software engineer

field service engineer

project engineer

sales coordinator

technicien d'essais

Evertz Microsystems Limited

Management is UNPROFESSIONAL, DISORGANIZED, and NOT SUPPORTIVE, to the point of being INCOMPETENT! Their expectations and workload are unreasonably high, with very little support provided. Asking questions, asking for clarity or support from your manager can get you in trouble. You'll be told "You should already know this" or that "It's your job" to do something that is clearly management's responsibility.

It's a very TOXIC and HIGH STRESS environment - it was not unusual for me to see someone burst into tears at their desk.

NEPOTISM, FAVORITISM, CLIQUES, and OFFICE POLITICS run rampant. Actual hard work, skill and learning efforts are not noticed. You won't advance according to skill or experience - unless you're a favorite or in the right clique. 

After 2 years, they fired me for "not being a good fit". When confronted with the fact that they must provide further reason since I clearly passed the probation period, they came up with the weak excuse of "not doing tasks" and "being late" - things that didn't even make sense!

I never left a task uncompleted unless it required manager action, which could lead to a run-around game of "It's your job to do this", delaying my ability to perform the task. Every single person working at Evertz was impacted by this problem, not just me!

As for being late - seems the Favorites of management can come in late, leave early and take extra long lunches but others get fired for coming in 5-10 mins late a few times.

After I left, I learned I was being underpaid anywhere from 20 - 40k per year for my position!

Do yourself a favor and avoid this place, it will suck you dry and leave you in the dust!!!


Do not get me wrong, there are some good things about this workplace and you can certainly find some very professional people here. However, I will warn you about the bad. 

First, this company is not the best at providing monetary compensation for your role. Actually it's pretty laughable; which is why they will never post salaries on job offers. Go ahead and ask them what they are offering for the role and prepare to laugh.

Secondly, this work culture is stuck in the late 90's, early 2000's. This is especially pertinent on the tech side of the company. They refuse to let people work remotely or even hybrid. They will let you leave no matter who you are rather than let you work 1 day a week from home. And there are no accommodations made for people who travel from far away - unless you're one of the special people who can get away with it. It's not fair, some people can work from home and some can't. This place is very unjust when it comes to that.

Finally, everyone who is here knows and openly talks about the toxic work culture that comes down from management. There is an obvious lack of knowledge and education about how to be an effective manager - lots of micromanaging and unnecessary processes. There is a TON of nepotism, cliques and favoritism. Some teams are worse than others. If you are applying for an admin role, you will definitely encounter this. If you are a coder or very technical, you might not come across this as much. 

In summary, Evertz is a big company with lots of opportunity and a great way to get your foot into the broadcast industry. However it is plagued heavily by workplace toxicity that will never change.

It's quite embarrassing for me as a man to say this: All the highest positions are occupied by a tight group of buddies, misogynist men who regardless of the title women may hold in the company, will make sure they know they have absolutely no power or say in anything that happens within the company. The harassment against women in this company is probably the worst I have ever encountered before. The ONLY people (also only men) who get away with anything are the sales representatives that "bring in the money", even though everyone else does all the work to create, prepare, manufacture, edit, build, ship, products of great quality. Anyone with any respect for themselves and others has quit within their first couple of years in the company, including myself. The company produces top of the line products which is what keeps them afloat, however, it's all at the cost of a submissive workforce and low paying salaries. You'll find here that the way the company works is by attracting incredible individuals with great qualifications who are just starting out in the country or who are still young. The tactic is to take advantage of these people, drain them of their potential, and get optimal results for as long as the person in willing to either put up with harassment, or witness it being done to others. The team members I found to be great, are all looking to leave the company the moment a new job is lined up for them. If you are a man with any respect for the women in your life, DO NOT WORK there, if you're a woman, I hope this gives you some insight on how things could go for you.

- Useless HR department who do nothing about managers harassing and threatening you.

- Having to support horribly designed products that constantly break at customer sites.

- The sales team will regularly lie to customers about features that do not exist on a product and you being the only guy on site, will have to put up with the customer eventually figuring this out and taking their anger out on you.

- Having to fight with accounting to get your travel expenses paid on time.

- The IT dept is a mess and really cheap when it comes to providing their employees with the necessary computer equipment to do our jobs efficiently. The IT manager will throw a temper tantrum when you  have to explain why you need a certain piece of equipment. They also don't backup anyone's data.

