Pros
Don't get fool by the other fake reviews
Cons
The number one problem with Intek is its lies. Constant lies. It has been talking about pay increase for over two years, but nothing is happening. Management is waiting to get rid of all the seniors, and continuing abusing the new hires. The turn over of the new hires is at almost 100%. You will find most of the seniors stay because they have nowhere to go, and most new hires quit within the year. Of course, with lies come with the cheating of employee's pay. With a broken piece work system. The seniors have some sense of how the coding work, and make money that way. But Intek will constantly removed employee's code and to deduct pay. Unlike the previous review (possibly an Intek staff) stated, Rogers is NOT the problem. Rogers paid both in-house and contractors tech generously, but Intek being the middleman took a big chunk out of the hard workers that earn its bread and butter. Rogers has some issue with its network and products, but never cheat employee with pay, but Intek DOES! Very unsafe working environment. This is generally not a Intek's fault, but it's management direction compounded the problem. When you are working in areas dealing with pole and overhead wiring, electrocution and falling are great dangers. Since you are paid by the work, no work no pay, certain employees are taking risks. Intek management is making things worse as the supervisors are silently forcing tech to perform dangerous work. Accidents are rampant. When you are hurt, the management doesn't care. There were incidents that your manager worried more about your blood staining customer's carpets when you got bitten by cusotmer's dog , or when you fell, they concerned that if you finished the work. It is a cold-hearted working place. You got relocated almost every day with no compensation. This one is also NOT entirely Intek's fault, but Intek made it worse. Rogers relocates its techs base on work load, so it is normal to get relocated. Rogers actually paid Intek for relocation, but Intek took all the money from techs, and started to dispatch them all over the place. Consider that you could be hired for one designated working area, but have to drive over 100KM every day to work. For most senior tech, works are constant and regular, you make about 130-150 for 10 hours, minimum wage. Good days, over 200. Then there are the bad days, you got 4 calls, and make less than 50. Your supervisors will tell you to stay at a Tim Hortons to wait for the whole day for nothing. The most important question, why am I still here. I am on vacation, and not going back after. All the techs working at Intek right now know I am telling the story like it is. Stay FAR FAR AWAY!
