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Very productive

Petroleum Oil Laboratory Technician Class "A" (Current Employee) – Edmonton AB – 13 April 2018

Oil and gas Edmonton,
There are many tests to learn, which give provide a good experience opportunity.All of the tests are very interesting. I love the nature of the job Ido.

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Not the best enviromnment to work in

Technical Imaging Supervisor Oil Sands (Former Employee) – Calgary – 15 May 2018

After I had my department running like a race car I was seeking out more challenges which the General manager happily gave me knowing with confidence that I would go over and above. Unfortunately the downturn in the economy saw many excellent workers laid off including myself.

Pros

Some good people as with most companies

Cons

The brutal owner had all upper management running scared and did anything to cut costs.

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Toxic work environment

Payroll Administrator (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 14 May 2018

Co-workers complaining and bad mouthing other departments. Very unprofessional staff in the payroll department. There was potential for career advancement so there was a lot of sabbatoging and toxic behaviour in the work place. It was draining and extremely stressful.

Cons

Toxic co-workers

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very friendly coworkers

Laboratory Coordinator (Current Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 23 March 2018

implement of qualification and working in different environment than previous work place and fun to work with friendly coworkers and got opportunity to learn something new

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Fun and amazing place to work

Logistics Assistant (Former Employee) – Fort St John,BC – 11 March 2018

Everybody here is fun to work with and keeps the long work days interesting. The job itself is interesting and you learn new things everyday. Would recommend!

Pros

Easy going environment

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A place for career growth

Laboratory Analyst (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 4 March 2018

AGAT Laboratories ltd. is a place to start and grow your career. The working environment enhances learning with emphasis on team building and relational accountability within individual department and others too.

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The people are nice but management is stupid

Lab Technician (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 31 January 2018

Working at sample reception itself was a pleasant experience. We had a nice group of people who were considered good friends but we still kept it professional when it came to work. The problem arose when people from Upper Management came and tried to make changes into the system that we had established long ago. In a classic Upper Management fashion they knew absolutely nothing about the inner and outer workings of the work flow that we establish through our careful planning and years of working side by side. To sum it up they removed some of us who were unwilling to follow their "plan" to revise Sample Reception.

Pros

Nothing

Cons

Management does not care about underpaid, overworked employees

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relax work

Lab Technician (Current Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 17 January 2018

Instead of spending 2-4 years in school for a challenging science diploma/degree, spend $100 getting your Forklift Operators License on a weekend and you’ll make significantly more money than you will as an entry level Lab Tech. The lowest bidder analytical industry does not value you, you are easily replaced for what is essentially minimum wage.
Also no one seems to give trouble about quality control or following standard operating procedures. If a sample is rush and it is delayed because of QC or SOP reasons, you’ll just get in trouble.

Pros

friedly wrk place

Cons

low salary

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Great company - far commute

Project Manager Assistant (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 8 January 2018

A lot of room to grow and positions open up frequently. The people there are very friendly and always like to lend a hand. The commute was too much for me and the hours weren't the best either.

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Very unsafe place to work

Logistics Technician (Former Employee) – Lloydminster, SK – 11 December 2017

This was a lab dealing with very harmful chemicals, and didn't even have a safety shower for their empoyees or enough hood fans, and expected the empoyees to use these chemicals out in the open.

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Nice and professional people

Oil Sands Laboratory Technician (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 21 November 2017

I met great people and professional management and was surprised with company safety culture and work attitude. Personnel is dedicated to the company goals.

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Fun working place

Quality Control Chemist (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 15 November 2017

Challenging work

Learned time management

Nice workplace culture

Day to day challenge on my work

Like to take challenges on work so never feel hard

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Day to day work life good

Technicien (Current Employee) – Montréal, QC – 10 October 2017

Day to day work is good, but little to no feedback from management. Currently no annual performance evaluation and no regular salary increases. People threaten to quit to get salary increases and job advancement.

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LAB TECHNICIAN (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 14 August 2017

Inspect field sample when it come in for porosity and permeable, it is routine job no learning new thing and cheap paid. It is very easy but hard work

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12 Hr

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Overall good workplace with long work hours

Laboratory Technician (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 10 August 2017

It has a flexible work culture so that an employee can self-manage the work load in long working hours. The management was cooperative and given the opportunity to learn.

Pros

4 days off after 4 working days

Cons

Long hours and very low pay

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Good Entry Level

Laboratory Technician- Oil Sands Department (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 19 July 2017

A good entry level job. Working with oil sands samples. Good Management. You can learn a lot with this company on how to process and extract oil from oil sands. You will feel like a scientist working on a lab.

Pros

great work experience

Cons

chemical fumes

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Awesome place to work at, very relaxed

Laboratory Technician (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 18 June 2017

There is a rhythm to this job, and all you need to do is find it, and you will be fine. It pays well for the work that you do, $13/hr for preparing and squeezing water from rock, and taking measurements. It's not particularly difficult, and the bosses are very nice people.

Pros

Very relaxed workplace

Cons

A bump in pay wouldn't hurt

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Stay away!!!

Field Technician (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 1 May 2017

Upon first being hired you are told what a great and wonderful place it is to work and there is a lot of room for advancement with bonuses to be made.

You will soon realize that these are all lies! There are no bonuses, there is no room for advancement or any kind of raises to be had.

You will see the light and wonder what did you get yourself into.

Unless you are in an upper management position don't expect much from this company.

Extremely high turn over company and mismanaged.

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Good place to build a career

Lab Technician (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 19 April 2017

If somebody is willing to work hard, s/he will get many chances to learn. Nice coworkers and Friendly management. Good work place for the beginners. From spring to early winter is extremely busy.

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Low wage job with enomourous work loads

Lab Technician (Current Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 18 April 2017

Wages are low, workloads are high, employee concerns are usually ignored, at least until someone complains to the ministry of labor. Lots of pressure to work fast. When head office considers lab not to be busy, overtime is unpaid, even if one can not manage the work load on time. Resources required for work including glassware, instruments and even work space balance between barely enough and not enough, resulting in occasional conflicts between employees.

Pros

Experience for your resume

Cons

Low wage, high workloads

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Field Technician

Air Quality Monitoring Field Technician (Former Employee) – Alberta – 11 April 2017

I was on the road for most of the year. The work and pay were great but social life at home took a hit. Great job for the workaholics but i like my personal life to be quite separate.

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