Imperial Oil Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Imperial Oil full-time for less than a year

Pros – Excellent new grad program allows for exposure in multiple rotations

Cons – Sometimes too bureaucratic with policies

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Imperial Oil full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good money, good benefits. Lots of available overtime.

Cons – Over worked. Management have no idea what they are up to.

Advice to Senior Management – Work loads are way too heavy. need to hire more to spread out the work.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Imperial Oil

Pros – Well compensated. Well structured company

Cons – Too much dead weight in the company

Advice to Senior Management – Hire real managers instead of promoting those that didn't get fired in the 80's

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Imperial Oil as an intern

Pros – - Great training program
- Co-workers were extremely helpful

Cons – - Living in small town
- Slow progression
- Noticeable gap between management team and employees

Advice to Senior Management – Talk to your employees on a more regular basis

Current Employee – been working at Imperial Oil full-time for more than a year

Pros – -LOts of potential career Growth
Training Opportunities
Secure employment
world wide opportunities

Cons – -Red tape, limited opportunity compared to Exxon expats
-Ranking system
-work life balance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Imperial Oil

Pros – Great starting salary, long term job security

Cons – salary plateaus not long after starting. no flexibility. too many years needed to advance to any real responsibility

Advice to Senior Management – Let new, but experienced, hires take on more responsibility faster

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Imperial Oil

Pros – I was the Environmental Intern at the Strathcona Refinery. Anyone who enjoys analytical work, law, and computations will enjoy government reporting. Some interesting assignments kept me amused along the way.

Cons – Older work environment, I found it difficult to integrate myself into social circles. I was bored at times, my work duties did not take all of my time.

Advice to Senior Management – none

Former Employee – worked at Imperial Oil as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Smart people to work with. Good learning opportunities if you look for the,

Cons – Robust learning program needs to be developed.

Advice to Senior Management – More structured learning plan for co-op students especially plant operators who come in for the first time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Imperial Oil full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – - Salary , health and dental benefits are the only good things about this company

Cons – - Poor and controlling management ( you will never work on a projet from start to finish, because as soon as managers realize that you are doing a good job, they take over your project and pretend is theirs)
-Too many processes , people are never able to create or use their knowledge and education to improve this process oriented factory.
- Managers don't care about employees, there are no bonuses, if they don't over a good start salary your reviews will always be to a maximun of 5% per year, nobody gets more other than senior managers
-Poisoneous environment to work, people don't smile, you are asked to work overtime without pay, and everyone complains about everyone

Advice to Senior Management – Make sure that you know what is going on inside of your own company
Treat employees fairly
Listen to employees before making judgement based only on supervisors views
Give your HR department a bit more conrol, as they are unable to do nothing for employees

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Imperial Oil as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Working with some of the best and brightest engineers in the oil and gas industry.

Cons – Work life balance is challenged in the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Human resources skills need improvement in regard to career development.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company