The Quick and Dirty on Telus. - Customer Service Representative TELUS Employee Review

4.0
23 Aug 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company is large, allowing for career choice changes quite easily. TELUS will also do a great deal of onsite / offstie (formal) education if it is needed to fulfill the position that you choose to work in. 40% discount on all services offered by TELUS (telephone, internet, Telus Television, cellular)

Cons

- Shift work for most positions - the health insurance provider (Sunlife) is difficult to deal with, having issues with approving of multiple times (filling out of forms for TELUS Health Services by the attending GP for a long standing issue for example) AND MANAGEMENT KNOWS ABOUT THIS yet the response is 'we have covered what is in the contract with the TWU by providing a company to cover our employees'' - being unionized, it would be thought that seniority would play a large role in the job promotion area, but in my experience it seems to be more of a 'who you know' rather than 'what you know' take - it takes management a long time to react to issues that the front line (the employees that are dealing direct with the public) sees - the company has become 'reactive' rather than being 'procative' with the long term customers, giving the new consumer customers much better deals than customers that have been with the company for long periods of time - dealing with the payroll department to fix issues is a long and drawn out process usually, and the department does not seem to communicate any deductions that might be made due to past errors (many people have been overpaid for days that they have taken off, but rather than taking that same pay off the next pay issued, they accumulate them for a few months and take all of the correctiions off at one time)

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5.0
25 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
Business outlook

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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