Poor Culture. Poor work-life balance. Political. - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij CPKC

2,0
26 sep 2023
Anonieme werknemer
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Pluspunten

If you are single, have no kids and work is your life; CPKC is for you.

Minpunten

Culture is very political. Your performance is secondary to how well you "manage upwards." Directors and Managing Directors are extremely Micro Managing. No autonomy or flexibility in work schedule. 8am-5pm is mandatory and you will require a Dr's note for sick leave or to work from home. Managing Directors and Directors have no boundaries. They will call you at 6am, 10pm and expect you to be available for their call. No time to actually do your job, constantly having to manage fire drills and internal requests from higher ups. When people resign the roles are never backfilled. They simply displace the vacant job responsibilities onto the remaining team members. Since the merger of CPKC work load has tripled and no increase in compensation. We increased all our rates 10%-20% from 2020 to 2022 to cover inflationary costs. Staff were rewarded with a 3% pay increase in 2022 for inflation. Removed hybrid work from home.

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5,0
21 apr 2026
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Pluspunten

Compensation, Opportunities for Growth, interesting projects

Minpunten

Depending on role, relocation may occur frequently but that goes with the type of business and business needs.

2,0
29 mei 2026
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Pluspunten

Lots of opportunities to provide value

Minpunten

Poor leadership at the C-level. CIO has no control over the direction of the IT landscape beyond what is dictated to her by the CEO and other business owners. The IT environment is almost solely controlled by the demands of the business at the cost of being able to manage and adapt to needs. 20 years behind the market in the adoption of cloud technology. Existing cloud strategy was built by engineers pressed into the role of architects and learning as they progressed along. No automation or DevOps presence whatsoever outside what the platform teams use to simplify their own workloads. Remote work is considered a 4-letter word and is extremely frowned upon as anything other than an as-needed and pre-approved option. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery are still done using backups and shadow copies of key infrastructure, and those key systems are decided upon at the time the tests are planned instead of testing the company's infrastructure in its entirety. Data centers are geographically separated, but are significantly disparate in what is physically hosted and accessible. Recognition and rewards are overtly encouraged, but are covertly handed out based on the level of visibility and impact to the business and stakeholders. Senior leadership constantly touts open-door policy and approachability, but give off vibes and impressions opposite of the overt policy. The company puts on a show of being diverse and inclusive. Case in point, the hiring of a female CIO. The problem is that working within an 'old boys network' leadership, it doesn't matter how inclusive and diverse the company appears because those elements are never given the opportunity to show their value.

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