I enjoyed my time working at Suncor, I had been there many years following the merger of Petro-Canada and Suncor. It can be difficult to move upward in your career, but you will be exposed to a lot of interest pieces of work if you are hardworking.
Regardless of how much great work you do, how much POEA nominations you've contributed, at the end of the day you are just a number of the 15000 staff in the company. They need to look at the bottom line to protect investor interests.
Depends on your relationship with your manager and director, you may be the name they will submit to meet the layoff quota to 'reduce cost'...essentially to protect themselves. Over time, the organization became very top heavy. A team of 40 has 2 Directors, 11 managers, and 37 staff. Another team of 20 has 1 director, 7 managers, and 12 staff. With one manager only having 1 direct report.
Many leaders in the company are incompetent - many times you wonder how they got there; its really not what you know, but 'who' you know. This is very true at Suncor.
Points positifs
Salary, Vacations, Benefits
Points négatifs
Incompetent leaders, annual layoffs or 're-orgs', no stability, which leads to poor morale
I think that Suncor is an excellent company, and I was very excited to work for them. However, the role I was in was not challenging enough. There was not enough work and I was twiddling my thumbs most of the time. There did not seem to be room for advancement in my department. For me, the challenge wasn't there at the time, but I would consider returning to the company if there was a more progressive position available.