Pros
Most of the guys/gals you work with used to be decent people but LZ took it's toll. Decent pay, but you'll break your back.
Cons
Management is biased towards "word of mouth". Bullying is a constant reality. Disciplined for things out of your control. Very unorganized. Extremely labor intensive. Dirtiest facility you could ever imagine. Unit floods knee deep and above pump bases and most of the pumps during a rain.... use your imagination when it storms! (product over 400 degrees flowing through all of the reactors and every product going is above 250-300 degrees) ...Of which you're expected to keep processing, even when in dangerous conditions. Out dated equipment. Streets near many of the units are slick with product so you see trucks and forklifts sliding uncontrollably into tanks, walls, other vehicles, almost hitting other workers, etc. Tank farms are constantly leaking product to the ground, as well as the several leaks of H2S from it's vents nearly killing people working down wind. Acid units near the bayou, similarly to the 116 unit, are leaking into the bayou and management doesn't seem to care about it as it was never fixed during the time I was with the company. I reported it to the shift foreman, training foreman, and the Production manager. Acid units would over pressure almost every shift the reactors were running leaking acid vent gas into the work areas and being told to keep the process running, while if the unit shut down, the foreman and supervision would criticize the decision to do so. Management hides environmental issues during walkthroughs by keeping them out of the units in dire need of repair. Management has workers pain the street side of tanks, pipes, and curbs to create the illusion of compliance, while the back side is rusted and half destroyed. Hurricane is making landfall and it is advised to shut everything down for safety reasons, but management instructs operations to continue processing until the rain starts. (liquid chlorine comes into many of these units and ops is required to shut it down in the middle of a hurricane). Workers, both ops and construction, are just bodies in the eyes of management, it seems as per their interactions and their "just get it done" mindset. They create an illusion of being a team, but when something goes wrong they appear to find someone to blame, rather than look at the equipment ops and contractors have to work with.
