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Distress Centre Calgary Reviews

3.7

62% would recommend to a friend

(34 total reviews)

63% positive business outlook

Distress Centre Calgary has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 34 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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34 reviews
3.0
3 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The work used to be amazing, but they really lost their way.

Cons

They took on way too many projects, shunting that onto the workers without any thought or consideration as to how the extra workload impacted anyone. And did anyone see a raise in pay corresponding with the extra work? I'm sure you can infer.

3.0
6 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you are Canadian born or fit the organization’s visible minority DEI categories, this can be an excellent place to start your career. There is initial training, and the real learning comes from speaking with service users. The moments when you can genuinely support someone in crisis are deeply meaningful and rewarding. From the outside, this environment has the potential to be exceptional.

Cons

My experience as a white immigrant with an accent was markedly different. I consistently felt like an outsider who did not fit any of the organization’s DEI boxes, and this shaped how I was perceived and treated. Feedback was often belittling, inconsistent, or delivered without clear documentation. Expectations shifted without warning. Concerns were reframed rather than addressed. The contrast between how included some staff felt and how excluded others were was stark. This created a two tier experience: those who fit the preferred categories often thrived, while those in the “middle space” — not Canadian born, not visibly diverse, and not protected by any category — faced disproportionate scrutiny and marginalization.

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