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• I have been with this company in Alberta for almost a year. If you ask they will answer, if u work for it you can acheive it. I have been promoted and given praise throughout.
  I have brought friends and family here to work, and i put my name on the line for Trican!!   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 8 January 2016 by Rater #49 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• If you looking for an honest review, and not one by someone who got fired or left the company disgruntled look here.
  
  I've worked with trican for 5 years now. I started at the bottom as an equipment operator. 2 years later I was a supervisor running crews. One year after that I randomly applied for an office position and very surprisingly was accepted.
  There's a lot of talk on here how it's who you know and not what you know. I can honestly say I have ZERO connections in that regard. I worked hard at my job I learned as much as I could and put my time in doing the "crappy" stuff and am now rewarded with traveling all over the world for this company while only working 9-5 5 days a week. I don't have any special training other than what the company has giving me. A lot of people say its a lot of talk but no action from the company about advancement but I'm proof to that if your the right person they will promote.
  
  Being that is a large company (3rd largest in the world as far as pressure pumping) is has all the headaches that go with that. They talk that they want to run things as if they were a small company but there are realities they must adhere to due to the fact that they actually are a big company.
  
  There are pockets of middle management that do cause a lot of problems, and the rose colored talk the upper management preechs sometimes gets stopped at these problem middle managers. Give it a few years any hopefully they will get it sorted out. I'm optimistic.
  
  It's a great company who will do everything they can to keep they're employees working. A lot of guys new to this industry don't get that it's a feast and famine world in oil and gas. But unlike other majority of other like companies they will do everything they can to not lay off employees. They've only done it once in the companies entire history and that was during a world economic recession not just a industry downturn. Companies like schlumberger lay off on every downturn the industry sees.
  
  As long as you have a good head on you shoulders you can go where ever you want with this company. When I got accepted for my current position I had to wait a year until my current manager could let me go. It was simply the amount of time until they had someone ready to replace me.
  
  The values of the company are second to none. If only all the employees actually followed the same values and followed the policies, you wouldn't see on here any bad reviews.
  
  I think most of the bad review on here are coming from guys who have never worked in the industry before and this is the first company they started with. But in my 5 short years in the oil patch I see it time and time again where a guy will quit and go to "greener pastures" and within months he's back cause he's seen the other guys and now knows just how good it actually is at a company like this.
  
  Best place I've ever worked. Period.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 18 January 2015 by Rater #48 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Decent company to work for, very little advancement oportunites as most middle and upper management do not move on. It's who you know and not what you know in this company. Base manager in saskatchewan (estevan) is clueless and has no idea whats going on in the base. Calgary is an absolute pain to deal with as they never are at their desks/never return calls. They expect long days in the field and nothing in return. Pay is ok, not great.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 4 April 2014 by Rater #46 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I have been with this company for a yr now at the headoffice and it is utterly ridiculous how if you are well connected you can screw up as much as you want and you are still untouchable. There is no accountability for people errors. Not to mention their projects are a mess, only the managers know what is happening and the often forget to inform the rest of management of any changes or errors. If you are good with or like office politics work at Trican, otherwise stay very far away.
  
  They pretend to promote family oriented values, but truthfully that is all just a big farce. If you have work to do it is expected that you stay late, which in most cases would be everyday of the week. There is no doubt they are family oriented, but only in the sense of if you have family in upper management you have a job. If you apply for this job, dont't expect a call back unless you have the same last name as someone. They refuse to hire people when it is abunduntly clear that they short staffed, as a first job it is ok... until you realize what the hell it is you have to put up with. There are lots of brown noses in this office, so if you expect promotions based on merit and job effciency stay FAR AWAY!! this company doesn't understand what those words are.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 11 July 2013 by Rater #44 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• This is the worst company I have worked for
  I wouldn't recommend anyone to work for Trican Australia.
  Unless you are a friend of management you have no chance. They get rid of good staff and management bring they friends in or more Canadians. No hope for the Aussies only if your from Canada.
  Lies, deceit and broken promises is what this company is about.
  I wouldn't recommend anyone working for them.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 13 June 2013 by Rater #43 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Constantly talk the talk, but never walk the walk. From honesty to integrity, opportunity, respect for employees and safety. Vision is rose colored and falsely articulated compared to reality of the company's operations.Quite disappointed, sad even, in the management.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 10 April 2013 by Rater #42 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Horrible,immoral, pathetic, corrupt,miss management,dictatorship,unappreciative,over bearing, are all words to describe the way the company is managed. Take it for what it is from an employee. Not an HR rep from TRICAN.They claim to have a good family based company but when you have an emergency and I mean a real emergency with your family then its to bad they don't care. No matter what you have done for the company. How ever if you are related to the manager you can mess up to the point that the staff constantly suggest firing you with every breath they take and they will just make a new position for said person. WOW that is good management skills at work.There is no penalty box as per top tier management and I can tell you that is not true. If you point out that someone is a safety hazard but that person is related to the right people then no one cares and you will be pushed to move on. WOOOOOOOW good decision making there. Middle management is good for the most part but their hands are tied because of the "right connections" that certain people have. Just a word to the wise stay away. Watch the propaganda squad click dislike a ton of times on this because this makes them look bad. And hey we are all retarded and don't see through their masterful approach to this site. To the TRICAN LIE SQUAD that will dislike this so many times read this post and the others.And ask yourself if you have a soul or if you are a pathetic black hole with no morals or ethics to be so blatantly spreading lies and miss leading people.How about a new approach take this information to the people who may still wish to fix the problems and if there is no one then leave the site alone so that people do not get put into a hard spot by taking a bad job and needing to find a way out. Carma will come around it always does and spreading lies the way you are is a very bad thing and it will come back around.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 14 March 2013 by Rater #40 | Comments (3) | Flag as inappropriate

