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Twenty-Five

And here it is… December! Twenty-Five days left until Christmas dinner! I can finally crack open the new Advent calendar and guiltlessly blast Christmas Carols in my immediate vicinity (as opposed to feeling a teensy bit of guilt for having done this since the middle of November).

Also, according to this month’s issue of BC Business Magazine, I work for one of the 25 best companies to work for in BC. Neat.

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5 Responses to “Twenty-Five”

  1. NetChick Says:
    December 1st, 2004 at 10:33 am

    Hey, I read that yesterday, too! Do you believe it to be true, though?

    I actually laughed out loud at a few of the “BC’s Best Companies” listed… Knowing the inside scoop, and knowing they couldn’t have possibly and still put a few of the names there.

  2. Donna Says:
    December 1st, 2004 at 10:38 am

    huh. I was actually really surprised by that list the first time I read it, because I know for a fact that at least three of those companies are ass. (Remember Sue’s fun time with GOT-JUNK? And they’re rated #1…)

    On the other hand, Telus was rated as one of the top ten companies in the country to work for when I was working there — this was announced a month before they slashed our health benefits, and 8 months before laying off 6500 people. I now take those lists with a grain of salt.

  3. Jen Says:
    December 1st, 2004 at 10:50 am

    Looking at their criteria (the employees know the job, know how to do the job, and actually do it), I’m not surprised at the companies on the list. Wal-Mart has some very stringent training guidelines, and an established reward system in place - so of course they’d make the list. Also, it was a survey of managers, not frontline employees.

    Not to say I’m unhappy with the company I work for - onsidering the state of the market these days, I think it’s doing a bangup job right now.

  4. jenny Says:
    December 1st, 2004 at 12:14 pm

    Now that I’ve read the list of the 25 I realize you must work for someone entirely different than what I thought. This whole time I thought you worked for Telus.

  5. Donna Says:
    December 1st, 2004 at 12:32 pm

    Jen: True, although by that criteria, I’m surprised McDonalds isn’t on the list, since Walmart is. Maybe McDonalds training is slipping. :)

    Or maybe their benefits suck. heh.