Pros
-Opportunity to develop processes -Good learning opportunities -Opportunity to advance your career if you can endure the negatives (many open job postings) -Great recreation in the area (hiking, snowmobiling, skiing, camping, boating)
Cons
-Low pay compared to other mining, construction, oil & gas companies -Extremely high turnover of workers -Company is structured as an inverted pyramid, large number of employees with "manager" in their job title that spend most their time in useless meetings all day, there are very few people actually doing any meaningful work in the office -Long travel time to mine sites, unpaid -No LOA or camps provided -Poor quality equipment and work trucks -Poor safety culture, disorganized mine sites -Little or no training provided, throw you into the deep end and hope you can swim type of work environment -Environmental problems -Financial problems, company may not survive 5 years