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386
jobs available last year
$
1,500
mental health
practitioner benefit
130
days (max), short-term
disability leave
$
1,000
minimum referral bonuses
Ottawa offices.
“It’s never a struggle to bring
people together,” says Kerckhoff.
“People here are curious to learn.”
The open-concept work environment is organized into different
“neighborhoods” by projects or
Employees at Thales Canada participate in mental health walks across the National Capital Region in honour
of Mental Health Awareness month.
expertise. And Thales has been
building a new office to bring
all local workers together in one
location in the National Capital
Region.
Kerckhoff feels one of the
best parts of his new career has
been the opportunity to stay on
a project to see it through. “I am
committed to getting soldiers what
they need,” he says. “Our project
made a major delivery last year
to Canadian soldiers in Latvia,
so they have better tools in use
right now.”
“Thales is a big company that
offers internal mobility and work
on important projects,” says
Clarkson. “We continue to listen to
our employees and adapt to what
we hear.”
