Talisman Energy

I was insulted by the one of my new lead guy.
this guy was throwing some insults comment and critizing my resolved tickets. only my resolved tickets. i feel so bad that I can bully back becAuse this is brought by my awesome team lead. this guy forgot to realize that if you been refer or brought in you must show promising attitude just to be fair to the company because if havent done the company hiring process and qualified skillset. this guy promising? this is the guy you will push your self to learn voodoo magic because he was tolerated on his attitude.if I compare him to a doctor he can only cure a running nose but paid more a surgeon. entry level skills and worst attitude. 
I have three team lead experienced at Talisman. first was good he always appreciated what I did that no one did and mentioned that I dont come with a question I come with an answer. feel goods to hear that. 
second lead was good too, he told me I in top 20 on my level in calgary, I know its not true but feels good. 
third lead. disturbing!!! one time I was being blame that she was been qustion by IT bosses why only one person know this thing. she said if we continue this thing we will start losing people. unbelievable you been scolded because you know more things. two months later she fired and said I cant tell you. its beyond my call. AMAZING! I knew the reason she dont like me personally and they assume I was brutally honest but they cant tell me because they only assume. because she havent ask the person that blew on them if i Mention. i am the one help on my weekend that ask by my lead boss group and this trigger/ causes them to fire me because they assume or my lead doesnt like me becuae ahe having her first impression symdrome? she doent communicate as a lead, no  direction from at all. missed to reply an email. no support but pushback and irritation 
I accepted it. when i leave the building I sent goodbye and some people with position not included on my email called me and convince  me to call integrity. after two days I called integrity and tell them they have huge security problem but this IT dept instead of saying thank you. despite they fire me, I still reminded them what they missed, they put me on blacklisted not thinking thag calling integrity is the CEO initiative. brilliant mind. they blacklisted me for the benefits of the company and also my departmemt very abusive action. 
this is not departmemt secret. i told my lead but she doesnt reply because she said drop this case, amazing again!
sad to say after I follow what CEO is encouraging to do and benefits them what they did to me is prevent not to get a job let me suffer and my family by doing them good even I was fired. 
if I knew that taking that phone call will make my carrier into quicksand I will never ever cooperate. my department missed to think the objective of the call they called unprofessional but who showing professional here?
as far as I know secret/confidential will be the company's advantage compare to others, anything but good. keeping secret that you missed that causes company money is not a secret, unfair to the company that payin you.
and integrity is the right way to tell because you fire me without reason, only assuming. ask the people you assume I contacted before hurting people. 
the most hurting is the upper management chooses to silence after saying "Thank you"
I will not exchange my doomed life and give family a rough life just to received a THANK YOU!
equality and transparency??? not even close. 
from my happy personality turns into a monster because of this Unfair treatment!

As a plant Operator my typical day consisted of going through the plant taking readings and adjusting anything needed to be adjusted . 

       working with talisman/repsol I learned how to run and maintain a working refridge plant smoothly , I excelled at meeting nominations from day to day . I learned how to coordinate my days with heavy work loads with other contract companies working throughout the facility .

   I learned how to trouble shoot and personally fix most problems like changing out compressor valves to changing out instrumentation equipment .

   The hardest part I found with the job was the actual loss of communication needed from upper management that needed to be passed down to the workers to do their job properly and respectfully .


The best part of the job was the fact that the company took pride and showed people the right way to do a job better and safely . 
the guys worked with also made the job feel like home and everyone worked well together that saw each other on a daily basis .

In my last role before being laid off, I felt isolated from my team, could not get traction from management on initiatives that I was pushing for and despite trying, felt I wasn't contributing to the team. The list goes on.  From day-to-day inactivity to upper management not delivering on promises.  While lasting friendships were made and some excellent mentorship provided by a select few people, overall, Talisman is analogous to the Titanic and I regret not having the foresight to leave sooner when the opportunity had presented itself.

Talisman was a decent company to work for. Not perfect, but decent. After the Repsol takeover, everything went south... Repsol was the worst company I ever worked for (and I worked for several companies). I suppose Repsol is a good employer for the Spanish nationals that were hired for life and are protected by Spanish labor laws such that no matter how incompetent they are they cannot be "un-hired", but for ex-Talisman employees it was a nightmare.

Leadership does not exist with lack of alignment & communication gaps between all levels; culture is very reactive.  Lack of respect for people and not walking the talk on company values.  Very much short-term focus on cost reductions and telling people to only execute, perform and deliver better; silo mentality & structure. There are pockets of good people, but most of the good people have left or are leaving.  A sinking ship with no future. 

one of the busiest workplace i've ever had. i would say two people to take care the entire building is a bit pressure for me. we have to have someone to stay on their desk to answer phone calls and email and take care all client's requests for abouit 900 employess.

i've learn to manage my time and schedules right.

hardest part of this job is when you have to move furnitures during the day as they only have one service elevator.

I enjoyed my time at Talisman as it was a brand new learning experience for me to work in the energy sector.  I met and worked with so many people who supported me in my role(s) through the years. I clearly developed my computer skills, interpersonal relationships with outside vendors and colleagues, and also adapted to working for a large international company.

This job gave the opportunity to escalate in my career as I got a promotion as well as learned new skills, especially applied and learned new leadership skills.

I was involved in managing the Service Desk. Great experience and managers in general were great, especiall the last one which I worked with very closely.

Generally nice work environment. Great learning resources as well as fantastic technical support group. 
Senior management seemed way too distant during my time at the company. Company is very hierarchical and work culture can be toxic at times.

Very Comfortable work environment,A typical day was started with user support since morning.Learned new applications ,software.Management was overall ok.Co-Workers were great to work with.Hardest part of the job was - sometimes needed to deal with customers who are angry and not satisfied with some another person's services.

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