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• This is the worst company I have ever worked for and I will not recommend this company to anyone. The Information Technology group is the worst and management is very poor. Performance and skills are not rewarded but brown nosing is.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 4 March 2013 by Rater #39 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I guess un less your knee pads are getting use, you are of no use to this company. The core values donot match what is reality. The management's ability to handle certain situations closely resembles high school. I would not and will not recommend this company for anyone. .......hey management pretty sneaky trying to come on here and boast about how good this company is. Do you really think your that smart??? No person is going to describe there job using the words " state of the art technology, global technical leaders and superior pay and benefits....come on guys   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 12 December 2012 by Rater #26 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• absolutely horrible management..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ......... ...... i do not like this place and i dont recommend it for anyone. dont work here if you have a choice... ...... . i worked here for two years and i feel like i wasted the last two years of my life. thats something i will never get back   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 4 December 2012 by Rater #25 | Comments (1) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Good bosses. Fast advancement (I was hired early in this branches developement). Great benefits. Decent wages. Great attitude of coworkers. My best job ever.  

  Posted on 23 November 2012 by Rater #24 | Comments (1) | Flag as inappropriate

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• I have worked at trican for 2 years. You will never be promoted or get training unless you meet one of 2 requirments. 1 you are related to someone higher up in the company. 2 less likely but next to be concidered you can brown nose and drink with the boss until he deciedes you deserve it. Even if you have no clue what you are doing or have ever done anything related to the traing/promotion you are getting. Also if you meet requirment 1 and you mess up bad enough you will be promoted so you are no longer nelegent in your duties. If you don't mind brown nosing your way through life this is the place for you. If you take pride in your work and your skills this is not the place for you as you will make the less talented relatives and brown nosers look bad thus you will be passed over until you find other gainful employment. Times are tough do not make the mistake of taking a job only to have to start looking again. The shining 5 star ratings are a clue to just how stupid the company thinks you are everyone so far rates trican very low yet similar versions keep being posted with same high ratings . Take it for what it is read the reviews decide for your self If you want to take the advice of current and past employees or just jump in and figure it out first hand. Ps site will not allow all 1s I would drop it lower but can not so take that into account with the rating.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 19 November 2012 by Rater #23 | Comments (2) | Flag as inappropriate

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• I did this simply to help counter act the shameful corporate propaganda that has been posted here by Trican. We can all see right through the positive reviews, and it only serves to make Trican look even more sleazy than it already is. Shame!   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 11 October 2012 by Rater #22 | Comments (2) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Bad company, not a good decision to go here. There are far better places to apply.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................azxjcydfgqdifhjlkjqdhlkwqejfhqswlkjfhqwelkfjwehjkhewhfwskdljfghdwsmdhkwjdhfgqkwjhfgweljkfwhgekfjhwegfkljwskmjdhfqekljfhlkjfhgerfjhhbflkjeqfkjhfhgqwejhfgwefwegfjhwekfgwejhkfgwejhfgwejfgwejhfgwehjfgwejhfgwejhfgwejfhwegjhfkwegfjkhwegfjkhwegfwejhkfgewjhkfgwejhkfgwejfgewjhfgwejhkfgwjkehfgwejkhfgjwekhgf  

  Posted on 28 August 2012 by Rater #21 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I have been with Trican for about five years and have found management to be patronizing and bullying. Typical disfunction caused by empire building. Merit is trumped by which network you belong to: Ex Nowsco, Friends of ### or Friends of #####. The usual oilpatch culture disguised as enlightened. Try to hide their failings by huge benefits and pay.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 23 June 2012 by Rater #20 | Comments (4) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Encourages ongoing employee development through tuition subsidies for job-related courses, in-house and online training options, apprenticeship opportunities and a formal mentoring program. Great benefits and wages.  

  Posted on 13 April 2012 by Rater #28 | Comments (3) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Definitely leaders in their field, with technology, salary and benefits to match. Very stable employment and good long term prospects. Very good place for a career.  

  Posted on 17 February 2012 by Rater #19 | Comments (4) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Highly recommended! Great opportunity for advancement. No job is perfect, but this one is pretty darned good.  

  Posted on 17 February 2012 by Rater #18 | Comments (4) | Flag as inappropriate

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• I worked for BJ services for 6 years, after the fall out of the Baker Hughes merger and my position started to wildly change, I switched to Trican on the ruse of many broken promises, I couldn't handle it there for even a month with lie after lie and the obvious fact that they don't care for their employee's well being in the least. I then went to CalFrac and was very happy for the last year that I worked in the oil field before moving on to another career path. Out of all the well service companies out there, Trican is the biggest joke. The fact that they obviously have HR posting fake positive reviews on here should say it all.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 17 February 2012 by Rater #17 | Comments (4) | Flag as inappropriate

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• State of the art technology, excellent benefits and big money. Has ongoing employee development through tuition subsidies for job-related courses, in-house and online training options.  

  Posted on 8 February 2012 by Rater #16 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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