Thread regarding Pembina Pipeline Corp layoffs

And what do you expect when the CEO is an accountant? They think that once you're called an engineer, you are all the same and don't value experience. People become PM's before they learn what a good design is. Gas pipelines/plants are a different beast than oil pipelines but put junior PM's in charge of projects and the designs will be poor - ahh but maybe on budget, then you can blame Operations when things don't work and the PM is off on another project. Lack of mentoring by older technical guys is costing more than is obvious. Experience is a valuable teacher.

I know two ex-Encana engineers who worked alongside CBU on many projects... Some of what they said about Pembina can't be repeated but one comment always stuck with me: "These guys have convinced themselves they can run a marathon when when they can barely walk". One of the best and most accurate comments about Pembina I have ever heard.

We have to remember that most of these summer students, who were hired as PM kids with no experience at all, are the offspring of the current managers, supervisors and vice presidents.

• This is real nepotism at Pembina-

It is very hard to understand how Pembina hire PMs with zero experience in the industry to manage million dollar projects. Most of them were basically summer students, other were interns, who were hired intermediately after graduation to manage the projects.

What kind of work a new university grad can do, without a professional engineering license, without technical and managerial experience?

How many of these inexperienced PM kids lead the projects over budget during execution? The answer is most of them.

Pembina is a dollar store company. I work with project managers predominantly in CBU and there is a level of arrogance with most of these young PMs that I've never seen before, and it appears to be celebrated. They largely reject advice from internal subject matter experts and support teams. Their sole focus is to come in under budget. That is it. Very little accountability, and it is frankly amateur hour the way these kids execute projects. Kudos to the high priced consultants who will be hired on in the coming years to make things right. Typical Pembina.