Good culture. They treated their students and interns very well. The company flew all the students to Edmonton to the main office to have a summit and discuss what was good and what the company needed to improve on.
No strength or unity in management, some leaders but are minimized by lesser ones dragging them down. The workplace only tolerable due to those few that really want to be better. A strangely toxic environment as well; everyone is I'll several times a year.
ya right (Ancien employé) – Alberta – 3 juillet 2019
local management is terrible.. no procedure.. possible theft professional jealousy leads to back stabbing and dismissal Abusive environment to the educated and experienced
Before Westmoreland the morale between the union workers and management was good. Right now the morale is shot, and it is hard to describe until you are there. You are damned if you do anything right and damned if you do something wrong. Too many chiefs looking over and not really fixing the problems. A lot of decisions add more to the problems and a messed up work load. Like I mentioned before Westmoreland was a very decent place to work. Shift schedule was good every other weekend off (good work and home life balance) just when you are there the moment you get there you want to figure out how to leave. It seems as though they would like to have more down time on equipment than get the parts needed right away (and in most cases parts are located right in town but can't seem to let anyone go to get them on a timely manner, and if you do you can get reprimanded for doing so) The money looks appealing but the headache and stress that you will accumulate on yourself is it worth it.
I left this job it was time to move on. I worked at this mine site for 31 years. The mine went through 9 different company names. I enjoyed being an operator then getting my Heavy Duty ticket and working on equipment. The people were good to work with.
Heavy Equiptment Technician (Ancien employé) – Alberta – 25 avril 2017
Decent wage and Benefits. Management lacks leadership and/ or communication to the workers. Morale went in the toilet once this Company bought out Sheritt .Not a healthy work environment.
long days, lots of equipment to run, benefits are great, pay is great, management not always clear on their decision making (especially on who loses their jobs due to carbon tax ect..).
Co workers are great people made lots of good friends but supervisors and management are horrible all production no safety and if you find a safety issues you are treated like dirt still operate like its the 60s. very dangerous site to work at.
-Great place to learn how to operate. Trainers were very experienced operators who moved into management, informational. -Night Shift and dayshift rotation were much to close apart, sometimes tired was the hardest part. -Got along with all the co workers, knew some of them as well from before, if you ask questions they would tell exactly what to do. -Wondered why we had to move stockpiles a few times (engineer) *I actually started building a dam with 2 engineers, a fellow operator and myself. Used pumps and did compaction tests with him, sprayed water when needed for about a month, and started my operating career on a packer.* A+Experience.
Points positifs
Paid lunches, good people, made lots of friends i still talk to, learned lots
Overall the equipment is maintained and there is opportunity to expand your skills on different machines however there is a significant dead spot in communication between management and workers. The frustration is reflected in the morale.
Points positifs
Overtime, safety training
Points négatifs
Worker input is not valued, short shift turn around
Great place to learn and develop skills. Excellent co workers and staff. Great pay and benefits. Management is open to new ideas and shows lots of appreciation.