It's easier to lay off an employee even with 250+ hiring posts on telus.com - Anonymous employee TELUS Employee Review

1.0
19 Feb 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-You'll develop a refined taste for coffee based on how much you'll be drinking to keep yourself sane -Some people are decent (Frontline teams are cool, frontline managers are okay, most developers are decent, middle-management and above is a bit of a gongshow) -Benefits are decent though expensive for what they are

Cons

-HIGHLY underpaid -You will get laid off the moment you are perceived as a threat -You will get laid off if you aren't licking your manager's boot -Don't have more than one emergency per year otherwise you'll have your employment passive aggressively threatened -Shady practices like management pawning every single piece of work they have onto their teams while taking credit for it at the director level and above; it makes you wonder what they actually do

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5.0
25 May 2026
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Pros

Flexibility of hours and freedom of location.

Cons

Pay is not high, and not enough tasks available at times.

2.0
18 May 2026
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Pros

Work from home and create your own schedule. Paid training. There is an option for therapy through the company.

Cons

They are hiring, but there aren't enough tasks to make the minimum of 10 hours a week. There are no raises and no promotions. They take a long time to respond to emails, if they respond at all. The only benefit is a 401 (k). $14 is the pay rate, and one can only work 20 hours a week, if there are enough tasks. The past couple of exams for training set one up to fail them. I have been doing this job long enough to know this. They constantly threaten your job, which really affects morale and confidence. There used to be bonuses, but they haven't done them in a long time. There were times we were given permission to work up to 35 hours for the week, but again, it has been a long time. Last one, they didn't have enough tasks to allow for workers to get to 25+. They also offered stock options, but they ended that as well. They made a major mistake on my end and threatened me unless I complied. Eventually got an email that they were wrong, but they didn't apologize. I saw they were hiring freelancers with a maximum of 25 hours a week. I wrote to management and was told the rest of us were only staying at 20. I am currently seeking other employment. There are other companies that do the same work with higher pay and actual benefits. This was once a good job, but once Telus took over, it has been downhill. I would not recommend this company anymore. I'm starting to wonder if this isn't a sinking ship.

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