Pros
Working for TELUS was awesome. It's great to see the resources of a large company. Working remotely was what we really drew me into working for TELUS.
Cons
I was promised that there was flexibility and that there would be work-life balance. During my interview process, I emphasized I wanted work-life balance as I was working at a Big 4 firm prior to landing the job. I was told that we would have to rarely work overtime. However, the team I was in (corporate finance) had some overachievers - specifically my manager worked from 5am PST and would stay online until 5pm PST. Just because they wanted to work 12 hour days, doesn't mean everyone else does. I always felt I was being pushed to do more than what was outlined in the job posting. Coming from a Big Four, they expected to wring me out like a wet towel and get as much out of me as they could (literally what my manager said one day). They kept pushing me to work to the max and at a point, it was just draining. I ended up hating the job and started to look at new jobs immediately. I would say although I had a negative experience, it just depends on which team you work with. A lot of the people I met were super helpful and very nice. I just had a manager who wanted me to work above and beyond the job description and wanted to micro-manage me. There was a lot of formality involved with the job. Very hierarchy focused and driven. At times, there were certain things you couldn't say to an SVP, but could discuss with a VP? At a point it is just childish. The game of politics doesn't really better an organization. At a point, most organizations need to understand that we are all human at the end of the day. People were getting flustered talking to higher level people in the organization all due to intimidation of their role? It's just sad. Also if a new position opened up at the company, you were discouraged to apply if you'd only been working there for a couple of months. You actually WERE NOT ALLOWED to APPLY. There was some 2 year rule. Isn't that crazy? If someone wants to move laterally within the organization, you should let them.