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Many pros, EDG started as an oil and gas firm exclusively but has made great progress into other industries such as automation, industrial, and utilities in the last few years; what this means is workflow is becoming even more steady regardless of what the oil and gas industry is doing. EDG is also an employee owned company so there is a notable emphasis on employee comfort and longevity at the company. Philip Mynt, the current CEO, is a great leader that has some initiatives to grow the current pros and address some of the cons below. The last pro I'll mention is honesty; when times were hard in 2020, like they were for all O&G firms, corporate leadership was had the courage to tell us the real state of things; cut backs had to be made, but to my knowledge, no full-time employees were laid off.

EDG is a relatively small company within the industry having somewhere between 500-1000, and the compensation levels I think are reflected by this. Technology within the company is a little behind but this one of the initiatives Philip is working to address and I would see this as a short term con in mid 2024.

Relaxed work environment, good work life balance

Lack of formal training for new graduates, slow salary growth