Tundra Oil and Gas

My typical day was to determine my scope of work and plan my day to accomplish it. I would deal with other items as they come up as well. I would organize my week and report on what I accomplished and what is left and new items to plan and execute. I managed my own projects and reported on them weekly for transparency and ownership. I had a field service truck that I was responsible to keep in good working service and did a lot of my work hands on after the planning and administration stages. Some work was project related and other just day to day technical solutions and troubleshooting, Maintenance and repair was also preformed. My team worked very well together and were very productive. The hardest part of the job was managing my time and still providing the best quality of service and timely completion of projects and work order tickets. I enjoyed the folks I worked with and business did a good job of taking card of their employees.

Too busy to be bored! Interesting work in a fast paced work environment.   

Junior technical staff are given many opportunities to work on big projects and to learn from team members in the office and in the field. It is a good way to build an understanding of the business and how Tundra operates in Manitoba. Being open to trying new jobs internally- even in unexpected directions- has allowed me change departments  and build new skills. Many internal leadership opportunities for those looking for additional challenges.  Senior Management is accessible and actively involved in day to day operations and decisions.

Vehicle, appropriate tools and training, for the specific job and for career improvement,  is provided at no cost to the employee. Company is willing to pay for all required Safety tickets (H2S Alive, WHIMIS, TDG, Ground Disturbance). 

I like working for a company that cares about the community and its people. Worker safety is a company priority.

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time working at Tundra. The senior management team is knowledgeable, respectful and approachable. It is a great feeling working for a Company that genuinely cares about its employees, their work life balance, safety and professional fulfillment. 

My manager has been forthcoming about potential advancements within the Company and has provided me with countless opportunities to develop my skills, try new tasks and take on new responsibilities.

The Company is also great at ensuring all its’ employees from different fields (operations, engineering, accounting, etc.) work together effectively and efficiently by having monthly meetings to discuss all areas of the business.  

Whenever someone asks, I'm proud to say I work at Tundra, especially given that it's an oil company which invests a lot of resources into ensuring it conducts business in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Worked at Tundra in an engineering role. Lot's of lip service to mental health. Middle management and the people I worked with were awesome but upper management everyone despiced. HR would tell us continously they cared about our mental health, while at the same time upper management (Craig Layne) would gloat about firing people. Really enjoyed my job and wanted to stay and develop my skills in data analytics, but Craig was trying to bend me over at the negotiation table and I never got to see my friends and family. They didn't even ask my boss about my work ethic. Lots of people had quit the year that I worked there.

Worked at Tundra in an engineering role. Lot's of lip service to mental health. Middle management and the people I worked with were awesome but upper management everyone despiced. HR would tell us continously they cared about our mental health, while at the same time upper management would gloat about firing people. Really enjoyed my job and wanted to stay and develop my skills in data analytics, but upper management was trying to pay me less and I never got to see my friends and family. They didn't even ask my boss about my work ethic. Lots of people had quit the year that I worked there.

Tundra is a great place to work. The management is very appreciative of the employee's hard work. The company cares about its employees well being, providing a comfortable and safe place. Managers and coworkers are friendly and supportive. All employees have a chance to develop themselves, and freedom to propose/review the new process and procedures. Tundra is a traditional company, dedicated to keeping the safety of its operations above at all. The CEO, vice-presidents and managers are keeping the business profitable and providing us with an outstanding quality of life at work.

There are ups and downs with any company, especially in the oil industry. However, even when things are good, the toxic corporate culture does not make up for it in this case. The pay and benefits are above average, so it is easy to stick it out for a while. Unfortunately, for a company that strongly pushes the importance of mental health, they do a great job of slowly chipping away at it and creating a stressful and unbearable work environment. Many members of management are not suited to be people managers, and favouritism and cliques are very apparent across the company. 

Plenty of opportunities for advancement. 

Lots of opportunities for company provided role development and training. 

Great people to work with, both field and office staff, who are open to new ideas and concepts.

A very safety, environmentally and socially conscious company that is always working to improve.

The workload can be heavy and time-sensitive. There are overtime hours and after hour callouts that occur. One thing I can say I am not is bored with what I am doing. There are always new challenges and problems to solve. 

The people and problem-solving aspect of my job are my favorite parts.

Was a good place to get exposure to the upstream side of things but difficult to get supported and to have upward growth depending on department. Very heavy bias towards Manitoba operations and lots of people with minimal exposure to other provinces operations so can cause friction when dealing with home office. 
Good pay and benefits, generous PTO. 
Very heavily safety biased for better or worse. Enjoyed the work I did and people I worked with.

A new CEO has raised my concerns as well as others.  We've also seen the CFO, VP Land, VP Operations, IT Director, Business Development Director and others depart the organizations within the past year.

Culture has gone from very collaborate to just show up and do your job.  Don't express opinions and say yes to everything.

I would have wrote a glowing review 2 years ago.

And then oil prices add a major challenge to the industry as a whole.

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