Wood Reviews

Pros

People are friendly, me too.

Cons

The working rhythm sometimes is not consistent/balanced - by that I mean when busy it could get really really busy; when not, quite idle, junior employees like me would worry about being laid off.

Pros

The local team has a broad pool of talent and very senior engineers with excellent mentorship and opportunities for advancement and who really care about your career development. Loyal clients and long-term projects provide stability and high utilization even during slower economic times (E&I group) High level ot autonomy and indepdence given to all staff with easy access to seniors for guidance. RRSP matching up to 7% available. "Core" extended health benefits are free. Strong dedication to safety of employees.

Cons

Constant corporate re-orgs (although limited effect on day-to-day operations) since Wood acquisition of AMEC. Too much middle management - local management has essentially no power to do anything. Some folks are overworked and high utlization is a problem. Some groups of the company will readily layoff staff when utilization drops below 80%. Completely absent IT support (outsourced since Wood acquistion with incompetent service providers and staff). Corporate cutbacks over the past 5 years include: no bonuses, reduction of healthcare spending account, increasing benefit costs, caps on banked OT hours, cancelling internal gatherings/conferences. Compensation is controlled by non-transparent corporate policies which do not reflect strong performance of local group. Very difficult to work on "internal" projects due to different systems, policies, procedures, etc.

Pros

The other employees I worked with were amazing.

Cons

The culture is really toxic coming from the top. Expected to work crazy hours at a moment's notice. And if things were slow they told you to go home and put it as vacation time on your time sheet. I would not recommend working here.