TELUS reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,628 total reviews)
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Darren Entwistle

55% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

TELUS has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 8,628 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TELUS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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9K reviews
1.0
Sep 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Free snacks and drinks. USB ports on the wall outlets in the break room, which is nice for a quick recharge.

Cons

Management is a joke. There is no communication between upper management, the Team Leads, and the rest of the floor. There is blatant favoritism. They will tell you that there are chances for growth, but it's a lie. They will pull you along and then tell you that you're not qualified enough, or that you don't meet some arbitrary minimum requirement that the others in that team don't have. If for some reason they have a problem with you, they will not give you any warnings whatsoever. They will go straight to the firing stage without even letting you have a word in or argue your case. They will also not tell you this personally, but they will actually just give you a call. Regarding health care, it's all overpriced for how little the pay actually is. You would think with a contract as huge as Google's, they would actually pay as much as the other call centers in the area. The building they currently have has absolutely no parking except at the very outer extremities during the week. And if you work during the weekend, they shut off the A/C. In Texas. In the summer. They recently went around fixing this by having it on, but only until around 2PM. Hope you like the smell of food, perfume, lotion, and stinky feet. The desks are really cramp, the seats are not comfortable at all, they use an actual physical phone, they have swung the PCI-compliant pendulum so far that you're not allowed pen or paper at your desk, nor physical books. They treat the reps like children. Even going as far as getting board games and legos "in case you get bored" during dead times. And heaven forbid you work night shift because they don't pay a night time differential. Team Leads will constantly threaten reps with their job because everyone else's numbers are low. It's no wonder this place has such a high turnover rate.

5.0
Jul 21, 2016

Great Company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great coworkers and training was great

Cons

lots of changes and lack of communication til the last min

1.0
Jul 20, 2016

Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free snacks and soft drinks-that is it on the pro side.

Cons

What a mess the Austin site is. Self righteous leaders that are trying to squeeze every cost savings out of the operation that they can. This is a given at a call center that is used by another company for their customer service because they can do it cheaper. Turnover is sky high in all areas-entry level to professional with average about two weeks. If you are desparate for a few weeks pay and can handle the demeaning environment-this is the place for you.

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