Pros
-Decent Benefits -Decent Pay -Decent Bonus -Good experience in the Nuclear field
Cons
-Heavily profit driven -They will change your schedule however they feel like it -Heavy snitching culture -A lot of inexperienced Radiation Technicians -A lot of drama, favouritism, & nepotism -Everyone is a referral, be careful about who you talk to -Management lies a lot -Finger pointing and blaming -Promotions are pre chosen, this is discussed around EnergySolutions Canada often -Lots of gaslighting -Incompetent leads and supervisors (only 1 or 2 that are actually good at their jobs) -Inconsistent break times, some crews will have a total of 1.5 hours of break time and some will have the regular total of 45 minutes of break time -A lot of people pretend to work here, or hide in locker rooms/bathrooms to avoid work -People get injured here but do not report it because of a “yearly safety bonus” -The younger group of males here make a lot of inappropriate racial jokes -A lot of the males at BP like to boast about not working like it is a competition -They pretend to care about your safety -Supervisors will vouch for the people they know -People talk more than they work here -A lot of people sneak in their phones into the working area, especially on forklifts -You will be burned out some days -A lot of the new Radiation Technician do not take their jobs seriously, lots of shortcuts **UPDATE** -They say there is a lot of of opportunities here for promotion but if you look around only the people who have friends get recommended -They say you can move up faster if you learn “new” things but it’s only for them to get work done (no pay increase for these additional skills) -Radiation Technician salary is not significantly higher than Process Technician salary, more work and more responsibility -People go to the computer lab to be on their phones, watch Youtube, or sleep and not doing readings -Supervisors are on their phones or watching videos while “SUPERVISING” the workers on the floor -People get promoted out of necessity