Job Title: Office Manager
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Submitted on: 06-Jun-03
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This position was a result of a merger of two companies. Bentall had
grown so large (from 11 employees to 155 within less than one year at
the Toronto location), without any sort of policies and or procedures
put in place. They had merged together or taken over approximately
four companies, thus four totally different corporate cultures. There
was an extreme amount of backstabbing amongst senior management, which
effects all staff, and makes it next to impossible to accomplish any
good. There was no communication amongst departments, let alone senior
staff, and the company had not laid out a mandate or mission statement
for which employees could take some direction.
Not at all a Corporate environment, with beer being consumed during
office hours quite openly, Can-can/strippers at the staff christmas
party, etc. as being quite acceptable norms. Often times certain
departments (on a regular basis of at least two weeks out of every
month, and at least two weekends of every month) many departments were
found to be working well into the wee hours of the morning. Staff were
not informed that there was suitable safe transportation (ie cabs)
available to them, and they were expected to be back at their desks by
regular working hours the next morning. No regard was given to family
time, although they do pride their company on being family oriented.
Should you be required to take time for family obligations, there were
repremands.
Opportunities for advancement were none existent within the company -
they always hired from outside of the company. Raises were a set
percentage across the board - no matter if you had excelled in your
area or not. There was absolutely no reason to assert yourself as
there was no individual recognition.
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