Imperial Oil Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Imperial Oil full-time for less than a year

Pros – Excellent new grad program allows for exposure in multiple rotations

Cons – Sometimes too bureaucratic with policies

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Imperial Oil full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good money, good benefits. Lots of available overtime.

Cons – Over worked. Management have no idea what they are up to.

Advice to Senior Management – Work loads are way too heavy. need to hire more to spread out the work.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Imperial Oil

Pros – Well compensated. Well structured company

Cons – Too much dead weight in the company

Advice to Senior Management – Hire real managers instead of promoting those that didn't get fired in the 80's

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Imperial Oil as an intern

Pros – - Great training program
- Co-workers were extremely helpful

Cons – - Living in small town
- Slow progression
- Noticeable gap between management team and employees

Advice to Senior Management – Talk to your employees on a more regular basis

Current Employee – been working at Imperial Oil full-time for more than a year

Pros – -LOts of potential career Growth
Training Opportunities
Secure employment
world wide opportunities

Cons – -Red tape, limited opportunity compared to Exxon expats
-Ranking system
-work life balance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Imperial Oil full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – - Salary , health and dental benefits are the only good things about this company

Cons – - Poor and controlling management ( you will never work on a projet from start to finish, because as soon as managers realize that you are doing a good job, they take over your project and pretend is theirs)
-Too many processes , people are never able to create or use their knowledge and education to improve this process oriented factory.
- Managers don't care about employees, there are no bonuses, if they don't over a good start salary your reviews will always be to a maximun of 5% per year, nobody gets more other than senior managers
-Poisoneous environment to work, people don't smile, you are asked to work overtime without pay, and everyone complains about everyone

Advice to Senior Management – Make sure that you know what is going on inside of your own company
Treat employees fairly
Listen to employees before making judgement based only on supervisors views
Give your HR department a bit more conrol, as they are unable to do nothing for employees

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Imperial Oil as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Working with some of the best and brightest engineers in the oil and gas industry.

Cons – Work life balance is challenged in the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Human resources skills need improvement in regard to career development.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Imperial Oil full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good cafeteria serves descent lightly subsidized meals
On site gym (not free)
Credit Union
Pension plan
Involved with the Calgary Corporate Challenge and United Way Campaigns
Some of the long time employees and managers are amazing
Almost impossible to get fired
Good career change potential
Training (Not all departments)
Work life balance (only select departments)

Cons – Low coverage rates for benefits in comparison to other O&G companies
Benefits are hard to claim
HR is nearly useless under all circumstances
Have some extremely under qualified managers
Extremely complex and rigid policies
Compensation is below average (O&G) for many positions
High turnover in many departments
Forced rankings
Corporate infighting
Bad moral
Future office location in the suburbs
Work life balance (Most other departments)
Your job will probably be outsourced in the near future

Advice to Senior Management – A company with some amazing potential, however lacking the personnel with knowledge, experience, and motivation to make it great.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Imperial Oil full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great opportunities to expand knowledge and to be involved in one of the biggest companies in the world

Cons – Remote locations and pull a lot of hours

Advice to Senior Management – More facilities should be provided such as flexibility in transportation.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Imperial Oil as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Good pay, many benefits such as travel, training, etc. Good safety culture (can be annoying but stil good)

Cons – Very rigid organizational structure. Conservative, obsessed with "company assets" e.g. don't use a company desk to do your own stuff during lunch time.
And, they are one of the worst in the world environmentally, not just by the nature of their industry but they go for compliance and not beyond.

Advice to Senior Management – This is the 21st Century:
-Rethink how rigid everything is for employees
-Change name to Imperial Renewables and get going with some alternative energy (natural gas doesn't count)

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company