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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
If the goal of an anglophone is rise to management, there is a barrier. As I pointed out in the previous post, this applies to professional and technical jobs as well.
There is a perception (rightly or wrongly) amongst the Anglophone Ottawa community that the public service is full of barriers. I have also observed that the culture is totally different than the private sector. Then add the recent Phoenix fiasco.
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That is true about management positions, although you can go quite high in the professional and technical fields without ever hitting that issue, given the preponderance of specialist positions.
At least in my experience, there are lots of second-language learning opportunities for those who want to progress to management, managers can access additional intensive training. Some groups may be different, but in the two professional groups I've been a part of, the top-level managers began as unilingual anglophones and have progressed without issue.
Culture depends on the organization. I think you would find that many of the Crowns and agencies have cultures that are more like the private sector than they are like the core public service.
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