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Stelco Lake Erie Works (Nanticoke) is an OK place to work. It is a steel making facility, so it is very dirty and hot most of the time. Some days can be very busy, especially if there are problems or equipment malfunctions, whereas other days can be devoid of things to or even boring. Work culture is OK; some operators/technicians are productive and have a positive attitude, while other coworkers may be lazy, negative, or even negligent (a typical union environment). The work culture can also be somewhat "cliquey" depending on where you are (small, exclusive social groups). Most areas and departments are poorly managed, with managers being often distant from the workers and tend to leave things to be "sorted out on their own". If you are new and on probation: watch out, as sometimes managers, HR and the company might look for the smallest things to fire you over, which makes it a bit repressive for new hires (6 months before you receive a pay raise and actual union membership). The physical atmosphere can be challenging, especially if you have a busy job (like an electrician or mechanic) or if you plan on working there long term, as there are miles of stairs and many tasks require kneeling, bending, climbing, etc, as well as physical labour, which can be extra tough in the hotter areas or during hot summer days. The pay is decent, the benefits are OK (dental and prescription drugs mainly, no massage, wellness, gym, etc). Do not work here if you have a low tolerance for filthy places and hot environments, and don't want to work shifts (Continental shift pattern offers poor turnaround between day and night shifts). Other than that, it can be a decent place to start out in your field or career, but you many want to move on after a while.

-generous base pay. 
-6% short term incentive plan annual bonus (based on individual and company performance - note: this is a company that has gone into bankruptcy protection twice in the last 10 years). 
-poor benefits and pension (flex healthcare spending account and RRSP).
-horrible workplace culture - many people are very negative and damaged by the company's troubled history. Gossipy, unwelcoming, team meetings always cancelled, very protective about basic information, very demanding management. 
-not open to change - will say they are, but then you will hear a lot of "this is how we have always done it" (again, a company that has gone into bankruptcy protection twice...). 
-poor orientation and on-boarding - did not have basics like email, computer, phone, etc. for weeks to a month after starting. Orientation was boring and not useful. No colleagues to assist with learning the ropes as most are all new and drowning in work.
-too much work, not enough resources. 
-lack basic systems, processes, policies, and information. 
-was not conducive to work-life balance.
-retention issues - revolving door of employees who probably experienced the same things. 

I absolutely would not recommend this employer to anyone based on my experience.

Overall great place to work. I was an electrical apprentice with them but I know floor workers have it pretty good. Stelco has a program where they take on co-op apprentices for a year and this is how I came to work for them. They taught me whatever they could get into me while I was there, and paid me well for the time. Stelco gave me a variety of different work to do on any given day. Sometimes we had week long projects, other times we had a checklist to complete for a given shift, great if you like to change things up a bit and not do the same thing day in and day out. Most of the electrical people they have are good people and solid foremen but the company as a whole had a weird politics to it. Maybe I just dont understand the ways of upper management but somethings just came out kind of odd or got held up on silly things. The hardest part of the job is being in some fairly extreme temperatures doing fairly hard/tedious work, which will be true of any electrical job like this the only thing Stelco might have over that is that like any steel mill it has a rough environment. Im thankful for my time with Stelco.

I was a female summer student, so I have to say I had it a little easier than most. The guys on my crew were very helpful and protective of me. It was like having 15 dads looking out for me and joking with me. The culture is male-dominated, so you hear some things you don’t really want to, but as long as you’re pretty easy going, you will get along just fine. There wasn’t a single guy on any of the crews I was on/interacted with that I didn’t enjoy being around. We were paid more than well for our jobs. It could very quickly get hot and dirty, but they had plenty of areas to cool off and did their best to keep you comfortable. Management was good to me. They gave me constructive criticism when needed and never failed to say hello (or give a head nod if they are a little awkward.) The only complaint I have was that the women’s bathroom in the caster is behind the foreman’s office so every time I went to the washroom, he knew about it. Not the endgame job for me, but it was good experience.

Very busy company- both plants Hamilton and Nanticoke
A lot work is available, over time steadily available, regular pay (incentives, bonuses, etc), communication is strong and the managers are accommodating and try to keep the morale up at difficult times.
New owners are trying to turn the place around and move away from the old methods and processes of the past.

High potential to start and build your career here. If you want to learn, ask questions, adapt, work with others and help build the company you will be successful here. A lot of employees have been here for 30+ years and still here.

An old company with a huge reputation, and they want people who are innovative, forward thinking and team players.

Salary is competitive to the job market. 

It's a fast paced moving office and plant environment can take you some time to get use to. But managers, supervisors and HR are readily available for help and guidance.

So far enjoying my time here. Good place to work!

There is no training, the equipment are old and are hardly upgraded or upgraded without proper engineering, the supervisors especially electrical and instrumentation have no clue on the principles of instrumentation or how to manage people of various background, there is no training, the supervisors expect the technicians to perform magic and never see anything good in what you do, lots of back biting and talking behind peoples back, the welder hired to be an electrical and instrumentation supervisor knows nothing about electrical and instrumentation and specializes in making people do unsafe work, favouritism, never sees anything good in what the minorities do, will make you cut corners to get the job done to look good in front of management and just generally talk bad about you the moment you step out, planning is non existent, jobs for instrumentation especially are not known by the supervisors, a highly toxic environment, please do not work here.

Stay away from this company.Very toxic work environment and you work with a bunch of grown men who act like school children.Plant services at Nanticoke is a complete waste of time with a bunch of idiots who do nothing but cause misery for a worker and the management and shift managers have no clue what they are doing and have their favourites. They actually promote harassment and bullying in the workplace and Human Resources being the joke they are do absolutely nothing about it.As for the union..they only care about themselves but love to take your money for doing nothing.The executive are just lazy and don't care about anything.The managers in plant services should all be fired but Human Resources are too dumb to do anything..Place was good back in the day and was hard to get a job there but now nobody wants to work at the dump.Life is much better being gone from there and I wasted 17 years of my life at that dump.

- Duties include daily management of workers (foreman work), inventory management, project planning, safety training, and evening/weekend on-calls.
-I learned a lot about industrial manufacturing and managing ERP systems.
-Most coworkers (management and workers) are either actively working to make this better or have a fairly neutral attitude. There are a few that have very negative attitudes that sometimes feed off each other, making work life unduly stressful for those around them.
-A portion of the HR department is disconnected from the workers and causes problems for both workers and management. This was improving though by the time I left the company.
-The environment can be very hazardous, and a great deal of caution must be exercised to ensure your own safety and the safety of your coworkers. Management specifically has additional legal responsibilities that can be very stressful for those not used to it.

I have been employed with Stelco for the last 6 months, I have seen the growth and see employee's career paths come to life. 
I interact with many different hiring managers on a daily/weekly/basis and they truly do want to put the best people in the right positions. 
A lot of the senior managers are here because they truly have a passion for what they do, what they've seen and also what they have experienced over the last 40 years. 

Since July 2017, Stelco has been going stronger than ever with our new owners. They are making changes to the organization from top to bottom and they are positive changes. Employees are more engaged, satisfied and productive and its such a refreshing time.

Good place if you like to be harassed and have management and union do nothing about it. Union is only for themselves and side with management most of the time and very little help when it comes to serious issues.They rather just take your union dues and do nothing else.Management sucks.Human resources are very pathetic and protect the idiots. Tends to be a  very toxic workplace and overall not a good place. Mobile department at the lake is the absolute worse I have ever seen and like going back to grade school. Lot of immature grown men who have nothing better to do than to cause misery to other coworkers and management and Human Resources do nothing to stop it. Very disgusting place to work.

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