Unfortunately it all came to a sad end when Calgary-based TERA got gobbled up by a giant US company CH2M. After rounds and rounds of layoffs no one wants to be there anymore. At TERA you are looked at as an individual, at CH2M you are just a number and if billable work is not spilling over you, no one will help you make new connections to find work, be it locally or throughout the CH2M world. CH2M is reactive to Canadian economy and due to seasonal nature of work in oil-and gas consulting, they are quick to lay people off. As others said, billing during the work day is a total pain if you are not busy with project work. Can't bill your time reading company emails either. So you basically volunteer your time for a multi-national multi-billion dollar company. And then you get laid off anyway.
