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Was a great place to work at one time
Maintenance Worker (Former Employee) – Key Lake, SK – 23 February 2019
Back in this company's glory days, pre Fukushima, it was an excellent place to work. It is a far cry from that today. Gross mismangement from the top down drove this company into the ground. Unfortunately only the front line employees were affected in the end. Favoritism was pretty common and led to a disgruntled work force at times. It's very sad knowing what this company could have been with some better people in charge. Pay and benefits were tops in the industry. Although management were clueless most of the time, they were still friendly and approachable. Co-workers mostly all got along really well. Very safe place to work for the most part.
Pros
Excellent pay and benefits, week in/week out, camp accommodations
Cons
Management was clueless
Cameco holds it's employees to a high standard
Mine Maintenance Planner (Former Employee) – Rabbit Lake, SK – 1 February 2019
I didn't realize this at the time but Cameco's dedication to following procedures and protocols is what i miss the most. The positions I've held after Cameco have all lacked that. The neatest part is seeing what happens; if employees don't fully understand their roles and/or the boundaries of those roles conflict and poor performance is the result. which is totally unnecessary.
Good workplace with great benefits
Geologist (Former Employee) – Saskatoon, SK – 1 January 2019
Overall a great place to work with a positive culture that rewards a strong work ethic and promotes change. Management works hard to keep their best people in hard times, and reward them in the good times. The hardest part of the job was being away from family during our field programs, but that was also one of the most enjoyable parts of the job.
Pros
Benefits, colleagues, job opportunities
Cons
Middle management, certain toxic people, stressful work
Challenging but rewarding work area.
Site Services Foreman (Former Employee) – Northern Saskatchewan – 31 December 2018
My work day included scheduling of work to be completed by Site Services department which is comprised of approximately 18 employees. Daily tasks included scheduling work according to site requirements. Scope of work included road maintenance, airport maintenance, Waste removal, excavation when required, trucking and transport of ore to supply mill and vac truck assignments.
SAP used to generate work orders and notifications.
Incident investigation and corrective actions.
Monitor employee training to ensure all training was up to date.
SAP used to generate work orders and notifications.
Incident investigation and corrective actions.
Monitor employee training to ensure all training was up to date.
Work life in a day
Senior Mine Technician (Former Employee) – Mine Site, Saskatchewan – 12 December 2018
Work day was full of challenges and a lot of interactions with various departments and always fun filled work day. Meeting daily and weekly deadlines.
Pros
Good paying work and took care of employees
Cons
Being away from home but adjusted well.
Great people to work with
Journeyman Electrician (Current Employee) – McArthur river – 18 November 2018
Good atmosphere before layoffs and cutbacks. Great accommodations , average food, gym facilities proved to be quite adequate. Travelling in fall and winter hit and miss as all fly ins seem to encounter.
Productive company
Process Operator (Former Employee) – McArthur River, SK – 22 October 2018
I learned how to run a underground mill, water treatment plant. They were a good company, the people were good, the money was also good. The camp was very nice. The work wasnt too hard.
Pros
Good camp
Cons
C0-Workers not doing their job
Awesome place to work
Mill Operator (Former Employee) – Key Lake, SK – 11 October 2018
Unfortunate events in uranium prices forced company to layoff many front line workers. I was hoping to retire at this company. The company did everything it could to make it comfortable at site for employees.
Pros
Awesome camp
Cons
Nill
enjoyed the startup pace
Process Supervisor (Former Employee) – Saskatoon, SK – 10 October 2018
A typical day in the camp life was fairly quiet as it had a bar but no alcohol in the rooms. There was recreation. Food was good.
This was at the Key Lake Mine site.
McArthur River was quiet also. I did not have much time for recreation as I was dayshift nite shift foreman requiring long hours.
This was at the Key Lake Mine site.
McArthur River was quiet also. I did not have much time for recreation as I was dayshift nite shift foreman requiring long hours.
Pros
good television and food
Cons
For myself there really wasn't, any
Good Company to work for. Work/Life balance and job satisfaction a priority.
Senior Site Planner (Current Employee) – Saskatoon, SK – 9 October 2018
Cameco is a diverse place to work with a wide range of personalities. Initial direction of my role was a functional role involved in the development of the Scheduling aspect of Project Controls department. There were several highly helpful individuals involved in this work who made working at Cameco very exciting and rewarding. Upon transitioning into the Senior Site Planner role I became more involved with Construction Management and their Northern Sites. Our CMT was a wealth knowledge and experience and I feel the involvement with this group has made a huge impact and increased my expertise greatly.
Pros
Flexiable Hours
Cons
Specific Management personnel had very little in Construction experiance
Once a very profitable organization has fallen on hard times
Human Resources Specialist (Former Employee) – Saskatchewan – 24 September 2018
Many forces outside of the company's control have significantly impacted the company's profitability. A once highly profitable organization has since had to suspend operations for an undetermined amount of time in order to allow the market to recover.
is a good place to work
Training specialist (Current Employee) – mcarthur river – 12 September 2018
Cameco takes care of their employees with great salaries and perks. They have fallen on hard times recently and the company had to adapt for the worse. It did take its toll on alot of the things that made them great to work for, thats why i no longer work for them.
Great Company, Great People, Tough Times.
Analytical Laboratory Technologist (Former Employee) – Blind River, ON – 20 August 2018
I was employed at a small site within the company with only a few hundred employees. The people employed there have been amazing and were always willing to mentor and assist whenever needed. Most of the employees were friends outside of work and organized events in and out of work where employees would get together and socialize. The company provided schedule options and flexible hours. Your birthday is a paid day off and you receive a gift every year if the site has maintained a no LTA record. In the years after the Fukushima incident and the downturn of the nuclear industry, the corporate culture has begun to change and not for the better. Recently before I retired, most of the perks had been taken away in the name of cost saving and the new "do more with less" corporate slogan had strained relationships between departments and between employees and management.
Great company, great benefits, upward mobility
HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR (Former Employee) – Key Lake, Sk – 16 May 2018
trained and certified with hours to operated various types of equipment. Was also training others at site. The workplace had a lot of Indigeneous peoples who were well qualified and were trained to move upward. Great Place to work.
Pros
Inclusive
Cons
none
Great benefits but too much bureocracy
Exploration Geologist III (Former Employee) – Saskatoon, SK – 9 May 2018
This company in overall has great salary/benefits and it tries to have a good life balance. Uranium is not on its highest right now so the company is suffering.
Is a good place to work
Workface Planner Coordinator (Current Employee) – Port Hope, ON – 3 May 2018
I am only a contractor so i cant give a full review but seems like employees have a good place to work. there are events to support the community and employees rally around other employees if needed.