Avoid at all costs - Customer Service Representative TELUS Employee Review

1.0
10 Sept 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Can get experience to find better job somewhere else, especially as foreigner or just starting in job market Potential for progress in the company - but only if you're liked by people hiring

Cons

Nepotism and favourism run rampant in this company, particularly in their payments Client. Your salary will be minimum wage, your toilet breaks timed, and you'll be micromanaged daily because you'll need to have certain number of customer interactions done. Management is utterly uncapable and inexperienced, and Upper management has no idea what they are doing and due to their egos they won't take ant feedback seriously. They put on a great show for the Client, but in reality they are so incapable it makes you think how did they get the contract in the first place. Company puts on a show about their values and employee engagement but in reality they honestly do not care about any employee in that building. Just recently they fired over 50 people only to post job ads for those same positions again, your job boards are full of them - check if you don't believe it. Everyone is expendable, everyone is a number and you'll hate this place with a passion within 2 months, I can guarantee you that. You'll feel stressed and burnt out. You can forget your PTO getting approved, or planning your free time cause you'll get schedule published only for 3 weeks in advance which can be changed last minute. You'll be switched between different teams and managers without any training. You'll be expected to be a subject matter expert for a complicated suite of products without any help or training, and then put on a PIP by your useless manager. You'll be paid minimum wage - and then the payroll team will miscalculate your pay so you'll somehow end up owing them money. Phony folks with massive egos and zero idea about running business, leadership and management are managing people who genuinely deserve better. It's your classic soul sucking call center job. Avoid it at all costs....nobody should be that desperate to work here.

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5.0
25 May 2026
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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
18 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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