Pay is not high, and not enough tasks available at times.

2.0
May 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Work from home and create your own schedule. Paid training. There is an option for therapy through the company.

Cons

They are hiring, but there aren't enough tasks to make the minimum of 10 hours a week. There are no raises and no promotions. They take a long time to respond to emails, if they respond at all. The only benefit is a 401 (k). $14 is the pay rate, and one can only work 20 hours a week, if there are enough tasks. The past couple of exams for training set one up to fail them. I have been doing this job long enough to know this. They constantly threaten your job, which really affects morale and confidence. There used to be bonuses, but they haven't done them in a long time. There were times we were given permission to work up to 35 hours for the week, but again, it has been a long time. Last one, they didn't have enough tasks to allow for workers to get to 25+. They also offered stock options, but they ended that as well. They made a major mistake on my end and threatened me unless I complied. Eventually got an email that they were wrong, but they didn't apologize. I saw they were hiring freelancers with a maximum of 25 hours a week. I wrote to management and was told the rest of us were only staying at 20. I am currently seeking other employment. There are other companies that do the same work with higher pay and actual benefits. This was once a good job, but once Telus took over, it has been downhill. I would not recommend this company anymore. I'm starting to wonder if this isn't a sinking ship.

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