Horizon North
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Avoid unless last resort.
Camp Attendant (Current Employee) – Grande Prairie, AB – 17 February 2019
This company is terrible. And I mean TERRIBLE.
Incredibly unorganized and will burn you out fast and they still have the audacity to ask for more. The workload they give you is unattainable for the allotted hours you work if you aren't taking "short cuts" - UNLESS YOU WANT TO WORK ON YOUR OWN TIME WITHOUT BEING PAID AND/OR SKIP YOUR BREAKS.
The rooms are filthy and the food is disgusting. I seriously feel sorry for the guests who have to stay here.
Majority of the workers are incredibly lazy and filthy. If you're one of the few that actually does your job, you'll have the privilege of having to do theirs too while you both take home the same paycheck. Sound fair??? Unless you enjoy having to do multiple peoples work on the same wage, avoid this company. Management tries to pass it off as "teamwork" thinking we don't see that they're only using the good workers to fix the constant issues with the cleanliness because they can't be bothered to hire qualified people and more so, enough people (always short handed). Explains the turnover rates (good camp attendants don't seem to last here!) and the bitter atmosphere.
Also, minding your business does not work. Someone will still find a way to create problems. It's a very childish and bully type of atmosphere. They seem to hire people in all fields who haven't a clue what they're doing which only adds to the hostile environment. Incessant drama between the camp attendants, front desk and management. Not an ounce of professionalism from the higher ups which is not only frustrating, but pathetic.
Oh, and the pay is abysmal more... (minimum wage!) for the amount of work and standards they have. Avoid this place unless you absolutely need to work until you secure another job elsewhere. I can't imagine this company lasting much longer with the reputation it has. less
Incredibly unorganized and will burn you out fast and they still have the audacity to ask for more. The workload they give you is unattainable for the allotted hours you work if you aren't taking "short cuts" - UNLESS YOU WANT TO WORK ON YOUR OWN TIME WITHOUT BEING PAID AND/OR SKIP YOUR BREAKS.
The rooms are filthy and the food is disgusting. I seriously feel sorry for the guests who have to stay here.
Majority of the workers are incredibly lazy and filthy. If you're one of the few that actually does your job, you'll have the privilege of having to do theirs too while you both take home the same paycheck. Sound fair??? Unless you enjoy having to do multiple peoples work on the same wage, avoid this company. Management tries to pass it off as "teamwork" thinking we don't see that they're only using the good workers to fix the constant issues with the cleanliness because they can't be bothered to hire qualified people and more so, enough people (always short handed). Explains the turnover rates (good camp attendants don't seem to last here!) and the bitter atmosphere.
Also, minding your business does not work. Someone will still find a way to create problems. It's a very childish and bully type of atmosphere. They seem to hire people in all fields who haven't a clue what they're doing which only adds to the hostile environment. Incessant drama between the camp attendants, front desk and management. Not an ounce of professionalism from the higher ups which is not only frustrating, but pathetic.
Oh, and the pay is abysmal more... (minimum wage!) for the amount of work and standards they have. Avoid this place unless you absolutely need to work until you secure another job elsewhere. I can't imagine this company lasting much longer with the reputation it has. less
Pros
Free food and board
Cons
Wage, hiring unqualified people, no training, short staffed, hypocritical standards, Everything.
The worst company to work for
baker (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 26 January 2019
All these people are lying about horizon is good company start from Edmonton office to camp it’s really not good company to work for I prefer to work for 10$ /hour than to work for them
Cons
No overtime and always short stuff and they treat you like slave
Pay is decent
Construction (Former Employee) – Grande Prairie, AB – 7 January 2019
All the work takes you to many different places in Northern Canada, BC, Alberta, NWT , Nunavut depending on the department that you work in. most all the crews are good to work with.
Pros
nice people
Cons
dont always have steady work
Run
Housekeeper (Current Employee) – Grande Prairie, AB – 30 December 2018
You guys love the long hours without being paid ot??? What's wrong with you.equal pay for equal work.come on already.stupid.these camp companies hire immigrants who cant read,write or speak English.how can they do their job?cant read walk downs,labels on chemical bottles,cant fill out flha.so how are sv supposed to work with this?makes no sense.also they do half the work.literally.the rooms are filthy and there is no getting them to do better.HN will at some point start losing contracts due to the lack of cleanliness.seen it happen to other camp companies.this one is no different .this is a catering company..only do 2 things. Cook and clean.the camp I'm at isn't doing either very well.
