I joined Pembina six months ago. I wish I had found this page back then, things would have been much clearer for me. I don't want to repeat what others have already said in other posts but I want to add one thing for those who are considering joining this place - nothing they tell you during the interview is true. Nothing. You'll end up doing things that were never discussed without any training and be expected to know how to do them. If you bring it up with anybody above you, you'll be brushed off. You'll be expected to work overtime all the time without any compensation even if they told you work/life balance is great. Don't trust them. I did and I still regret it.
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Does your parent (pictured in the link below) look like they crawled home from a weeklong bender and wont let you work from home like an adult?
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Good luck with your interview! I hope to be in your position soon and leaving on a Friday with no warning is a gangster move. I liked how at the end of your post you said "It's just business" which is the honest truth. Mick, et.al, would cut 99% of us on the spot if it made business sense and protected their own personal compensation. Resigning on the spot is "just business". I also heard the same clichés about Pembina being a family when I was hired but it was moreso from my colleagues who are still devout. All that is missing is their white robes. Thanks for posting and reminding us to get the network fired up again. Cheers!
The comment about Pembina being a dysfunctional family with drunk and manipulative parents not paying for chores made me laugh out loud and also cringe. Disturbingly true.
For what it is worth, I have an interview with one of our competitors on Thursday morning. Engage your LinkedIn and personal networks as much as possible. I was depressed with my career here, and one message on LinkedIn and phone call with a former colleague led me to this position I am interviewing for. It was never posted anywhere and is a word of mouth hire.
Part of me wants to put in my two week notice, be graceful, and to participate in an exit interview, but let's be real, none of what I say to HR would matter, be taken seriously, or acted upon. So, it will be a Friday afternoon resignation. Already know what the e-mail will say. Not worried in the slightest what people here think about me. It's all business.
It's not too late to correct the mistake. You can give them the finger and sing "na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, hey-hey-hey, good by" on the way out the door.
I cannot speak for that person who posted below but they likely stay on for just the paycheque - like the rest of us. I re-read their post and there was nothing said about it being the "worst decisions you have ever made in your career". Selective reading on your part. You must be daft and still working here, or do not work within our industry. Either way you are a daft suck-up.
My question to the last respondent is "Why are you still there?". If you joined in 2015 and have made the choice that it is one of the worst decisions you have ever made in your career why do you stay? I understand staying one or two years thinking it will get better but six? Sorry I don't believe it could be the worst decision you ever made. If it is then you don't make very many decisions.
Sorry to hear that my friend. Know that you are not alone. Ensure you do what is best for yourself/health, career, and closest ones. With respect to the additional work/tasks assigned, in my experience, questioning any of that is most certainly always a career limiting move at Pembina. You are told that 'everyone else is doing more with less', and guilted in to overextending yourself. They know exactly what they can get away with and how to guilt staff. It's almost like there is a chapter on manipulation in their 'leadership' training they are all supposed to participate in. If you decline taking on more work, you are looked down upon by your peers and leaders as not being a team player.
Back when I was hired on in 2015, I broke one of my cardinal interview rules which is to decline any presented offer if a larger company refers to themselves as a 'big family.' Three people during the interview process trotted out that line, but against my better judgement, I still accepted their offer for employment. Turns out Pembina is one big dysfunctional family. Alcoholic parents dictating what the kids and can't do, telling them to always be in the office under supervision. Unpaid chores.... Easily one of the worst companies I have ever worked for in my entire career in Calgary midstream.
Sorry to hear you were sucked in with lies and false promises like many of us. It will only get worse. Get out as soon as you can. Many others are looking around and will be leaving as soon as they find something else. My prediction is workloads will only get worse as more people leave, and Pembina will have a hard time hiring new people that are worth having. The word about what they are like to work for is getting out more every day, and from a worker bee perspective, they have a very bad reputation.