Employees of the City of Surrey
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, cafeteria (with healthy menus) and subsidized membership to a state-of-the-art fitness facility
- encourages employees to save for life after work with generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan and helps older workers prepare for retirement with retirement planning assistance
- manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education (to $1,000 per child)
- depending on employee group, some employees receive maternity leave top-up payments (to
- new employees start at three weeks of paid vacation allowance, moving to seven weeks for long serving employees
- maintains an in-house "Sustainability Team", which is an employee-led green team that is responsible for implementing the City's many environmental initiatives
Background Information
Industry:
Legislative Bodies.
Major Canadian hiring locations:
Surrey BC.
Established:
1879.
Full-time employees in Canada:
1,782.
Part-time employees in Canada:
2,068.
Longest serving employee:
44 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:
40,050.
Average age of all employees:
39.02.
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