Agrium Reviews

Pros

- good EIT program
- other engineers and even operators are very helpful and encourage learning
- friendly and respectful working environment

Cons

- hard to think of any downsides of working with Agrium other than that some plants may be quite some distance from the city (and reasonably so)

Advice to Senior Management

- keep up the good work and please continue to develop your training programs and promote employee development. thank you

Pros

Work life balance is very good.
Personal time is respected.

Cons

Fairness in promotions can be questionable but probably the case with all companies.

Advice to Senior Management

consulting, 3rd party analysis on performance reviews and evaluation of middle management and more expensive employees to see everything is performing well.

Pros

Good People to work with

Cons

Bad lunch policies and parking issues

Advice to Senior Management

super easy

Pros

Excellent team to work with, paid well, work-life balance is very important.

Cons

Long commute; office is deep South of Calgary

Advice to Senior Management

Management team was excellent during my employment; very strong rapport with my managers, and I felt as though my opinion and input was highly valued.

Pros

- Good starting point for vacation - incentive for young / new employees to stay with Agrium after two years
- In general, friendly people

Cons

- Lack of cultural diversity amongst management personnel, discouraging for visible minorities
- Lack of accountability in certain sectors

Advice to Senior Management

- more efforts in developing employees
- compensation should be on merit

Pros

Job can be very repeatitive

Cons

laid back tough to progress

Advice to Senior Management

New and exciting projects needed

Pros

a stable company and opportunity to travel

Cons

operates like an old boys club

Advice to Senior Management

encourage innovation and change

Pros

There was a small company atmosphere at the location where I worked. That was the main good reason for working there.

Cons

There were not that many downsides to working there. Overall, was an average company to work for.

Advice to Senior Management

I would suggest that they pay more attention to what their employeers are saying.