millwright

supply chain specialist

production worker

mécanicien monteur

mécanicien d'équipement lourd

Canfor

“Maybe if you’ve been here longer, and we got to know you a bit better & developed some sort of relationship … maybe you could stay…” let’s go of people before their 3 months are up so no benefits. A bit sneaky. Wouldn’t want to work here again. They say they’ll train you, won’t leave ya by urself but leave the training up to the other greenies who also are in training to train you. How’s that make sense? Trained by someone else in training? Get in big trouble for missing work you didn’t know you had to do (because you or the other person in training weren’t trained to go over there or told to go over there). Only hear about the bad work, never the good work. I liked my co workers, they would answer any questions I had if they knew the answer. I had no problem asking them. I also once got in trouble for going & grabbing my water bottle in the lunch room. The boss seen me leave my work area, kinda followed (watched) me in the room.. stood outside the door until I left with my water bottle and then once I was a bit away he followed till I was at my work area then watched to see if I was working.  That kindof felt uncomfortable. I was thirsty from working in dust for hours and needed water.  They say “you can get a drink of water whenever you need! This dust is rough! drink lots of fluids!” But when you go for a drink of water, they’re wondering why you aren’t working for that minute. The management/training side is definitely unstable, not much communication between either of them. I don’t recommend working here.

where to begin on this long list of flaws
DO NOT RELOCATE UNTIL THROUGH PROBATION
-first of all the equipment is terrible and outdated (doesnt even have enough duty cycle to gouge) and doesnt reflect on jobs taking longer
-if you have any sort of pride in your welding be sure you can throw it out the window as doing a good job "takes to long" so be prepared to scab out to the max
-no sense of guidance for people new to industry but are expected to produce as much as a person whos been there for years
-spark watch takes off for hours at a time (not able to cut grind weld etc without their presence) also reflects your work abilities
-Cant trust many people as far as you can throw them
-the superintendant looks at your list and determines himself with no knowledge of what the job entails how MANY things you should be able to get done in a day
-as well as no other welders to show you the ropes
I GAVE UP MY LIFE TO RELOCATE FOR THIS JOB TO BE LET GO NOT FOR SLACKING BUT DUE TO ALL THE FLAWS THIS MILL HAD WITH EVERYTHING I WAS DETERMINED TO BE NOT A RIGHT FIT NOW MY FAMILY IS ABOUT TO GO BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF THIS COMPANY. THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN LET GO FOR THIS REASON IN MY 8 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A WELDER.

Amazing culture for the most part.  There were however, some highly "toxic " and VERY snakey co-workers.  As a whole, the co-workers themselves were pretty good.  I loved the Pilipino culture.  I bonded with about 90%of the people I knew very well.  There was a GOOD 10% of people you CANNOT trust and will slow down your progress out of their own envy....and set you up to fail deliberately.  These are the people who are suppose to be YOUR leaders but are instead too jealous and cant stand someone else getting ahead.  I'm 30 yrs old, their mad I'm not acting 18 and could outwork them within the first week.  A certain "lead hand" doesn't want you to do better than them, highly insecure and jealous people in power.  Most management and lead hands were good overall.  The people who have been there YEARS are NOT being compensated for their time there.  These individuals RUN that place and DESERVE A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF RESPECT!  Huge shame, but woke me up to the real world.

Much better opportunities out there....definitely not worth the pay and HIGHLY undervalued/underappreciated.

Again, great co-workers overall, amazing people but too many snakes and not enough progression or pay.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Horrible and unsafe place to work at. They preach safety about everything but disregard it to get unrealistic production goals done. Most of the trades aren’t qualified to do the job but they work off of what the old owner had them do to save money still. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Managment watches their watches for start up times but won’t get in there to help out and improve on skills/ moral. Unsafe, putting employees at risk of injury/ death. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic, poor moral, here’s a free meal to make everything all better, way below industry average pay, and the list goes on and on 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Finger print scan in for time, pushed to get things setup with little to no training, very poor maintenance and everything is falling apart so you end up cleaning up a lot(which isn’t enough time still), place is very dusty and dirty with very little time to clean up, huge fire hazard(the whole place burnt down before)

