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City of New Westminster

My favorite jobs have been in the public sector wherein I view the public as my client.  This was in Canada, and I learned much about urban issues in this Canadian city, and made an impact on how people use the waterfront there.

I was respected and held accountable for my work.  I put on presentations for crime prevention planning for community planners and police officers, to show relationships between urban form and crime patterns.  

I conducted crime risk analyses on selected New Westminster neighborhoods for urban safety, and worked with regional planners for recreation trail connections through the City.

I have worked here for just under a year, I am very happy that I made the switch here as I am learning and growing a lot. 

There is a lot of work and high expectations from residents, council and senior management. New Westminster has a lot of history and an eclectic community making the work variable and interesting.

Support from senior management, IT, finance, admin, legal and HR (especially HR) has been excellent.

Overall I enjoyed my time at the city, unfortunately permanent positions are hard to come by.  Engineering department is relaxed, friendly people and lots of comradery amongst co-workers - welcoming new people easily.  
Unfortunately the union contract has long since expired and communication around negotiations is extremely poor.  The wage is quite low compared to other municipalities.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working outside with a close team that are like family. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working with some of the middle managers. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Like a big family always willing to help.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Every day brings a new challenge.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Not doing anything because the managers don’t know anything about anything 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Dealing with all the cities issues because the management can’t do their jobs properly 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic work environment, the most toxic place I have ever worked

I teach once a week. I learnt to communicate with other instructors and give feedback to each other. It is a multi culture workplace. The only hard part in my case is not many Aqua Zumba instructors and it's hard to find a sub. It is a good place to work. I enjoyed every minutes of my class. It's always a pleasure to serve and see people having fun.

The Engineering Department is busy from opening to closing. There is a variety of work to do and people to deal with, both internally and externally. The other staff members are great to work with and CNW is great with it's employees with lots of activities that staff can get involved in.

The utility department does provide good work in the community, however, the organization comes with typical turnover and some core dedicated staff who need leadership training. The growth rate has pushed some inexperienced employees beyond their capacity and managerial skill set.

Current manager of engineering department has horrible attitude and favouritism. Feeds on drama from other staff and makes up lies. Very stressful working environment. Unfortunately, very specific for this department cannot  speak for other departments and staff are generally nice.

If you like your supervisor watching you and your work every single minute, enforcing rules they do not follow or dividing the team to conquer it, then you will be happy in this position. If you have a flexible workplace ,a true lider who cares about team and the team well being, stay where you are. You will not be happy here.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Planner 5 salaries reported	$50.68 per hour
Program coordinator 4 salaries reported	$39.36 per hour
Clerk 4 salaries reported	$35.32 per hour
Laborer 4 salaries reported	$34.64 per hour
Typist 5 salaries reported	$30.96 per hour

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