Projet Kearl - Wood Buffalo, Alberta

Wat Ik

Safety is the watch word here at Kearl. The one family concept has everyone looking after each other.

Gavin G

Room accommodation gets cleaned once every 14 days. Camp is understaffed. Food is hit or miss, alternating between edible or throwing it out after one bite. My wing hallway wasn't swept once during my 21 day shift. Had to turn the heating off completely because it just blows dry and dusty air. Mattress and pillows are in bad shape. They make people take a bus to work and don't pay for that travel time. Worst Camp out of the 5 I have stayed at.

dk delrey

Keep losing food priviledges and food choices are now very limited.

No more buffet style
No more EDI take out
Took away lots of bag up room food choices.
No more plastic bags or take out containers

FOOD DOESN'T TASTE GOOD ANYMORE!

lloyd mitchell

Worst job I ever had . They might be safety first but employee comfort is not there the food was horrible , and don't ever ever do something wrong or question any body of authority or your room is revoked and you gone and made to feel like a criminal .

stelly star

June 9th 2023 ....Coming from a long shift have to wait about 30mins to get your food.....why did they remove take away (Dine-out)? .......I wonder WHY Kearl camp doesn't have a wing only for woman ( just like at Albian).....I'm sick and tired of this camp woman need privacy even if we have to go to the laundry ? so uncomfortable sharing with dirty man?

Gareth Owen

Do not believe a word until you've talked to someone who's worked there (which shouldn't be too difficult as the project has turned over 55'000 people in 30 months).
OK, the simple necessities are there - warm bed, hot shower, clean room (2m X 3m) and reasonable food (I've just had an enormous rare steak!). There's even a gym.
Unfortunately that's where civilisation ends.

Simple questions went unanswered - which mobile network functions, quality of internet connection - which are vital for any away-from-home worker. The answers, by the way, are 'Not Rogers' and 'poor' - there is a sign stating they are aware of the internet problem and that they have technicians working on it, the sign has been there for months. Nothing has been done. Would it be difficult to keep a stock of SIM cards on site?
Unfortunately for the away-from-home worker, things like a decent on site shop are quite lacking. There is a basic shop with items like pain-killers and toothpaste but forget boot brushes or polish (and it gets muddy here, outdoor footwear is banned indoors). We were refused permission to visit the nearest town as there is wildlife wandering around and we might bump in to it - for our own safety.

They're very safety conscious here. Very. They love the rules and the slightest infringement will lead to your "accommodation privileges being revoked" which is their sneaky bastard way of firing you with no repercussion as a different company supplies accommodation so the company that employed you can't be touched by unfair dismissal claims. A recent example was a passenger in a truck catching their seatbelt in the door as it was closed. He opened the door while the truck was moving and got sent down the road... as did the driver!!! How a driver is supposed to do anything about what his passenger is doing I have no idea. They weren't fired, they had their "accommodation privileges revoked" and were off site.
Answering back to the private security or admin staff will see you kicked out too. You're automatically 'wrong' no matter what the circumstances.

You're a smoker? Well you're going to love the good weather. Then it stops. You'll be outside with no shelter, a biting wind and temperatures down to -40 Celsius. This is one of the main reasons for me not returning - the office staff get a smoking tent but not the guys actually doing the work.

It's long hours here too. Forget the "40 hours plus overtime available" on your contract. You will be awake at 3:30am to get yourself ready, have breakfast, make your lunch and get outside to wait for your 4:45am bus to the site. You should return to the canteen before 7:00pm to get your dinner. Who's stupid idea was it to set up the camp an hour away from site? When you return, you get to battle thousands of other wireless devices to get an IP address and have virtually dial-up speed internet connection. You don't have a kettle or fridge in your room so your last chance of a coffee is 8:45pm before the canteen closes but there is a vending machine for cold drinks.

Don't forget to bring some of those liquid washing soap packs as the on-site shop has a ridiculous mark up on goods like this. Good luck with trying to get your washing done too, there's 2 washing machines for a 44 room accommodation block and you've got to eat your dinner in this 'spare time'.

Travelling shouldn't be much of an issue in the 21st century but hey, why let simple things like counting get in the way... My return flight was booked for a week after I was due to finish. Umm... maybe a little mistake? It would be if they hadn't done the same to the other guys too! Trying to get flights organised for days off also seem to be beyond the administration staff and getting responses of 'our printer isn't working' just shows what a bunch of morons are in control of your life. As for instructing me to lie on the government documentation so I could get health-care...

Greg O'Brien

They have a great safety culture here. I feel the safest when I work on their site.

Manu Kunnel Reghunath

Visited for short time job. Unlimited premium food. Good workers