Bell Mobility Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Bell Mobility

Pros – I didn't do a really good job as an undergraduate student and couldn't find anything else but this unpaid internship...although it didn't feel great at the start, Bell gave me the chance to put my head down, work hard and get recognition on the way to further education. I am now on the verge of graduate level certification and have multiple offers over which to mull, due in no small part to my time there.

Cons – Obviously the unpaid aspect of the internship was not great and the fact that they have a 70/30 work split with 30% of my work outside of my area is arguably bad (although has benefits vis-a-vis creating transferable skills).

Advice to Senior Management – If you could find a way to pay the interns, even a little bit, that would be great. Other than that, keep on providing great developmental opportunities as that is one of the main strengths of the program.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Bell Mobility

Pros – - Low intern per team/department ratio
- Lots of exposure to modern networks and their implementation
- Friendly environment

Cons – - Unless a request is made, intern workload is very light
- Facilities aviailable could use an upgrade

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Bell Mobility

Pros – Prestige. Bell being one of the biggest telecom companies made you feel proud to work there. The people (co-workers) also made the time there enjoyable. Benefits were good. The free cell phone service some what made up for the not so great pay.

Cons – Transparency. Transparency was terrible when it came to what the company had in mind for staff. They made every effort to educate on new products and services but nothing in the way of where we all fit in the overall direction the company was heading. Big disconnect between senior management and front line staff. Middle management didn't have the courage to push back when a new policy, idea, stat, product or service would not be supported well on the floor. Many, many more cons to much to state.

Advice to Senior Management – My advice to senior leadership would be to know the business from a front line perspective. Close the gap between yourselves and the rest of the organization. Maybe then you would see that more creative ways are needed to meet the shareholders needs & keep your operations staff happy. Without them, the company wouldn't turn a buck.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bell Mobility

Pros – Internship is a valuable learning tool with real world experience in a corporate environment. There is access to top of the line materials and equipment. There are excellent workshops related to technology, branding, software, and anything that you would experience in an office environment.

Cons – Limited compensation with no regard for personal expenses. Falling under federal law they are not required to pay interns.

Advice to Senior Management – Find a way to partially compensate interns.

Current Employee – been working at Bell Mobility

Pros – Money is not bad for this kind of work

Cons – I must work the weekends

Current Employee – been working at Bell Mobility

Pros – The company is aggressively looking to regain lost market space and competing with the new players. So you'd be in the middle of a very fast paced, high stress environment. In the trenches. Positive for somebody looking to learn the business.

Cons – It's all about meeting targets. Employees are just pawns. No respect or care for the individuals. Internal politics and back-stabbing is the norm. Executives are more concerned with their fat bonuses than anything else. Don't expect to find a positive working environment.

Advice to Senior Management – Take some people management courses.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bell Mobility

Pros – The company will provide opportunities for vertical and horizontal movement whenever an employee has successfully demonstrated his or her capabilities in relation to career objectives.

Cons – Cross departmental communication and collaboration is poor leading to many mismanaged projects, the inability to meet critical timelines and constant re-work.

Advice to Senior Management – Management needs to be made aware of the fact that the company has too many departments within the business unit and should streamline operations by identifying areas of redundancy, which are present.

Former Employee – worked at Bell Mobility

Pros – Fast paced, diverse, reasonably good products and services.

Cons – No work/life balance, no loyalty to their people, employees are treated like disposable resources.

Advice to Senior Management – Return to honouring individual performance not just share price and promoting leadership attributes over nepotism.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bell Mobility

Pros – friendly atmoshphere within peer groups

Cons – almost impossible to advance to higher levels, no HR support for staff ( non union) no training

Advice to Senior Management – listen to the employees

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bell Mobility

Pros – Good, working environment with support from senior management and consistent feedback.
Flexible environment that highly supports work-life balance.

Cons – Things take a while to get done, especially when a project or task requires multiple business groups.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue efforts to align all of the different business groups.