- 20+ year old multi function printers that constantly break down, requiring you to print your documents off-site.

- Dirty/Messy offices & washrooms that look like they have never been cleaned.

- Really high turnover rate at this company, it's almost like a revolving door.

- Below average salary and benefits compared to competitors.

- Only 10 vacation and 3 sick days.

- OT is not paid and the yearly bonuses are pretty pathetic.

- Tiny lunchrooms that only have a few overpriced vending machines.

- Lack of adequate parking at most buildings.

 
Don't waste your time with this terrible company, there are plenty of better companies out there.

Pros:
-	Some great people that you work with and for 
-	Management used to be a good during most of my time there
-	No micromanagement 
-	Exposed to some interesting technology within the R&D 
        departments

Cons:
I’ll split this into two sections, one about the department I worked in specifically and the other about the company in general.

The department I worked in:
-	Management’s behavior became toxic during the last year that I 
        was there.  Examples of their behavior included; 
        harassing/spying on people, openly insulting them, accusing 
        them of things without evidence, suddenly changing their hours 
        and responsibilities without reason and gloating about all the 
        complaints made about them to the HR department.
-	Management’s attendance was poor, showed up late and left 
        early or didn’t even show up at all and notify anyone. 
-	Management would blame others for their poor decisions and 
        was resistant to suggestions to improve processes within the 
        department due to their outdated IT knowledge.
-	Very high turnover rate. 

        Company in general:
-	Below average salary and benefits. 
-	Rampant nepotism throughout management in the company.
-	Decent turnover rate overall.
-	HR is powerless to address any complaints about certain 
        managers who are friends with the owners of the company.
-	Very cheap when it comes to providing employees the 
        necessary equipment to do their jobs efficiently.

Amazing place for anyone starting right out of college (or Co-ops). The amount of knowledge that is available at your fingertips is tremendous, but you have to take the steps to learn yourself, most people won't teach you if you do not ask.

Most of the people are very helpful, polite, and considerate.

Management is fair and understanding, and helpful when you need them.

Workplace is very culturally diverse, where everyone has a group to fit in, but they are all friendly between each other. Most cultural holidays are celebrated, with lots of food and beverages from different cultures.

The only real issues are the low pay, small room for job growth, and the lack of communication between departments.

Never join this company. Work culture is toxic. Management and company only cares for themselves. No employee well being taken care of. Never care to give any training and employees always gets blamed by everyone when something goes wrong which usually occurs due to the company’s mismanagement. Management is old school , working here for more than 15 years they doesn’t  have exposure to advanced / any new technologies. Management doesn’t  try to even upgrade their own skills and try to give headache to poor employees with there bad management skills. Wipe of the director and vp of service to lower the turnover rate. Management has very unprofessional talking and attitude. 

Poor management, poor pay structure, Design and manage complex engineering systems over their life cycles. Identifying and finding elegant solutions for real world problems and challenges. Specializing in SDVN (Software Defined Video Networking) systems which utilize the latest IP technologies for both end to end solution and base-band integration.
•	Deliver and support for the latest cutting edge technologies and systems in the SDVN, Mobile and traditional broadcast spaces
•	Assist development teams with product integration and system qualification testing
•	Create technical documentation for system deployments
•	Perform control and system level regression testing
•	Support customer systems and delivery resources remotely

A typical day at work would include working with people between 4 companies, engineering departments, ordering parts and delivering to specific departments. 
I learned how to cooperate with other people, how to help the production people get their job done, and how to help the company.
Management rules would need to be followed and would help the place run smoothly. 
My co-workers of all nationalities helped me successfully get the job done, and taught me many things beyond the doors of the Evertz company which can be used in every day life.
The hardest part of the job was soldering parts in the production department. 
The most enjoyable part of the job was working with all different kinds of people.

The typical day of work at Evertz Microsystems Ltd consists of testing products related to the industry dealing with audio, and video. 

You learn a lot of different skills especially patience, attention to detail and team work. 

There is a large number of people that work at Evertz. Most in which have worked there for a number of years and are skilled in there respective field. 

The hardest part of the job is understanding and remembering all of the steps required during more infrequently tested products. 

The most enjoyable part of the job:  once you understand and grasp the processes required to complete the task at hand you feel great and accomplished.

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