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Good Workplace
Facilities Clerk (Former Employee), Toronto, ON – February 27, 2013
Pros: good people
Cons: bad people management
Barrick Gold is a good employer but they lack many of the standard processes that larger businesses have. They are still very much a the company that Peter Munk founded 27 yrs ago and still function as a small start up in many respects.
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friendly staff
Financial Analyst, Strategic Planning (Former Employee), Toronto, ON – August 31, 2012
Great people to work with, great events. Co-workers and management really took the time to explained everything I need to know to me.
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I usually rank safety as paramount important
Process Technician (Current Employee), Papua New Guinea – May 20, 2013
Pros: free lunch
Cons: long hours
The Important thing I learnt at Work is;
1. Safety
2. Team Player
3. No Procastination
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Sr. Project Controls Manager
Sr. Project Controls Manager (Current Employee), Argentina – May 15, 2013
Owner Project Controls Manager for the construction of $8.5B gold mine project. Responsible for planning, estimating, scheduling, cost, risk mitigation, and reporting for project. Daily interface with owner management teams, subcontractors, and large multi billion EPCM prime contractor. Supervisor for 30 owner staff and 50 indirect project controls – more... personnel. Achievements include the successful delivery of project work breakdown structure, definitive estimate with 26M direct craft labor hours, master schedule, baselines to report earned value, installed quantities, labor productivity and changes early to management. Successful in prioritizing, multi-tasking, and managing the large volume and pressures associated with a mega project. – less
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Barrick gold SUCKS
i (Former Employee), i – May 8, 2013
Pros: employee
Cons: employee
They can make good money but at the same time they are doing horrible things to mother nature, killing a lot of rivers and lakes worldwide, not to mention the pouring of a lot of cyanide and mercury all over the place..

People that work in this company have no remorse for the environment and how other people get sick..
BG SUCKS big time

In my country – more... 500 miners got sick with cyanide contamination last years..This means that eventually you will get sick as well because of the exposure.

If someone dont believe me., just check on the internet and you will find plenty of information..

That's why BG is one of the most hated companies in the world..

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Serious work place
Consulting Senior Geologist (Current Employee), Cortez Gold Mines, Nevada – April 1, 2013
Barrick Gold Corp. is the largest gold mining company in the world. It is committed to upgrading the skills of its employees. As a consequence my job includes mentoring junior geologists. There is ample funding for some basic research such as thin section work and age dating. There is a strong emphasis on safety and environmnetal compliance.
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HEALTHY SAFETY STANDARDS.
MAINTENANCE FITTER (Current Employee), LUMWANA MINE-SOLWEZI,ZAMBIA – March 24, 2013
Pros: cultural interaction good
Cons: excessive work hours
HIGH SAFETY STANDARDS,PLANNED MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES WELL EXECUTED.EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION PRACTISED.HOWEVER,NO INTERTAINMENT.
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Low productive
Contract Geologist (Former Employee), Marathon, ON – March 4, 2013
the hardest part of the job:
1. lack of appropriate management due to inexperienced supervisor
2. admission to professional work (geologist) people without special education
3. admission to the geotechnical work people "from the street" - without the skills and understanding of the standards and work ethics
4 - admission to physically demanding work – more... of pregnant women – less
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it a job the pay is good
pro tech (Current Employee), kalgoorlie – February 24, 2013
Pros: huh pros??
Cons: living in the bush
people are good still we have a high turn over rate.i love not being there on holidays lmao
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Work and social
Mining Engineer_Project (Current Employee), Zambia solwezi – December 10, 2012
Pros: ok housing conditions
Cons: long hours and terriable rostal
The days are usually long because of a lot of meetings. on avarage i have to meetings each day. the work culture of the local people is motivating but the quality of expartriates sometimes is quastionable. all in all the work environment is very ideal for all sorts of people with differrent back grounds.
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Productive
Oxygen Plant Operator (Current Employee), Cotui, Republica Dominicana – October 31, 2012
Overlook ASU efficiency and reliability. Perfomer procedure review and follow up on plant dutties and customer satisfaction.
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EQuipment Operator (Former Employee), Elko, NV – September 25, 2012
The hardest part of the job is fatigue. A typical day starts 3 hours before shift and ends about 3 hours after shift. Which equates to about 17 hour days. But, you only get paid for 12.
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Productive and fun workplace
Concentrator Operator (Current Employee), north Jeddah – July 22, 2012
I have been working in Barrick for few months and I find it a great experience I learned a lot from them they are productive, safe, and fun to work with
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Great Company to work with.
Site Services General Supervisor (Former Employee), Santo Domingo, PR – July 9, 2012
Pros: follow all the safety rules.
Cons: non that i found.
Super Company to work for, it is one of the largest Gold Producer in the world. Pay on time and made sure the perople were train to do that.
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good company but limited internal training available for advancement on site at Osborne
Process Operator Maintainer (Former Employee), Osborne Mine – May 5, 2012
Pros: camp accommodation
Cons: would prefer more even time roster
Whilst employed by Barrick Aust (Osborne mine) as a Process Operator / Maintainer , my role as a senior operator included the supervision of shift crews within the processing stream , of business partners during scheduled shutdowns and the training of new employee’s within the plant process, these area’s include (crushing, grinding, floating, tails/concentrate – more... handling and control room operations.) I have completed QMS 1, 2 & 3 and have a Certificate IV in workplace training & assessment.
At Osborne I was part of a team that were able to improve and up grade a 120tph plant to a 285tph efficient processing system which saved millions in annual running costs and effectively increased annual revenue significantly. Examples included: - pump liner trails which increased liner life from 30hrs to hundreds of hours; repositioning clarifier/cyclone clusters to allow pumps to become redundant; upgrading small inefficient pumps to give volume for less effort and wear. – less
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The culture of the company and Futurestep's approach to the business impressed me and attracted me to the firm. I am thrilled to join a growing busine
Senior Mechanical Trainer & Assessor (Current Employee), East Africa-Tanzania – May 2, 2012
I have been working in the Gold plant for more than 10 years as fitter, I have worked with malt national global company ( Barrick Gold Corporation) and Resolute gold Company for another 4 years’ I can Say I have 14 years experiences.

