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Terribly managed - Operator Plains Midstream Employee Review

1.0
23 Nov 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good co workers, other companies in area are still willing to hire plains employees, lots of overtime

Cons

All the managers there never operated in this facility so they just don't understand what it is to operate there. All they focus on is loading operators up with menial tasks like painting on night shifts, checking car seals, checking fire extinguishers and other idiotic things. there is only 1 or 2 competent operator on each shift and simple plant checks get missed constantly. Things constantly break because maintenance doesn't fix anything at all. They also hired contract 'operators' they are actually informants and rat out the fulltime employees to upper management. If u want to put your safety at risk then work there with a bunch of burnt out employees who hate their lives. There is no experience working there and zero mentorship. They replace process experience with incompetent contract rail loaders. The supervisor thinks as long as you do your training modules your are now competent and good to go. One 20 something year old kid with 3 months operating experience was given a high risk project with zero support at all. There is also no communication between workers here and I have a feeling there will be a disaster there which is why I got out as soon as I could get hired somewhere else. Everyone else is looking to do the same and it's easy to see why after the glam wears off

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5.0
30 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay. Management is understanding of work/life balance. Stable despite questions in energy industry.

Cons

Repetitive. Work gets stale. Limited opportunity to advance skills.

2.0
3 Mar 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Corporate in Calgary are bringing infrastructure up to 2015 standards. Corporate had many professional people to assist operations in the field

Cons

Poor leadership at the Schaefferstown, PA District Office. Lazy management that is more interested in hiring friends than hiring qualified people. District Office provided no support to Terminal Operations in the field. More interested in relocating friends from California than hiring, leading, and developing qualified people locally. More important to hire friends with the same religious beliefs.

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