Benefits
Our dental plan is designed with a special emphasis on preventative care. It also covers major dental work such as fillings, extractions, crowns, bridges, oral surgery, orthodontia and dentures.
CGC's Employee Assistance Program helps you balance your life with health and wellness information. Through this confidential service, CGC employees have access to a vast library of resources and several different modes of counseling and support. For everyday life challenges or serious issues that can impact work, health and life, CGC's Employee Assistance Program covers it all.
CGC offers competitive base salaries and cash incentive awards, comprehensive benefits, and financial protection for employees and their families.
Basic Life InsuranceBasic life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance is provided at no cost to the employee.Supplemental Life InsuranceSupplemental life insurance offers additional life and accidental & dismemberment insurance protection.
Employees can elect this coverage to provide income protection in the event of extended illness or disability that lasts beyond six months.
Extended Health CareOur extended health plan is designed to provide coverage for most health care expenses not covered by provincial health care plans such as prescription drugs, eye exams, prescription eyewear, and paramedical professional services.
The CGC Retirement Plan is designed to provide a monthly income benefit for life based on your pay, age and years of benefit service with the Company. The plan is a contributory defined benefit plan with full vesting after two years participation.
The company runs a number of training and development programs designed to help employees reach their full potential, realize individual aspirations, and meet organization and business needs: CGC Foundations, CGC Directions, CGC Connections, USG Visions and Values, USG Leadership Development Program, and USG Emerging Leaders Program, to name a few.
Educational AssistanceThe CGC Educational Assistance Program encourages self-development to enhance current performance and to prepare for future opportunities. The Company provides up to 90% reimbursement for approved graduate and undergraduate tuition, books and registration fees.Short Term EducationAt the Company's request, selected management and professional employees may enroll in designated education courses, generally of two weeks or less duration, offered by colleges, universities, and technical or professional associations under the Short Term Education Program.
Short term disability coverage is provided at no cost to the employee. These plans provide income protection for up to six months during periods of illness and disability.
Employees enjoy from three weeks to six weeks paid vacation based on their length of continuous service. CGC observes eleven paid holidays annually.
Extended Health CareOur extended health plan is designed to provide coverage for most health care expenses not covered by provincial health care plans such as prescription drugs, eye exams, prescription eyewear, and paramedical professional services.
CGC encourages employees to live well, through preventive health care, nutrition and exercise. CGC's Wellness Program offers fitness club memberships at a special reduced rate, health coaching, nutrition support, smoking cessation services, and much more.
Learn more about CGC inc.
CGC Inc. is a leading marketer, manufacturer and distributor of gypsum wallboard products, interior finishing materials and suspended acoustical ceilings in Canada. CGC began in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1907. It was first known as Canadian Gypsum Company and concerned itself primarily with the quarrying and exportation of gypsum rock to the United States.
Today, after decades of product development and market expansion, CGC is recognized as a key player in Canada's dynamic building materials industry, supplying innovative wall and ceiling products to the new construction and repair and remodel markets of the residential, commercial and institutional sectors.
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Work environment
Our seven core values are: safety, integrity, service, quality, innovation, diversity, and efficiency. They are the solid foundation on which we have built CGC into the leading building materials manufacturer in Canada.
- Safety
Safety is the first priority in everything we do. We adhere to the highest standards for effective accident prevention and safe operating practices to prevent injuries to employees and all with whom we do business. - Integrity
We maintain the highest standards of behavior by being honest and ethical in our conduct. We consistently strive to do the right thing. - Service
We anticipate customer needs and are the most responsive, dependable and easiest company to do business with on a daily basis. - Quality
We maintain the highest operational standards in the industry and only manufacture products that consistently exceed our customers' expectations. - Innovation
We strive to develop creative customer-desired products and services that will set new industry standards - from concept to customer. We create and capture value in both the technology and product development pipelines as well as foster continuous improvement in our operations and service. We take initiative quickly and manage risks prudently. - Diversity
We are committed to promoting diversity of thought, ideas, perspective and people. We create an inclusive environment that attracts, retains and values people of all backgrounds. - Efficiency
We streamline end-to-end processes across business lines, customers and suppliers to achieve the lowest delivered costs and most efficient capital base, while exceeding customer needs.
Career management
We build careers
We hire people for careers, not jobs. We promote from within whenever possible and we trust our employees with significant responsibility early in their careers. We invest in our employees through classroom and on-the-job training. We move people across businesses, functions, and across the country to make the best use of their talents.
CGC is a company in which everyone can reach their full potential, which is why many of our leaders came up through the ranks. Our employees are the best at what they do, which is why CGC is the industry leader year after year!