My day started off with cleaning the lumber decks off from debris, that consisted of using a long pike pole to grab the pieces and throw them down the chipper belt. After that I would wait and watch the monitors for lumber to cross into B mill where I was located. After that I watched the lumber flow on both sides making sure one trimmer didn't get to much lumber. That was job there. After so long I won the bidding for Stacker operator and was getting trained on that, because of family issues I was obligated to quit my job at Canfor and get my family straightened out. I learned how to lock out equipment, test it and make sure it is safe, I learned how to be productive and work at a fast pace. At Canfor I learned to become a team and work well with others getting the job done more efficiently and safely. The hardest part of my job was clearing cross ups. The most enjoyable part was knowing i had a job for life and loved what i was doing and worked hard at it.

I have been there 30 years. I have seen many changes. It was a good place to work at at one time.  I have had 6 bosses in 5 years. That all think they are better than their employees.  You can't be a successful company if not for your employees. Bosses and employees  play games against each other. Not a very good environment to work it. Lots of pressures on employees and no resources.  Every employee doing a job half.  
Employees get hurt on the job and the company don't take responsibility for there actions. 
 You dont want to do a job where you are vulnerable because of age. I recommend that young employees get a education. And not work here. Canfor is better at other operation I hear. The fiber and log size is falling.  This mill will be closed one day.

Was a valued employee worked graves for 6 months before making the switch to production. Was always praised for being the employee they went to for work to get done, once my "usefulness" wore off the amount of immature and outright harassing treatment began. A year and a half later since being wrongfully terminated and still recovering from the financial stress. Management is horrendous with "safety first" being preached but rarely practiced, and if caught in the crossfire of something happened your hide will be first to be thrown to the wolves to save their own skin. Seniority will often be ignored to bring on friends and push them through to higher paying positions before they're even hired on 30 days. Hopefully the company as a whole operates better than this sad excuse of what should be a professional workplace.

When i first started at the mill i started pulling wet veneer into the bunker carts.i was showed to put the veneer on both sides makeing a hill on each side and a valley in the middle doing this prevents the loads to not fall over.One of the other jobs there was sweeping and shoveling wood and dirt into a large bin.I then went on the feeding the dryers from a very fast paste. there were  4 dryers jobs. i was on the out-feed of numbers 2 and 3 out-feed dryers.i worked at this for 5 years. on down days i wore a wet suit and washed out the dryers with a fire hose the shoveled excess into bins.Then for the next 4 years i worked as a core layer core feeder person on the lay up line.Then when the lay up line went down i had to clean wearing a painters outfit with special gloves and a fire hose to clean.this was a very intense job which i loved doing; i worked really well with men on this job.

A typical day at work is completing safety awareness, focusing on our job and followed everyday work routine. I've learned lots of things like how to handle, operate and maintain machines in order for it to function properly. In management, I can say they are just and fair in handling  employees and they cater to our needs and also I enjoyed working with my co-workers,they're  fun to be with which makes our work lighter and easier. The hardest part of the job is when machine malfunctions and needs to be fixed and there is a target goal to be reached and also with the time pressure to get things done.
The most enjoyable part of the job is when we are always ahead of time, production and everything.

There was absolutely no enjoyable aspect to working for this company, other than the wages and benefits. They stress safety when you are in the hiring process, but as soon as you step foot on the production floors, the safety goes out the window. Production numbers come before human safety. Seniority only works in your favor if you are on good terms with your supervisor, if you are not in their favorite books, be prepared to get the worst, and hardest jobs in the mill, even if your a dedicated hard worker. In one single month, my good friend had his right leg completely crushed by a 900 pound role of paper, and in the same month a mill wright had his fingers cut off in the planer, as a foreman stood and watched the mill wright working in an unsafe environment, but did not stop the mill wright until it was to late.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Millwright 6 salaries reported	$40.00 per hour
Supply chain specialist 3 salaries reported	$80,333 per year
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Mécanicien monteur 6 salaries reported	$45.23 per hour
Mécanicien d'équipement lourd 2 salaries reported	$46.08 per hour

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