Aegion Corporation Employee Reviews

If your eager and willing to apply yourself, and enjoy fast-paced work, you can do well. Every single day you can endure very dangerous circumstances working in the man holes, not really for the faint of heart. Some co-workers were excellent, some were horrible characters and absolutely brown-nosed the head superintendent.

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Wetout (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 31 October 2023

Good place to work tons of fun and learn lots. You get great bonuses every month on top of your paycheck. One of the best part would be the payed 10 day off a year.

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Insights into Aegion Corporation

Based on 22 survey responses

What people like

Supportive environment
Clear sense of purpose
Ability to learn new things

Areas for improvement

Feeling of personal appreciation
Time and location flexibility
Sense of belonging

Its a presidents family club. If your a worker bee you have no chance

Contract Administrator (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 17 May 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?work alonethere is nothing elseWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?no collaboration. Dictated by familyPresident does not have a clue only there because if his DadWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?if your related or in the clique your safe otherwise they treat you like garbageWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?fear work very hard and they don’t care

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Terrible work environment

General Labourer/ van operator (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 23 February 2023

Horrible management, treat people like garbage. Don’t know what hours you are gonna work every week. Got laid off for 3 weeks because no work. Bad company

Pros

None

Cons

Everything

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Negative work place, management will make you push aside safely protocols to get the job done

CCTV Camera Truck Operator (Former Employee) - Alberta - 30 January 2023

I have worked there for 3 years meany people have died doing this job at this company I strongly recommend you never work here they talk a big game about safety but when it comes down to it your forced to risk your life in the name of production.

Pros

Stable job

Cons

Long hour’s cannot leave till the job is done, its like high school with all the drama and the talking behind peoples backs

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Good if you’re single or have an older family and can be gone for long periods of time

Operator (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 21 April 2022

Worked for Insituform part of the aegion group, all the guys were nice and fairly easy to get along with, laid back work, more time spent sitting in the truck on your phone than anything else, way more out of town work than originally mentioned during interview worked there for 5 months spent 4 of the 5 months in hotels, can’t raise a young family working that way, lots of work but slow paced environment

Pros

Free lunch once a month, stay in some cool places, easy to get along with the guys, lots of hours

Cons

Too much out of town work

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No work life balance

Labourer (Former Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 9 May 2021

You will we sent out out of town & worker day or night.Work Life Balance does not exist .Hours are about 6-10 everyday (6-7 days a week)Favouritism is a big thing there for the Canada Side of Management end of December Corporate side goes on One month Vacation with Bonusfrom there (Aegion) Stock Market.Any other position that is not office one month no pay & no bonus Pay is Weekly no Room For Promotions as Positions are held tight by Favouritism.

Pros

Weekly Pay

Cons

No Work Life Balance

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Productive and lots of training

Class 3 Truck Driver/ Laborer (Current Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 28 January 2021

The hardest: Stacking liners in back of truck can be very physically and demanding especially if you have to do a transferring of liner into another truck.I learned that taking the extra 5 minutes can save the company time and money. Plus if you dont know how to do something ask a fellow coworker.

Pros

Good benefits, decent starting pay, lots of training opportunities

Cons

Can be long hours during peak production shift can be 15 hours, work can be daunting if you havent worked a manual labor job before

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Edmonton wet out facility is not good

Wet out labourer (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 27 January 2021

Management is lacking to say the least , you will feel very unwanted . It’s fast and physical , way more mental stress then is needed . Things get promised or said that aren’t fulfilled. Also a lot of talking behind backs .

Pros

Money

Cons

Bad management, headaches not worth the wage

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not very good place to work.

Labourer (Former Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 15 September 2020

do not work for this company in Winnipeg. they give you false promises and swear that they have lots of work and money to be made in Winnipeg but the truth is they make you work 21 days on 7 days off and they expect you to teach yourself everything. the crew that works in Winnipeg are all racist and unwilling to teach new people. there main office is located in Edmonton and they don't care about people who live in Winnipeg. they only want to use you to make a buck on their end.

