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Sky-Climber-Renewables

TL/DR: Was given the run around for a week regarding questions about a particular contract, meanwhile was being pressured into signing it by being told flat out lies; large first week buy-in; promised benefits when there are none. 

Was interviewed and hired on the spot by Skyclimber. The interview process was great. Was told id be travelling all over North America, gaining lots of experience in the industry and meeting all kinds of people from the industry, meanwhile all travel expenses would be covered.

When it came time to sign the employment contracts, I had a few issues. First, you are given $100 per day for housing and meals. Putting aside the thoughts on the amount, you also don't get this until after a week on-site, so the first week of living will need to come at your expense. Next, you are responsible to purchase all PPE and hand tools (which I expected), and you also need to purchase a work tablet (the Apple Mini 2 that Sky Climber recommends is ~$300 retail at the time of writing) . So before you even start this position, you need to have a fairly large chunk of change on hand to cover your first week + tools. There was also talk about full benefits, however I came to find out this only applies to US employees.

My biggest problem was with their "Driver and Vehicle Policy. It says "Any damage to the vehicle that is determined to be the fault of the driver will be the responsibility of the
authorized driver.". This to me seemed extreamly vague as there is a lot of things that can be deemed "fault of the driver", plus i'm not sure about you, but I would never drive a work vehicle without full coverage regardless.

When I inquired about this, I was told "Oh, the vehicles are fully covered, we only put that in there for people who blatantly abuse our equipment, don't worry about it". I completely agreed with this, however when I asked for that comment in writing, the mood shifted into a very rude tone, that "I don't have the authority to do that". I was then given the run around for a week between 3 different employees trying to get that comment in writing, in the meantime I was being pressured with time to sign this contract, and was even told "if im that nervous about it, I can always insure the company vehicle myself"

It finally ended when I got a very rude phone call stating that I am indeed responsible for all possible damages, and the company isn't putting anything in writing. If i'm going to let that little piece of paper stand in the way, then they don't need me. So I ended things there.

I have been with Sky Climber Wind Solutions for the past one and a half years and its been a great experience so far. They are good about making sure you get lots of work in the busy months, and getting you lots of experience. My favorite part of this job is traveling to different parts of Canada to meet new co-workers, and get on different sites to gain new experiences and get to take part in different tasks.

So if you want to be paid the lowest in the field, for a company that doesnt care about anything but pinching Pennies for a man who is a complete joke of a ceo then sure you've found the garbage company of your dreams.

Horrible place to work for US based company they look after their own and just use the Canadian side of the company when they have big jobs and when they are done the forget about you just like a temp agency so wrong to treat people like got tired of it so I quit 

Look it says right in the title 100% travel so I don't know why people complain about being sent places last minute. I have a kid so it sucks not knowing when I'll have a weekend off to fly home but you can take R&R after 8 weeks.

1. Work stress need to be related to management disposition 
2. Workers turnover would very high owing slim  retainership
3. Pay is good but can be improved 
4. It was an interesting and value addition experience 

A typical day at work is climbing 400ft at the Wind Turbine.  And the most enjoyable part of the working at Sky climber are learning new stuff everyday and traveling in North America.

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