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- Day at work started at the usual time of 7:30am and went to about 5:30pm; day is usually filled normally with meetings, some site Expediting when needed but mostly updating material Tag's for the various projects I was assigned too.
- Learned Expediting and the various roles it plays within the Supply Chain Management world, and received a better understanding of Expediting works with Engineers, Material & Inventory Controls, Contracts, and Transport Logistics.
- Learned essentially 'software analysis' on my own of the various material tracking programs utilized at the time as there was no training available for new hires.
- Co-workers were nice at the start but rarely would they be willing to help out with your assigned current workload for vacations, sick leave and such unless management became involved.
- Management is hard to describe as I had 5 current Managers at that point in time that I was supposed to follow directions from, however these Managers rarely spoke to one another and would countermand each other on a regular basis so it was difficult to complete work on time without trying to a general consensus from each one what their chosen course of action should be.
- Hardest part was 2-fold - you had to confirm with your Manager on almost every single aspect of your job to get permission to do something which you knew from previous experience was correct, which was made more difficult by the above mentioned note; also the co-worker aspect of working in a team of Expeditors was very competitive, there was a definite sense of Managers playing favorites which would lead to Expeditors not having enough work to do throughout a week, while others were over-taxed with work and could not look after the assigned workload they did have.
- Most enjoyable part of the work is the connections I was able to make with various people from other departments within WorleyParsons to whom I keep in contact with to this day, as well as what I was able to learn from them.

Good company to work for,  however if your project has an ignorant construction manager,  makes for a stressful project overall.  Cronyism  definitely exists which is totally unacceptable in any industry. Many good foremen and general foremen, however there are some good trades people with poor people skills occupying these positions.  The HR lead I had to deal with is a bold face liar, and manipulator,  possessing poor ethics,  better suited for a position in Ottawa, or Washington DC. There are fantastic HR people under her. The Worley Construction overall lead, is highly intelligent, stern, strict, but fair if he is apprised of factual data. Good safety culture,  good tools and equipment provided to trades people.  If you land in their inner circle,  you are set. If you are a fantastic trades person,  but an independent thinker,  you have your work cut out for you. Groupthink,  hive mind culture is prevalent,  as is anywhere,  proves to be a challenge and an impediment to human progress. By and large,  Worley is a company I was proud to work for,  they possess great talent, access to resources,  access to great projects, great safety,  competitive journeyman rate. Worked on 7 great projects with Worley over the last decade, enjoyed most of it, but in the end was shat upon and lied to, for my loyalty and ardent endeavor. Cest la vie.

The big problem with this company is a total dishonesty of what you can achieve.  If you go over and above your duties they are not recognized, nor do lower positions get the increases they deserve.  The Management is totally incompetent in relation to recognizing value personnel, and you are or can be discarded at a moments notice.  If you want to get somewhere, don't go here!  They seem to only understand their own babble.  The reason their size and share prices have gone down is not only the economic situation, they have been overpaying for people in positions they shouldn't be in (and it appears you see relentless weekly emails where someone else has been appointed) in higher positions, and unnecessary travel, expenses etc, the incredible dollar amounts spent on meetings and Townhalls which seldomly produced any further improvement to the people who will be affected, which is the worker bees, due to no one truly speaking their minds, and ridiculous markups on their services.  When you have the client telling you to reduce your mark up, looks to me like you may have a problem.

Good Luck!

Great organization offering a wide range of solutions across a number of industrial sectors such as mining, power, renewables, oil, gas, infrastructure. 
Some great people that I cam across and a lot can be learned from projects the company delivers. 
My BU was challenging as team members sat across North America which made collaboration difficult and people worked in silos. As part of my role I was required to have business travel to meet clients and travel requests were difficult to get approval on.  
My leaders  sat in Western Canada with very little interface and involvement. I found their engagement was weak to non existent except at end of year reviews as such they could not provide guidance to improve in my role. They were also driven with a tunnel vision approach that focused on GM and opportunity pipeline, there did not seem to be any other metrics to measure and evaluate performance or to support career advancement in other roles.  On my last day my manager made the comment "I apologize, we did not set you up to succeed" 
More than 50000 employees so easy to be treated as number. 
As it is a large organization, I would go back as I don't believe my experience is indicative of the wider organization

