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Town of Okotoks

The managers are constantly formulating inefficient and redundant tasks, while preaching the need to be efficient, as if saying the word alone is making the methods and systems they enforce “efficient.” You will often leave questioning the managers after being given instructions. It is trivial to suggest alternatives as they will ignore your recommendations. If you signed up to do landscaping and related tasks, be wary as you will be bestowed infinite weeding jobs, as the managers are too lazy to organize weekly tasks. A manager went as far as to say that “you will have a better idea of what needs to be done this week, than myself,” suggesting that it was my job to organize the weekly duties. A lack of organization, leadership, competent management, training, advancement opportunities, equality, camaraderie, and professionalism is the constant affliction of working with this organization. Be cognizant of numerous double standards and various contradictory statements, as these will transpire over the course of your employment. Good luck if you choose to work here.

There is a lot of effort  put into spreading accountability and work life balance. There is no straight talk managers do as they please and are not held accountable. If you are not part of the friends circle or if you have a opinion this is not the place for you. They will fire anyone for any reason that they please. Very unprofessional and some manager do not have the schooling to be in their roles. HR is a disaster, talking to coworkers or having friends is not in the picture or working as a team. Salary is good, so is work life balance but be careful with your role as everyone walks on egg shells here.  

Big utility with lots to do. Coworkers were great to work with and learned a lot. The utility just transferred from a private operator to the municipality and the department was “re-discovering” itself. This left a lot of workers unsure of the direction management was setting. 

Worked with a lot of really nice people. Management is very poor and/or lacking in many business units. Not a lot of opportunities for training, and room for advancement is close to nil. Some of my immediate co-workers were very rude and unprofessional, to both staff and clients. Be careful which department(s) you apply to

The town of Okotoks has an extensive history of bullying and harassing employees. All they care about is the employee being quiet and keeping opinions to themselves. Don't try to positively change anything and don't make suggestions. Don't complain and don't trust anything they say they will use it against you

all employees and management are respectful and the training is superb. Wages are more than fair and you are well informed. All labour rules are followed well and you are never made to feel uncomfortable or unsafe at work.

I was able to meet lots of people and had lots of fun outside all summer! The kids kept you super busy and the camps were lots of fun, each day we were playing outside and each week we were able to swim and play!

Staffing issues from day one.  All the office staff were going to mediation!  Its been many years since I have left but I hope that some of those women have moved on to somewhere else!

This was not a bad experience although i would have liked something that  was more geared to my personal interests. 
i enjoyed being in the outdoors and enjoyed the friendly people.

Innovation, collaboration and efficient means of accomplishing tasks are not valued at the Town of Okotoks. They have poor OH and S that has put several staff members at risk.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Laborer 7 salaries reported	$22.52 per hour
Program leader 3 salaries reported	$20.01 per hour
Lifeguard 3 salaries reported	$21.11 per hour
Planner 1 salary reported	$101,360 per year
Peace officer 4 salaries reported	$101,360 per year

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