Pinchin Ltd. Employee Reviews

It was a good group of people when I work there. As an Environmental Technologist the pay was not great mid 40s per year about 4 years ago. The only way to make halfway decent money was to be on the road a lot because they pay milage and cover your food. The travel wears on you over time.

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No life work balance

Project Engineer (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 30 September 2023

The management has something against engineers. They promote the environmental techs but not the engineers. Absolutely no life work balance. Strongly promote 80hr/week. Very toxic culture with high staff turnover.

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Insights into Pinchin Ltd.

Based on 14 survey responses

What people like

Supportive environment
Inclusive work environment
Ability to learn new things

Areas for improvement

General feeling of work happiness
Ability to meet personal goals
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Great place and full of opportunity

Director (Current Employee) - Canada - 7 August 2023

Great place, friendly people, work from home possible, vacation is fair and extra days off. Great place to start or continue a career. Would recommend to people I personally know, and have.

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Good company

Project Technologist (Current Employee) - Richmond, BC - 16 May 2023

Pros:Flexible work scheduleGood benefitsGood peopleStaff eventsCons:Work/life balanceVery numbers drivenDifficult to move upCorporate cares more about profits than employee retention, tends to be a revolving door

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Great Team to work and work life balance

IT Administrator (Current Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 28 February 2023

Great IT Team to work for, no micromanagement and great IT leadership. I would recommend to anyone to work here. If you are looking for growth, it maybe limited

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Official response from Pinchin Ltd.

5 July 2023

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Has taken a downturn for the worst

Technician (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 19 January 2023

Company was great before the change in CEO years back & it continues to go downhill - company has become so corporate and all about numbers/the bottom lineGood- benefits great (start from first day of employment)- match RRSP contributions after 1 year- mostly great colleagues- annual holiday party- holiday and profit sharing bonus - mostly great colleaguesBad- pay is below average no matter what they try to say about “being competitive”- Annual increases of a mere 3% … maybe more if you’re lucky or fight hard enough for it. Or less if they don’t think you worked hard enough- Depending which group you work for/who your reporting manager is really makes or breaks your experience

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Official response from Pinchin Ltd.

8 March 2023

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Overall the management is more concern about profit than their employees.

Project Assistant (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 22 November 2022

Starting was fun with great holiday functions and management interactions was great and family oriented and then owners changed and culture and work-life balance went low. Making you feel uncertain of your future with the company.

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Good opportunities if you're willing to work.

Administrative Support (Current Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 25 October 2022

Great company to work for. Been in numerous positions during my time here. Company will work hard to hold onto good employees. Lots of staff appreciation, annual bonuses/raises and profit sharing. Work life balance.

Pros

Benefits, Vacation, RRSP match, Bonuses, Staff Appreciation

Cons

Boys club

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Official response from Pinchin Ltd.

16 November 2022

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Needs some work

Project Assistant (Former Employee) - Canada - 25 August 2022

This company is one that has the culture of being understaffed and relying on employees to keep up with the work load the don’t have the staff to fulfill. Even expecting the employees to work extra hours to meet demand, usually they only offer employees 2% raises a year, and management seems to either keep the majority of the bonus money for themselves or give more to there “favorites”. Employees who have a good work ethic get burned out trying to keep up and eventually the workplace because toxic because everyone is stressed out.

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Official response from Pinchin Ltd.

16 November 2022

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Productive, lots of overtime and exposure to different types of projects

Project Manager (Former Employee) - Richmond, BC - 13 June 2022

Pinchin Ltd. is a great place to learn and develop your skills with a variety of different projects, lots of overtime if you want it and an incredible group of experienced and talented people around you. The hardest part of the job, is being flexible to constant change, whether it is work hours, project duration, travel outside of the lower mainland, assignments and employee expectations. The most enjoyable part of the job, there is a priority to have team building events and functions outside of work, staff lunches and lunch n' learn sessions available to all staff. The management is very results oriented, values speed & creativity to complete projects. If you are self-motivated, confident and the type of person to focus on benefits vs. difficulties, this is the place for you.

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16 November 2022

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Great Team Environment to work in

IT Administrator (Current Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 17 May 2022

Great place to work in. No micro management in support team department. Management is helpful and listen to your idea and try to apply them to improve process

Pros

Great Culture, Team work, low stress

Cons

none

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16 November 2022

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Poor Management

Hazardous Material Project Technologist (Former Employee) - Regina, SK - 6 May 2022

Had me doing Asbestos abatement testing for a few months before putting me through the official training. Extremely lucky to have not been exposed. Was my first job in the safety industry and didn't want to step on toes. Was told to make due with faulty PPE and wasn't properly informed about all the hazards untill 3 months on the job.

