Teekay Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Teekay as a contractor for more than 10 years

Pros – security, good salary, promotion potential, safety awareness, scopeat

Cons – no comment at this time

Advice to Senior Management – no comment

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Teekay full-time

Pros – opportunities to develop and stretch yourself

Cons – sometimes too many cooks in kitchen and getting things approved takes too many people

Advice to Senior Management – continue to listen to and empower employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Teekay full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – One of the most international companies based in Vancouver, BC, with a truly global presence. Smart and driven management, who also seem to care about the well-being of staff. Interesting industry and market leader position within that industry. Great reputation within the industry.

Cons – Investor-driven rather than customer driven. Investors are the target customers, and the company is increasingly run like an investment fund rather than an operating company. Very much a banking perspective on business - which makes sense since the company is run by a banker. This is negative, but only really if you would rather be in a strong customer-focused operating environment.

At / below market pay for Vancouver, but horribly under-paid on an international basis, which is where most of their competition is from. Limited upside for career progression - most younger employees have to leave for advancement, which is too bad since the rest of the company is solid.

Advice to Senior Management – Consider how financially-driven you are. It may make sense from an investor standpoint, but is it the right way to run what is still, in essence, an operating company with customers? Look at how you move younger employees through the organization, and how many you've lost along the way to international firms that actually provide competitive pay. Aside from that, keep it up.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Teekay as a contractor for more than 10 years

Pros – The company management is trying its best to give due compensation and recognition to everyone who has done so much to the success and betterment of the company as a whole.

Cons – Cul5tural differences among sea staffs is giving the on board ship living a not so nice atmosphere.Senior officers are sometimes discriminatory to subordinates.

Advice to Senior Management – constant consultation must be frequent to monitor such abuses.

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Teekay full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Excellent employee benefits, good bonus and company pension plan. Fresh fruit weekly and office support staff are very helpful.

Cons – Internal employees are not valued as much as externally recruited employees. No commitment to promotion from within. Lacking feedback and progression planning.

A lot of overtime is expected. Not much work/life balance.

Advice to Senior Management – Departmental heads to review internal employees' potential for growth and promotion within the company.

Current Employee – been working at Teekay as a contractor for more than 10 years

Pros – good salary and have health card benefits

Cons – im happy to work at all teekay ships

Advice to Senior Management – no comment.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Teekay full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Teekays work environment is too good.. you will get a best experience.

Cons – You may get salary 1 week late thats a issue

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Teekay full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great benefits, nice sincere people to work with

Cons – Terrible communication within the company, the CEO does not know how to interact with his employees. Unfortunately CEO and management does not execute communication properly within the company. CEO does not have people skills and comes off as untrustworthy. Just check the employee surveys to confirm this.

Advice to Senior Management – Losing great talent to the competition should be something to think about. What was once a world class company is now an average run of the mill organization.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Teekay as a contractor for more than 3 years

Pros – Professionalism and human resource management.

Cons – promotion and management of such a diverse workforce need to handled with more sensitivity so as to keep the best available employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Teekay full-time for more than a year

Pros – Alot of learning opportunities here.

Cons – First year is a big learning curve.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company