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    Suncor Reviews

    Updated 23 September, 2018
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    Suncor President & CEO Steve Williams
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    Pros

    • "Work life balance/lots of vacations, flexible depending on department policies" (in 37 reviews)

    • "Great pay and benefits, great annual incentive (bonus) awarded to all employees" (in 26 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Caveat: higher paying companies probably will sacrifice the work-life balance" (in 17 reviews)

    • "Location not ideal in Fort McMurray" (in 16 reviews)

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    1. "Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Engineer in Calgary, AB
      Current Employee - Engineer in Calgary, AB
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Suncor full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      The job security is okay

      Cons

      Career development is very slow.

    2. "Procurement Specialist"

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      Former Employee - Procurement Specialist in Calgary, AB
      Former Employee - Procurement Specialist in Calgary, AB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Suncor full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great company and benefits. Excellent company to work for

      Cons

      Career development is some time weak

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    3. "Project Engineer"

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      Former Employee - Project Engineer in Calgary, AB
      Former Employee - Project Engineer in Calgary, AB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Suncor full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Largest oil company in Canada where an employer is able to develop professionally through experience from world class professionals

      Cons

      As may be found in other organizations, your progress and job security depends wholly on your leader and not the HR department irrespective of your yearly performance.

      Advice to Management

      The above cons should be viewed seriously for a remedy, to save so many hardworking employees, who may be victims of unfair treatment by their leaders

    4. "Process Operator"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Edmonton, AB
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Edmonton, AB
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Suncor full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Suncor is an excellent company to work for

      Cons

      Suncor didn't hire me full time from my contract position

    5. "Largest Integrated Oil & Gas in Canada"

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      Former Employee - Senior Cost Analyst in Calgary, AB
      Former Employee - Senior Cost Analyst in Calgary, AB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Suncor full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great benefits, challenging work, good location, really good reputation from work.

      Cons

      Company does not retain its employees

      Advice to Management

      make your jobs more stable!

    6. "Solid company, great outlook, need to provide more opportunities for long time employees."

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Calgary, AB
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Calgary, AB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Suncor full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Total compensation, job security, excellent overall management, challenging work supported by great coworkers.

      Cons

      Limited opportunity for upward mobility, flattening of organization leading to reduced compensation, it's more about how loud you say things rather than what you have to say.

      Advice to Management

      Please consider revoking the excessive control being granted HR as they are reducing the effectiveness of the company.

    7. "Controls System Engineer - Site Based"

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      Former Employee - Controls Systems Engineer - Site Based in Fort McMurray, AB
      Former Employee - Controls Systems Engineer - Site Based in Fort McMurray, AB
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Suncor full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Decent pay and long term incentives.
      Job stabiity

      Cons

      Hotel rooming even though site is your "home" 6 months of the year. Can't even share rooms with your cross-shift
      Too many silos. People are unwilling to do anything outside of their job description.

      Advice to Management

      Managers should be promoted from within based on merit and ability. As a leader, you should not ask a direct report to do something that you wouldn't be willing to do yourself. Lead by example. If there is a problem, be prepared to "pull up a chair" and not cheerlead from the back.

    8. "Great safe work environment with excellent systems"

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      Former Employee - Manager in Fort McMurray, AB
      Former Employee - Manager in Fort McMurray, AB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Suncor full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Professional environment, well paced, good people, good systems and processes, excellent emphasis on safety.

      Cons

      Some Incompetent spineless leaders only focused on blaming others for covering their lack of basic knowledge. Its astonishing how some continue to get away with it again and again. Its sad to see such an organisation go down this path...

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Excellent Place to Work"

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      Current Employee - Maintenance Engineer in Fort McMurray, AB
      Current Employee - Maintenance Engineer in Fort McMurray, AB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Suncor (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      The people are amazing and respectful. The environment is supportive. The values are safety. There are TONS of opportunities at Suncor and they encourage and help you try new roles to round you out and find what you like best. Suncor is really a wonderful place to work.

      Cons

      Some sites are remote and require a fly-in-fly-out shift schedule. It can be a lot of traveling and working away from home can be tough. Fly-in-fly-out employees receive an additional bonus

    10. "Team Leader"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Calgary, AB
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Calgary, AB
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Suncor full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good pay and benefits and decent amount of PTO’s even though you work an extra 1/2 hour per day for them!

      Cons

      Terrible culture. Mid Level Managers are treated with no respect. Employees are treated literally as numbers and not recognized for experience or efforts!

      Advice to Management

      Look at streamlining of a lot of the managers and directors as they are basically doing the same role! Consolidate this to one role!

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