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fast paced work environment

Foreman/Supervisor (Former Employee) - Hamilton, ON - 16 January 2020

great place to work if you dont mind been on the road all the time .with not a lot of time for family or home time ..after said that its still a great work place everyone was great to work with and to get along with never had a problem with safety or equipment.

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great place to work

Driver (Current Employee) - Niagara Falls, ON - 4 November 2019

I drove tracker trailer truck and water truck. We installed sewer pipes that needed to be changed. The management was great . All of training was provided with this job.

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Insituform Cares

Operator/ Laborer (Current Employee) - Hamilton, ON - 9 July 2019

I received more tickets and safety training from this company then one can imagine. Pays great. Its not a job for everyone but if you are a hard worker and love money and can handle long hours with travel, than this is the place for you.

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worst tun out of people ive ever seen

Undergroung Pipe Specialist (Current Employee) - Hamilton, ON - 20 October 2018

they go trough people like you change your shorts. Was there 2 year and ive seen probably 20 guys . Work over legal hour of driving many time last week there 81 hour. When aproach the supervisor for issue nothing get solve. Dont expect to have a family life there cause u want i had to quit all sport and plan nothing cause u never know until the sunday where u work monday and what time u start. They will promise u at time of employement that u will be 6 month in hamilton but that a big BS

Pros

money good if ur ok to be 11 month out of town sleeping in hotel

Cons

very long hour no time to eat advrage 12 to 14 and more

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Great atmosphere

Field Engineer (Current Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 18 July 2016

I learned alot with Insituform. They invested a lot of training and resources to better their employees. Great company and great peopole

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Contract administrator

Administrateur de contrat (Former Employee) - Ville Ste. Laurent, QC - 29 April 2016

This is a worldwide company doing rehabilitation of sewers A lot of divertified task to do every day Had to to travel in Edmonton for crash course

Pros

Hours

Cons

none

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Rewarding work enviroment.

Labourer/ Truck driver (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 1 February 2016

start work at 7 AM and start by walking around my truck to do my pre trip. Meet with the supper attendant and go over the work day ahead and end the meeting by doing the required stretching so I don't pull or hurt any muscles. After that we drive to the location where the work is to be done and set up the equipment. after a 10 to 12 hour day we take down the equipment and drive back to the job. I end my day by doing my post trip and filling in my log book. I have learned that safety is most important aspect of the job. Also learned the hazards and danger of the job and how to do the job the safe and right way. The management team does a great job in schooling us on any questions or concerns pertaining to the job or task on hand. everyone works in a team mind frame. The hardest part of the job is when your away from home for a long time. the most enjoyable part of the job is when we have completed a job for a client and the client is satisfied with the results.

Pros

lots of hours and good pay.

Cons

dangores.

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produtive fun place to work

CCTV operator (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 13 December 2015

my skills and knowledge through out my time there had grown immensely. I found the work place to safe and the crews were enjoyable to work with.

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Labourer (Former Employee) - Hamilton, ON - 20 April 2015

away from home for weeks at a time, expect you to learn all aspects with no proper training or guidance. a lot of downtime and travel

Pros

good pay

Cons

away from home too much

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Truck Driver (Former Employee) - Hamilton, ON - 11 March 2015

Preform pre-trip and log book after inspecting truck. Talk to manage to be inform of job location(s) for that day. Drive to location, help crew unload equipment to perform job. Help with installing new pipe for sewers in many cities and towns. When job is total complete to upmost satisfactory and video documented, we load up trucks. And off to new location or yard. Great working with this crew, very educational and satisfying. The most enjoyable part of this job is travelling, and being able to go as far as Edmonton Alberta ,and also British Columbia for many weeks. Complete all paperwork daily.

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safe and experianced and fun co workers

Driver / Operator (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 29 January 2015

I operated the company vac truck or the flusher truck when i got to site i set up the truck to clear the sewer line we put a new liner in after the liner is in i then put my safety gear on and cut the excess liner out for useage

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