Pros
None
Cons
Immigrants doing nothing for same pay as me
Good Employer
CAMP ATTENDANT (Former Employee) – Fort McMurray, AB – 7 December 2018
Good benefits, job security, great camp atmosphere. Hard work, but decent pay; good way to save money; it'll be good to be up North again. Excited to start working for them again!
Lots of great people
Lodge Manager (Former Employee) – Fort McMurray, AB – 25 September 2018
North Sands lodge had a lot of great people working there which made it fun. It was hard work but everyone enjoyed it and made the 21 days bearable. I would work there again.
Pros
food
Cons
long shifts
nice camps
Chef/Baker/breakfast cook (Current Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 21 September 2018
overall nice camps found management to be a bit fractured and at times placement to be very unorganized and not keeping on top of program. Otherwise working conditions were very agreeable.
Pros
nice facilities
Cons
placement
It was very different and an enjoyable work enviroment
General Helper (Former Employee) – Jansen, SK – 13 September 2018
I've learned a lot about safety working with Horizon North Logistics. I really enjoyed the management and my fellow co workers .. i believe in safe and comfortable work enviroment
Pros
I enjoyed the free lunches
Cons
long hours yes
camp attendant
House Keeping Attendant (Former Employee) – Fort McMurray, AB – 8 August 2018
Safety is the most important apart for the customers and myself having my tickets with my experience of 10 years with my experience to provide great customer services and being a good team member I believe that my skills and experience would be suitable for this job.
Keep Looking.
"Production Worker" (Current Employee) – Kamloops, BC – 2 August 2018
All you will find here are sub-par wages and miserable people everywhere.
Management treats people terribly, and there is currently a freeze on time off requests. During summer.
Ideal place to learn how to use tools if you've never worked a day in your life though.
Management treats people terribly, and there is currently a freeze on time off requests. During summer.
Ideal place to learn how to use tools if you've never worked a day in your life though.
Pros
Great environment for the useless.
Cons
Supressed wages, everyone hates their lives, management is poor.
busy
Housekeeper/Camp Attendant (Former Employee) – Alberta – 16 July 2018
enjoyed working with the new people I have met on the way I loved meeting new co workers made the job more fun but they need to improve on the managers they think they own the worker they didn't make it fun the work loads were very hard and you had to keep up and not fal behind
Pros
free room and board
Cons
doing over time and not being paid for them
A great place to work once you get to the job. Hard to get to Edmonton, so you can be sent out.
Camp Attendant (Current Employee) – 40 kms east of Fort St. John BC – 10 July 2018
I enjoyed the opportunity to learn many of the different jobs available in a camp atmosphere. I also enjoyed working in the office and learning the different programs.
Pros
Room and board, great food
Cons
No job security, with poor economy
good
Housekeeping (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 12 June 2018
not much to say really you got on the truck /bus they made sure you got to your camp and you go to work cleaning rooms your hitch ends you go home and come back its easy peezy and good work
Pros
money
Cons
mind your business in camp and life is good
Very productive and fast paced environment.
Kitchen Helper (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 4 June 2018
Working with Horizon North was a great experience. I had met a lot of friends and seen some family members when I got transferred to Kitikmeot Caterers upnorth. That’s where I’m originally from Nunavut and it was just an hour from my hometown Gjoa Haven.
Pros
Free food free gym
Cons
Long hours of work and a long rotation
I absolutely love it here!
Clerk (Current Employee) – Edmonton, AB, (camp job) – 25 May 2018
I've worked here for about a year and i would be sad to leave, but unfortunately i need to take my next step. This has been the best place so far that i have worked at
Pros
Great environment
Cons
away from home 3 weeks at a time
Great People, management is hard to deal with
Project Manager/Senior Business Analyst (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 10 April 2018
People were always great to deal with on a daily. The upper management could be difficult to deal with at times, when it would come to changing process and systems.