I have a certain love/hate relationship with the CRA. I spent the first couple years of my career there and got my professional designations paid for. The pay is decent, hours are flexible, you can take a ton of time off. It really does not take a lot of effort to outshine most of the monkeys there, but you'll stagnate very quickly.

Your intelligence is insulted everyday as you're fed the corporate mantra from head quarters, or the region, or whatever higher authority. The corporate values are rammed down your throat at all times and expected of you but never reciprocated. There's all kinds of layers of management and most really don't do a whole lot to add to the bottom line. Any management above the team leader level is atrocious and disconnected from their staff, they are there to manage budgets above all and maybe be a glorified babysitter on the side. What's expected of you as an employee is extremely unclear and not communicated until it's too late. There is very limited advancement, there's a good chance you'll be stuck in a job you outgrew for a long period of time.

The education budget has been cut, this was the only benefit that kept me there for this long but I'm free now. You can get 25% of your education covered if you're willing to go before a committee and beg for it.

If you're young, mildly ambitious and want to learn a few things, stay far away. The only way I'd be happy here is if I was willing to lobotomize and castrate myself.

Posted on 9 August 2012 by Rater #12 | Flag as inappropriate

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