Frac Shack International Inc.

I felt like I was in the twilight zone working here. I honestly had to pinch myself sometimes because I just couldn't believe how the place operated. There is zero chance of moving up in anyway shape or form. It's the definition of repetitive. It's extremely labor intensive. They don't care how productive the place is as long as you look like your doing something. The place was always a disgusting mess. I would dread waking up each day for work knowing it was getting me absolutely no where in life as it was like pulling teeth trying to get someone to teach you something new. They would promise the world but it would never hold true. Half the staff acted like children and absolutely no one enjoyed working there but what can you expect from a dead end job. If there was any positive outlook on this place it would be they would allow the radio to play in the shop and half the coworkers where quite nice. 

Now I'm so far past this stage in my life but I just wanted to write this review in hopes that it will let someone know what kind of place this is. If it's your last ditch effort and you need the bills paid then sure but if you have any other option run as fast as you can.

Probably the worst place to work for, they promise you things you'll never see.. like promotion and pay raise! For a million dollar company they're cheap on pay and tools.. they treat you with no respect and basically you're lucky to work there.. 
oh and if you like to work with immature people, its your place to be! Oh and safety well its not there either, the shop is cluttered and if you ask for something you won't see it until someone gets hurt..
 Lots of favouritism, and poor pay! You get in trouble if don't put OT, same things every day nothing will chance until the management gets changed.. 5 interviews and no show, tells you something about a company! 

3 strike rule isn't a thing here

One big company, 2 sides to it, fleet and shop! If you work in the shop you dare not to help fleet in unsafe work area because were not the same company..

The job is usually fairly easy going and you get paid well to do so. I also hear that they have fairly decent benefits but one wouldn't actually know this because you never get the time off to use them. They will promise and promise a schedule, but unfortunately because of the less than perfect work environment you're given it will never happen due to the very high turnaround rates. Favoritism is a huge problem here, you won't get your raises or level up unless you are one of the favorites.
If you don't mind never being home, never knowing how long you'll be out for work or how long you will be home when you do get to go home then this is the company for you! 
All in all, I wouldn't say it's a terrible job. The job itself is not bad at all; it's the lack of schedule, horrible office politics and cheapness of the company that is the issue.

The job is not bad, but you will deal with no schedule, sometimes you will sit at home for 3-6 weeks with NO feedback from anyone in the office.

The "dispatcher"  schedules the "favorites" first every time.  So some people will do back to back hitches  while others sit at home.YES IT IS THAT BAD!

Most  of the field operators  have never worked in the oilfield and it shows! As training is non existent, Fracshack continuously has to deal with incidents or near misses.

The irony is that most incidents and  issues  between client OSRs and  Fracshack Operators  are committed by the same people over and over , who end up getting promoted!!  While people with zero incidents have to wait weeks to get work and not even get the courtesy of receiving an email with updates on the work  available.  

The favoritism is  beyond disgusting!

Management  is terrible. The higher ups get deals and promotions whenever asked. The employees that actually do the work are constantly worked into the dirt and are expected to meet unrealistic deadlines.

Hourly position? Don't expect any overtime, pay raises or year end bonuses.

If you enjoy HSE rules applied to "certain" staff members you'll enjoy working here.

Completing a large and time consuming task? Don't expect any help from other staff. Don't expect any time between large tasks either.

The Best thing this company has to offer is the little more then minimum pay rate.

The one thing I want you to take away from this review is that managements mindset is; You're lucky to work for FracShack.

Frac Shack is a good company overall. This job requires you to be away from home a lot, and they are very open about the fact that you will work and be away from home a lot. Luckily you’re paid hourly — so the more you work the more you make. 
Very safe work environment for the oilfield. Good crew of field operators. Not overly physical work for the most part but you do have to be physically capable to work hard for 6 hours straight somedays. If you’re a fairly smart person you’ll do well. Common sense is the biggest quality a person needs to do this job.

I worked for Frac Shack International from Nov 2012 to April 2013 and was laid off due to lack of work for the company. I am qualified for this job with my certificates that THEY helped me to obtain. I enjoyed working out in western Canada and I enjoyed learning something new when the opportunity arose. I didn't consider any part of the job as being hard. I enjoy physical work when required to do so and being out in the cold weather of northern Alberta and B.C. was one of the things I liked the most along with the job.

I have worked here for 4 years and although they have challenges i see improvents to make things better all the time. People are the number one priority and i feel they actual do care not and not just giving lip service. The money is good the schedule is getting better and the conditions are typical oil field conditions. 
All in all a very good company and would recommend it to anyone that can handle the oilfield life style.

Been with frac shack inc almost 5 years and with them I was able to travel and succeed with any task I’ve been giving.
Field staff set you up for success and office staff give you 24/7 available resources to help field staff if and when issues occur. Honestly I couldn’t be happier with my career at frac shack. They make me feel like part of a family.

management treats you not very good and the equipment is not up to code. no bonuses or insentives for the imployees at all. there mind set is that you are lucky to work for them and that is not the case. would not work for this company!!!!

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