Interfor reviews

Senior mgmt. in woodlands is of the "old culture" and promoted to position through time invested, not qualifications. Mgmt. act with low integrity and do not honor agreements or commitments to lower-level staff. Lots of false promises. Expectations of time committed to the company are unreasonable. Little to no acknowledgement of quality jobs or extra efforts by mgmt. Appears that the only way to move up in Company is to brown nose senior mgmt and sacrifice personal life. New ideas are either thrown out in favor of old 'ruts' or stolen without acknowledgement. Employees expected to drive broken down pickups from the 90's and early 2000's yet management wonders why production always lags. Safety leadership is in lip service only. Mgmt. view costs as blockade to improving safety. Discipline notices for incidents = culture tendency to leave unsafe issues unreported. Company tenure is only on remote locations on BC coast, requiring lots of camp work.

-Seems it has turned into profits before people with all the continuous layoffs. -Way too many members of management walking around with hands in their pockets while most departments are short handed. -The insurance has been getting consistently worse each year. Knowing they will not change plans even through 2015 is reason enough to have to find a job with better insurance. -Safety policy is too strict. Termination after 2 incidents in 2 years is pretty tough considering sawmills are dangerous places to work to begin with. -I've seen over 5 millwrights, 3 truck shop mechanics, 5 electricians, and a few boiler operators leave in under 2 years for various reasons but mostly brought on by stress from management.