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New management team has came in and acted as though there involved in a hostile take over treat employees very poorly. manage and lead through bullying and fear. Advancement only occurs if you are friends with someone or apart of the new Spectra regime that has come in. Shift team leads hired have 0 experience in facility they are working in. extremely short staffed were the number of green hat employees now out numbers the experienced ones. When experienced guys have left and stated the problems management attempts to reverse it and blame them and call them troublesome. employees get written up for pathetic reasons mostly due to management seemingly not like them and for things that could be resolved with a simple friendly conversation. if you could rate this plant lower then a one for management and job culture treatement etc it now deserves 0 stars. Has a strong operational and maintenance team that has virtually given up and keeps head low now for fear of there jobs which has created alot on animosity between the teams.

Plains offers big promises to get you through the door, and backs out on all of them. There is a reason they are under the microscope with the NEB...they can never deliver, they take shortcuts, they reward people who say yes in the room but talk negatively when not, there is no training for new staff, they have multiple overlapping initiatives because one group has no idea what the other group is doing, and they do not give out full bonuses. Great place for contractors, as they can charge huge dollars and basically do whatever they want as long as they show up and put something in front of their manager. Terrible executive staff...the CEO is a dinosaur who cannot let go.

The people at the plant ( Fort Sask ) are great, but with years of growth, upper management (Calgary) have hand cuffed everyone with their blindness to how busy and green the workforce has become, and their unwillingness to hire to allow for training and to cutback workload on everyone at the plant, including plant management, has it at a tipping point to where safety is becoming an issue.
To compound the issue is the middling to lower end of the pay scale compared to what is currently in the region prevents senior operators from wanting to join and spread knowledge.

The main challenges with Plains is the overall work culture. There is no plan for work especially in the projects and engineering group. There’s no oversight of where things are, so there’s always use the  fireman approach towards work which affects quality and productivity long term. 
You will be most likely micromanaged 
The upside is that you will get to learn alot, if you’re tough.
Middle level management struggles with making decisions, they believe in the idea that everyone should be involved in making a decision and no decision gets made at the end of the day. 
They will end up pointing fingers instead.

When I worked for a sub-contractor hauling for Plains I really did enjoy my job there. At the time the dispatch could be a little testy, but with the nature of the business it  is a given. Unfortunately I ended up leaving as I bidding season came up and alot of the jobs were in the middle of a bid war with competition, I got worried and ended up getting hired on to another company to be proactive, and make sure there was no lapse in work for myself. That is the only reason I left. And that I could not turn back as I already committed to another contract.

Enter payroll data, create & run reports for Managers when needed, answer emails, balance payroll accounts, ensure CRA accounts balanced, payments, other duties as they became available.  Payroll data entry consisted of 4 days preparing.  Timesheets to be uploaded and balanced.  

The management at Plains were understanding and great to work with.  My coworkers were also great.  We worked as a team and not as one individual.  

I enjoy all aspects of the job, but the most satisfying was knowing that we as payroll professionals help make the employees happy.

The company has a good plan and is making a lot of positive changes. There is room for them to grow. The Fort Saskatchewan site is looking for experienced workers from outside the company to bring in new ideas to help them mature and grow. They could benefit most by placing their focus more on the people which it seems they've picked up on at least corporately judging by their sustainability report. It will take some time for that to filter down through the company and become culture. I have hope for them in the future but don't see a lot of opportunity for personal growth within the company at this time.

During my 3 1/2 years working at Plains Midstream, I learned about what it's like to work in a very structured and defined job environment.  This has both it's positives and negatives for me as I enjoyed the clearly defined expectations, but not always the anonymity that working in a large corporation can create.  Overall, my more senior of roles there was very challenging and helped me to grow as a better employee -- both job skills and interpersonal.  Team work was a large part of coordinating work flow and excellent communication was mandatory in every aspect of the job.

- General lack of management accountability or ownership.
- Not a team oriented environment.
- Wrong people held accountable for poor project performance.
- No execution strategies or project direction.
- Leaderships lack of or poor communication (says one thing and do something different),
- Teamwork issues with tempers flaring and high tension daily.
- “Get it done and I don’t care how” environment.
- Blame games. Rather than solving issues, people resorted to finger pointing.
- Disengaged working environment. No one cared.
- Far too many politics and power struggles.
- Very stressful working environment

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people are amazing and  the culture is great

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
work is work. do it and move along. Theres nothing stressful about work if you know this

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Oil and gas is typically fast paced. Plains is no exception. The organizational culture is fantastic! Resect for the individual is maintained at all levels and the office has a warm and welcoming vibe

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy. Projects getting done, meetings, reviews etc...

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