I’m certified trainer for the mobile crane up to 120 tones, I also allowed driving cranes up to 120 tones crane.
In – more... wrote all those just to say I'm competent and professional a Fitters or Millwright just to work in any gold Plant or Copper plant industry.

I have grown from junior level to a trainer, where I train the Gold Plant fitter artisan to do the job as Barrick Global maintenance standards, to help the artisan in different eleven to achieve the work standard required by Barrick.

I competent to do all the basics engineering stuff as well specialized skill when it comes to maintenance and repair of such equipments as Centrifugal pumps, Vertical Spindle pumps, agitators, apron feeders, jaw crushers, cone crushers, mixers, Regeneration Kiln, Sag Mill, Ball Mill and Regrind Mills etc.

I teach people on pump basic and advanced training, shaft alignment, rigging and lifting, working at height, bearing assembling, laser alignment etc.

I’m certified trainer for the mobile crane up to 120 tones, I also allowed driving cranes up to 120 tones crane.
In wrote all those just to say I'm competent and professional a Fitters or Millwright just to work in any gold Plant or Copper plant industry.
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Vikki – June 4, 2012

I have had an application with Barrick since February 2012, how long does it take them to make any kind of contact with you? Im looking for a position of Haul truck driver" I haven't heard a word from them and there is no way for the public to call them, any suggestions? Thank you for whomever respond with helpful information. Have a blessed day.

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Good learning environment for Engineers
Underground Graduate Mining Engineer (Current Employee), Porgera – April 27, 2012
On a daily basis, I am required to do development designs using Mine Sight 3D. The more I work on the designs coupled with supervision from supervisors, the more competent I become using the software. Thus, everyday I learn new things for my personal and career development.

The working environment is great and everybody is willing to help build career – more... paths. – less
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Professionally driven
Concentrator Manager (Former Employee), Jabal Sayid – April 22, 2012
Pros: helpful
Cons: very large
Was a pleasure to work at Barrick. Advice was always readily available from the hierarchy. Not too much red tape. Action oriented. Results driven. A real pleasure to work here.
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The mine rescue has been very exciting and fun and has given me a lot of oppertunities.
Equipment operator (Current Employee), Barrick / Cortez – February 26, 2012
Pros: lots of schooling and travel
Cons: being away from home
Barrick has a very extencive training program and they by top line equipment
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Great People, work, experiances, great pay and benifits its a dream job
Mine ops operator (Current Employee), Bald mountain mine, NV – February 15, 2012
Pros: great people, work, experiances, great pay and benifits its a dream job
Cons: long time to get there from town
I love working for barrick gold at there bald mountain mine. other then its location far away from the nearest town, To me is the ideal work place for anyone seeking a carrer in mining. Mining is a fun fast paced way to build up your experiance in operation of heavy equipment and other skills that follow the mining prosess. It was Barrrick gold that – more... offered me a chance to do so, and very greatfull that they did. – less
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Barrick Gold Corporation (TSX: ABX, NYSE: ABX) is the largest pure gold mining company in the world, with its headquarters in – Read more

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