Pros

Good hours and solid pay

Cons

Micromanagement, lack of safety awareness and training, toxic office culture

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16 November 2022

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Stay Away,

Project Manager (Current Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 12 April 2022

If you enjoy working long hours with minimal pay and no work life balance, this is the place for you.Management only cares about how much you can fill their pockets. Be prepared to become a number.Little to no opportunity for advancement.Staff are great people who make the company what it is. It's too bad that the management don't realize this.

Pros

Great staff.

Cons

Long hours, little pay, poor management.

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16 November 2022

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Adjust expectations

Technologist (Former Employee) - Ontario - 23 March 2022

Work life balance barely exists so don't bother if you have kids or can't work 12-14 hour days, nights and sometimes weekends with no lieu days to rest. While working in the field don't expect to be able to stop for food or water and complete the task on time.You are compensated for over time.

Pros

Overtime and expenses paid

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16 November 2022

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Good entry level experience, stepping stone company

Project Technologist (Former Employee) - Waterloo, ON - 28 January 2022

Good to gain experience but other than that get out, hard to stick around and grow at the salaries they pay unless you work crazy amount of over time

Pros

Good work experience

Cons

Pay - incompetent managers who believe you should sacrifice your limbs if a client demanded it

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16 November 2022

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Fun Workplace

Technologist (Current Employee) - Canada - 16 January 2022

Great team but the work life balance is really bad and the pay is low. There has not been much training, might be due to COVID. I think they are working on changing that

Pros

Learn a lot of from different jobs

Cons

Long hours Low pay Not much training

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Official response from Pinchin Ltd.

16 November 2022

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Close-knit collaborative team, good management, competitive salary, benefits could be better, work-life balance is good

Biologist (Environmental Science) (Current Employee) - Richmond, BC - 10 January 2022

Have weekly team meetings. Great team. Starting period was a steep learning curve but manager is patient and supportive. Workplace culture is nice, feedback and input is valued. Opportunity for learning and growth. Flexible times depending on scope of work. Good balance between work/life, and desk/field. Fieldwork safety is prioritized.

Pros

good compensation; nice team, culture and manager

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Official response from Pinchin Ltd.

16 November 2022

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Relaxed workplace, poor pay

Project Technologist (Current Employee) - Alberta - 10 January 2022

Relaxed workplace; however, the great culture is used as an excuse for poor pay compared to other firms. No room to move up or diversify. Otherwise, not a stressful place to work.

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Official response from Pinchin Ltd.

16 November 2022

It is always great to get feedback from our current employees at Pinchin. Thank you! We are continually working with our leadership team to assess total compensation so that we remain competitive in our industry. We appreciate your perspective!

Work/Life balance is great, opportunity for remote work and fast advancement in position if you are capable. Employee-oriented company.

Intermediate Biologist (Current Employee) - Richmond, BC - 10 January 2022

Pinchin showed a positive shift in work life balance, you get summer hours on top of vacation hours, plus a healthy amount of sick time to use for medical appointments and sick leave. Healthcare coverage is alright. Due to higher turnover rate during Covid, advancement in position comes easy if you show your capabilities and willingness to take on more work. My team leader does not push us to do overtime, advocates for work/life balance and is quite reasonable with vacation requests. The opportunity to cross train with multiple disciplines is there, provided the other disciplines are swamped and need help with projects. Team numbers are on the smaller side, so having supportive members and open conversations on work load and mental health is key to having a strong team (which is present in Pinchin).Due to high turnover rates, Project Managers and Discipline Leads tend to have a much higher workload and higher stress level overall. Work load is really high during peak seasons, due to smaller team size.

Pros

Fast position advancement, Work/life balance is great - healthy amount of vacation time, High level of engagement between Pinchin and employees, quite responsive to employee requests and suggestions

Cons

As project managers get swamped their responsiveness and ability to train junior staff is limited, Information and technical gap is present in teams with high turnover rates, Pay is market average

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Official response from Pinchin Ltd.

16 November 2022

It is always great to get feedback from our current employees on their experiences working at Pinchin.

Project tech

Project Technologist (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 17 October 2021

I worked here for two months biggest clowns ever the people training me didn’t even know how to use the equipment they blew air into water samples with peristaltic pumps completely skewing and ruining any samples. Then I was let go for absolutely no reason after there level of incompetence almost killed me since our project Manager and coordinator agreed to drill through a gas line your life is at risk working here . Don’t work here. They don’t even know how to keep you safe.

Pros

Nothing

Cons

Almost dying

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Don’t work here

Project Technologist (Former Employee) - Waterloo, ON - 30 June 2021

Unless you like working long shifts day and night. On call 24/7. Working on your time off because you can’t complete all your work during company time and getting paid little. Then this place is for you.