Canadian Commercial Reviews

Where to begin: Untrained leaders with too much same same: individuals who found themselves at CCC and stay due to the good salaries; however an overwhelmingly white and/or male cadre means old ways outweigh new innovative ideas. An old boys club? Perhaps, it's getting somewhat better, but there would need to be a complete overhaul to give CCC a chance to re-invent itself for the modern day company to truly benefit from its services. They do have committees to govern decision-making, but the walls are up so high that barely any word gets out until it's a major decision impacting staff. Within this leadership committee if you are one of the executives, while you're trusted with your duties the others will without a doubt micromanage into your files. It is leadership by committee as a way to disperse accountability. Low level of loyalty to employees: while employees are unionized, this is the "little union that could", offering little protection for its employees who at a management's "thought of the day" will change job description drastically for a massive number of staff. That said, if you're not doing the job they want you to do - or if you're not getting visibility for it - keep your guards up because management will not hesitate to make you a "surplus employee" and send you on your way. This easily happened to 2-4 employees in the past years. Talent management: While some are attracted to the salaries and benefits, others by the passion of working with companies and helping them grow internationally - there are some really good staff in many positions across the Corporation. There is no talent management capacity at CCC, and once you're hired - you're stuck as there is very little (less than 10%) chance of moving up in position. As much value as you bring - you can be a source of knowledge with very high potential - but that doesn't matter and they will not bat an eye when you leave for another employer. Broken hierarchy: CCC has an ideology that it needs to have many directors to help Canadian companies, because if you're lower than a director you likely have less credibility. Given this, CCC has a very high number of directors with very few working level employees. This has led to poaching of the willing - as soon as you show any sign of helpfulness as a working level employee, that door will be pried open and you will be stuck in a world of too many bosses - with your own management not doing too much about it. I could go on - there's so much fixing that needs to happen before CCC can actually be a place that nurtures your career.