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BC Hydro

 
BC Hydro
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Chosen as one of British Columbia's Top Employers for 2013:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors

Highlights.  Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
  • head office employees may take advantage of a variety of onsite amenities including an employee lounge, quiet room for meditation or religious observance and cafeteria with healthy and special diet menus
  • helps employees balance work and their personal life through a variety of alternative work arrangements including flexible hours, telecommuting, shortened work week option and a formal earned days-off program
  • encourages older employees to prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance and phased-in work options -- and helps them save for the future with generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan
  • invests in continued skills development with a range of in-house and online training programs, career planning services, in-house apprenticeship opportunities, leadership training and tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside institutions
  • also manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education (to $1,500 per child)
  • supports employees who are new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments (to 85% of salary for 17 weeks) and even provides a generous subsidy for in vitro fertilization (IVF) when needed (to $15,000)

Background Information

Industry: Hydroelectric Power Generation Major Canadian hiring locations: Burnaby BC, Surrey BC Established: 1860 Parent company: Victoria Gas Company Full-time employees in Canada: 5,735 Part-time employees in Canada: 108 Longest serving employee: 51 years Number of applications received at this location last year: 16,458 Average age of all employees: 44
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©2013 Mediacorp Canada Inc. All rights reserved. Used by Eluta with permission. For comments or questions on this employer review, please contact Mediacorp's editorial team.



   

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