WorleyParsons is a big company with offices around the world, with expertise in all areas of engineering, procurement and construction. 
It is very organized with good working procedures and work and calculations standards, commercial software for everything required in a engineering project.
WP, offers growth opportunities for their employees. My coworkers were very knowledgeable and helpful, team work and cooperativeness was always there.
During my time there a learned a lot of upstream oil extraction methods and to work very closely with the clients (operations and maintenance)  since I worked for the heavy oil and improve business units in brownfield projects and production facilities.
Senior management was disconnected from the employees and in some occasion from the client.
I enjoyed my time there because I think I made good friends, learned, had the support of my supervisors, peers and people that collaborated in the projects were I was the responsible lead. 
The hardest part was to see good people and myself leaving due to the downturn of the economy and business.

A typical day of work involved performing a variety of engineering duties by applying basic engineering techniques and analysis. I had a team and we all worked for a certain project fulfilling the requirements of the deadline and quality.
I learned how to work with other disciplines, and how to use the database of the Project.  I learned to use all the standards and where to find them, also everything related to the engineering calculations..perform hydraulics, size pressure safety valves, etc...
The management was good. They were always looking for our development and assuring all workers had all they need to work. Benefits were fair.
I had great co-workers, we had a really professional atmosphere at the workplace and there was always respect among us. 
The hardest part of the job for me was start without having an initial training for a particular task. For example, the first time I had to size a Pressure safety valve, I had to figure it out myself, as there were no trainings at the time. 
The most enjoyable part of the job was working as a team, as I learned from all my co-workers.

Managers throw employees under the bus with no hesitation to save face with the clients. Never sign any documents without thoroughly reviewing them, do not trust your manager with anything verbally, ask for email confirmation. Their QA process is only good on paper! They hire incompetent individuals that have connection in the company for management positions. If you also have connection you will be fine, otherwise will be thrown out as easy as a trash bag. The company also outsources large part of the work to other countries with cheaper workforce to secure benefit, letting local employees go in the process or put the leads under tremendous pressure to coordinate people overseas. In some cases language barrier and time difference become serious issues. Also their global connection system that they use for connecting workplaces around the globe is too slow that makes it impossible to do simple tasks on time.  Essentially they do not pay overtime hours for such extra efforts unless presumably you are well connected within the system.   

What is the best part of working at the company?
For me personally, I have a large family of coworkers who work at this company.  And also Worley provides opportunities that are not available elsewhere.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Making sure the expectations of multiple internal stakeholders are met, even when they have a tendency to change over the course of a Project.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
My experiences have been flexible, between working from home and in the office.  In both cases to varying degrees the culture is open communication and sharing of ideas.  This is much more collaborative when in the office and face to face.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
If working from home I would start working on the tasks that where expected of me based on the most recent project meetings that had been held with client, internal Project Management, or with the disciplines and Project Services.  If in the office the same would apply but with a coffee to start.

WorleyParsons was a great company to work for given their size. There was opportunity for career advancement, on the job training, raises, varieties of lunch and learns, extensive benefits, and team building events. The only place where they totally failed was their "work/life balance". They instated a totally inflexible schedule that would give employees every second Friday off, but it came at a price. You had to work 44 hours on week 1, and 36 hours on week 2. This meant you were working 9.5 hour days, not including breaks. If you took an hour for lunch that meant you were at work for 10.5 hours. Add in average travel time in Calgary and you are away from home for 12 hours or more. Absolutely no forethought given to childcare schedules or dogs left home all day. You were expected to schedule all appointments on your Friday off - even though many physicians do not work Fridays. It was infuriating. But corporate patted themselves on the backs saying what a good job they did giving all their employees such great "work/life balance".

Need to get to work before 8 AM everyday. Leave after 5 PM. Match your work to suit your client demands. Due to the ever changing demands of my client and team manager, I have to learn and evolve my work everyday. Management is easy to communicate with. They are always willing to talk and help you if required. The work culture is fun. People enjoy their work and their communicate with their co-workers openly. Makes you feel like your are working with an extended family. But sometimes particular managers (very few) put heavy work loads on their team. This is sometimes without any overtime. These rare situations put the team under extreme stress. Except for these situations, the workplace culture in healthy. The hardest part of the job is to match the client's everchanging demands. The most enjoyable part of my job is working with a great team that helps each other and openly communicates with each other. Working with this team is the best part of my job.

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