Chosen as one of Waterloo Area's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
the head offices features a variety of onsite amenities including an employee lounge with board games and table hockey, quiet room for meditation and religious observance, shower facilities for employees who bike to work and a nap room for employees who need a quick rest during the busy day
supports employees who are new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments (to 70% of salary for 15 weeks) and extended health benefits coverage during their leave
encourages ongoing skills development with subsidies for tuition and professional accreditation, in-house and online training programs, apprenticeship opportunities and a formal mentoring program
also manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education (to $2,000 per child)
helps employees prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance, phased-in retirement work options and contributions to a matching RSP plan (to 5% of salary)
Background Information
Industry:Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing.
:Publicly traded.
Stock symbol:CDV.
Established:1974.
Full-time employees in Canada:1,074.
Full-time at this location:1,007.
Full-time worldwide:1,282.
Longest serving employee:39 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:7,000.
Average age of all employees:44.
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