sales manager

technician

shipping and receiving clerk

senior technician

business development representative

Forum Energy Technologies

Everything that is said about management is true. They are very bad and treat staff like garbage. Threats and Abuse is prevelant!

Its not due to head office in Houston. They are not aware of what is going on up in Alberta. Forum bought a company called "
Gauge Plus", a year ago. That is where the current managers came from, contains alot of relatives including inlaws. They have the same mentality as if they were running the company as their own, which is why they treat staff the way they do.

I worked for them in 2012 for 4 months, 75th ave office talks x talks x talks x talks Forum policy, respect and career promotion however the opposite is true, any staff feedback or input is quickly blown off. If you are not in line management will become beligerant and treat you like garbage, abusive, which explains the high turnover. Talk about Orangized Labour groups have occurred. {unionizing]

I had enough and left, they've had 3 or 4 people in my position in since. Less than one year. Other locations under they're control having the same problem. Very negative atmosphere!

Patronage appointments and special treatment for family is rampant at this location. Someone in Houston needs to step up and take a look as to why the turnover is sooo bad. Office Management is the reason.

HOUSTON PERSONNEL, You need to do something if you want this to stop!

Do yourself a favour and stay away. If your there now type up your resume. This place is a joke. Its run by people that have no clue. The people who are in charge now are only there because of "personal" relationships with co-worker/bosses or they stabbed their former bosses in the back to take their jobs. This place has gone through so much turn over that no one cares anymore. They tell you about a great safety program (Get hurt and your fired). They tell you about awesome bonus program, (if we do 300% more business than last year we will give you $100). We also will give you an additional $50 for not reporting injuries and to bully your co-workers to keep their mouths shut. This place if run by people that are just looking out for #1 and will stab anyone in the back to get what they want. There are much better jobs available and when it comes to Forum/Vanoil the grass is always greener. 

I've been here for only a few weeks and I can see why people are so unahappy. I have heard so many stories about poor treatment from managers to staff and former staff and it is true, everything from verbal and even physical abuse, then cover it up.

local operation manager is related to branch manager so he gets away with abusive behaviour/belittles staff and backtracks on promises. Changes work duties and schedule at last minute and expects staff to work all the time/weekends/overtime, if not they berate them and threaten to fire.

When asking him a question, spends one minute answering the question and 20 minutes trying to change the subject...babbles.

I'm looking for another job asap. Turnover is so high. All employees are not happy!

long hours, told to put in overtime everyday. Very unorganized. Very negative working environment. No one likes they're job.

Management treats staff like garbage, Very rude to staff. won't listen to staff concerns, suggestions to make workplace better.

Operations- management- extremely volitile. Talks down to staff, condesending, threatens to terminate staff if they disagree with management. Volitile.

Extremely high turnover, lots of relatives working at facility. Father, Son, daughter and common law husband work together, special treatment!

Unfair workplace, management gangs up on others, lack of maturity. People go on breaks, don't come back. Incredibly high turnover

The biggest problem in this company is the Management. They do not know how to treat their employees and their bosses are in Houston so they get away with being lazy and delegating their work to lower staff.

Employees are completely mistreated in this company and Management/HR will lie to your face to try to go out of their way to make you miserable. They tried to steal money from my last pay check when I told them I was leaving and I had to threaten to contact Alberta Employment Standards in order for them to back down.

There are so many other oil and gas companies that will give you a much better experience. There is an overall very negative atmosphere at this company. Better to go ANYWHERE else.

2016 current manager:
- does not have open-door policy; 
- untrustworthy

Having worked previously where people were team-mates, not just co-workers who had to put up with one another.  It was a very friendly, respectful, positive environment with a family feel and the management/supervisors/team-member were always there to assist in any way....this local company (Forum) lacks in these areas. 

Yes, many of the staff are friendly. However when looking for a place where one can actually look forward to going to work and enjoys a comfortable, receptive, manager - then this would not be the place to be.  Not a BAD place to work...for co-workers relatively friendly.  The new kid on the block is not treated as part of the team, not welcoming at all.

My experience at FORUM left me wondering why long tenured employees feel so empowered to waste the companies time consistently and blatently walk away from their job (machine) to spend time in the break room texting or otherwise interacting with their cell phone. It was clearly from the lack of immediate supervision directed at the lathes. My understanding of there system for documenting time spent on jobs there should of been ample information to analyse to determine if a job was being drawn out unnecessarily. Extra breaks for smokers were taken, with a supervisor being one of the guilty.

Ur day starts by punching in, waiting for management to show up an hour later. Get starred at like ur an idiot when u ask whats next or what do you want me to do....or my favorite how do i do this. Go ask someone else cuz they dont know. Management has always been the issue here and always will be. With in the company from hr to gm to production manager you get nothing from them, they treat u like a bottomfeeder. Everything is always rush rush rush and always late. Ancient tooling and machines, constantly breaking down or blowing up. Management only wants whats best for stockholders and their bonuses.

Been working here for less than 3 months, finally had enough and quit. Management does not listen, and certainly does not care about employee concerns., your here to do as your told, not think! People call him the "little man" hiding under Pop's shadow!

Work load to heavy, not enough time to complete duties, Told to work overtime each day, come in on days off. Safety is an issue. Management is very rude to employees. No one enjoys working here. Staff turnover is very high. Everyone complains about poor treatment which is why so many new people, no one stays long. always short staffed.

Forum is a young company defining it's own culture. My experiences have been very positive. The management team is experienced and smart and look for best possible outcomes. That said, things change more here than in a bigger, more established company, but that is ok, as the company is finding it's own way and establishing best practices.

The pay is good and the benefits are mostly competitive. Forum competes with much bigger companies for employees and sometimes loses to bigger companies due to their enhanced benefits.

Overall, I am very happy to be an employee of Forum and most definitely recommend Forum as a great place to work.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Sales manager 3 salaries reported	$77,500 per year
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Shipping and receiving clerk 1 salary reported	$17.50 per hour
Senior technician 1 salary reported	$20.50 per hour
Business development representative 1 salary reported	$85,000 per year

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