33: Mader Group Employee Reviews

Great company but U have to sweat for your payLearner alot from old and young co-workers,Atmosphere for growth is abundant12 hours seems to much if you do a strait swing.

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Avoid this mob.

HET (Current Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 25 October 2023

Once you're on site, that's it, you're on your own. Management disappears. The work is fine. It's the usual heavy equipment maintenance that we're all used to. Lack of management and the clear nepotism is the issue. Zero response from your designated "site coordinator" for any issues once you're at work. Tooling is a joke also. If you have an incident involving alcohol or weed at work, you'll be promoted or moved sites. If you question maintenance practises or lack of safety, you will promptly be pulled aside and reminded to fall into line. Decent pay, some work events also are good.

Pros

Pay is OK.

Cons

Management.

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absolutely poor management

HET (Former Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 7 September 2023

You will go to work with a truck, having no tools, equipment and supplies you need to perform your task, no supervisor or anyone responsible to refer to at site. If you refer them the issue(head office) ,if your lucky they get back to you, it's your problem, nothing will be done to resolve the issue.You will be out there by yourself and need to respond to unrealistic expectation from the client, with no understanding of the trade. The company is not multicultural.

Pros

They pay fair

Cons

No work ethics

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It was ok

Heavy Duty Mechanic (Former Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 26 August 2023

Different place to work. Majority nice people. Seemed risky to me for long term. Very eccentric thought process within management and red flag for me

Pros

free flights but only 1 location

Cons

Eccentric and little unity

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Official response from Mader Group

6 September 2023

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback about your experience with Mader Group. We value all feedback, both positive and negative, as it helps us to continuously improve. Our people are at the heart of our business, and our goal is to ensure that every employee feels happy, valued, and part of the Mader team. We hope that you will consider reaching out to us at admin@madergroup.com so we can chat through your concerns together.

Not my favorite but not the worst

Operations Administrator (Former Employee) - Fort Collins, CO - 10 August 2023

Very polarizing with politics. If you do not like talking about them or constantly having it said to you, don’t work here. If you don’t care, then it does pay well. Wasn’t the right fit for me.

Pros

Good compensation

Cons

Polarizing

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Good pay

Mechanic (Current Employee) - Elko, NV - 9 August 2023

Good pay, benefits suck. If you get sick at work you don’t get a paycheck. They lie about getting into a service truck. Been waiting 8 months. And prioritize new hires over existing employees

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Already the best place I have ever worked

Journeyman Mechanic (Current Employee) - Elko, NV - 4 August 2023

- Have only been here 6 months and can see that I want to work here long term- Just got to attend a team event that they held for us, can't wait for the next one- The rotation was scary at first but now my family and I are used to it- Management are not there onsite with you but if you communicate what you need they will make it happen

Pros

Lots of work. pay. benefits

Cons

Takes a bit to get used to working away like this

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Terrible management

Heavy equipment field mechanic traveling (Former Employee) - Littleton, CO - 2 August 2023

About all I can say is stay away. Very few people make it an entire year. Management is arrogant and condescending. They will lie to you. They don't take care of the work equipment assigned to you.

Pros

Lots of overtime, flights home

Cons

Lying and disrespectful

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Lots of opportunities to move around

Field Service Technician (Current Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 5 July 2023

i joined Mader 6 months ago and have had nothing but good experiences, i don't exactly understand the negative comments, every job has its bad days but my experience so far have been pretty good.

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Good pay

Field Technician (Current Employee) - California - 3 July 2023

Your just a number to Mader. You have to watch your paycheck like a hawk or else you will get screwed. Zero human resource department and the work schedule is grueling.

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N/A (Former Employee) - N/a - 30 June 2023

N/a I do not work here but I applied can anyone tell me how the company is over all? Management, Daily routines ,how’s the pay, do they treat there mechanics good,

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So far so good

Field Technician (Current Employee) - Nevada - 26 June 2023

Start my first rotation so we will see how it goes. So far, the company has been great to me. Can’t wait to see what else they offer as I have heard great things about them

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Labour for hire company

Field Technician (Former Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 10 June 2023

Management is terrible. Pay is good, however benefits are horrible / non existent. Two and two shift is great. Tooling and set up is poor. Culture here is pretty brutal.

Pros

Shift schedule

Cons

Everything else

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Official response from Mader Group

4 July 2023

Mader Group provides highly skilled trades to our industry partners. All our staff are full time employees, not contractors. We offer a comprehensive employer paid group benefits plan to all Canadian employees after 90 days of service. Our growth in the Canadian market has been significant and we are diligently working to ensure tooling is best in class. We encourage our field staff to reach out to the operations team with questions or concerns, so we can continue delivering the best possible experience to our employees.

Great team of managers.

Mining coordinator/ specialist. (Former Employee) - Mauritania West Africa - 1 June 2023

Great opportunity to work in West Africa, Mauritania, unfortunately their was no Mining continuation for an open cut Mining Specialist, it was a one off opportunity only.

Pros

Good pay

Cons

Long rosters.

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Very rude, egotistical ran

Heavy Equipment Technician (Former Employee) - Fort McKay, AB - 18 May 2023

I agree with other comments. I was working briefly and seems to be lots of favoritism involved. For being new to a country they come in trying to make the country adapt to their ways. If you're not Australian they are rude to you, take sides with their own and won't answer if you reach out. Condescending attitudes and little to no knowledge about much. If yoire just starting keep handing out resumes cause they already have a sub par reputation and only getting worse. Build site company is catching to the attitudes within office people and it's a matter of time

Pros

Pay is decent

Cons

Company logo colors are strange, odd apparel style

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Official response from Mader Group

4 July 2023

At Mader Group we set ourselves an apart from our competitors with our workplace culture - you’re not just a number here! Our management and office team work in collaboration with our field staff to ensure that they are well supported. We provide all employees with equal opportunity for growth and movement within the business.

Just started

Field service tech east (Current Employee) - Virginia - 14 May 2023

Not bad, got my first assignment for Miami. So we’ll see how that goes and get back here excited to see where this leads. This is exactly where my goal was set for as far as position and pay.

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Bad experience

Heavy Equipment Technician (Former Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 13 May 2023

They have just started in Canada and I'm shocked they refuse to adapt or accept the normal policies when in a different country.All the managers have little knowledge or care to learn and no one local is in those roles making it quite mind blowing.Mine sites strictly ban any sort of cameras and yet all units are fitted with dash cams which is another harsh awakening coming. Request for tools or support you simply get ignored. Promotions only for those who refuse to adapt. Far better options out there

Pros

1 blowing night

Cons

Refusal to adapt or hire experienced leaders in area

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Official response from Mader Group

4 July 2023

At Mader we strive to have a collaborative culture which allows for all field staff to actively participate in ensuring all required tooling is available with regular tooling checklists being submitted to head office. Requests for tooling outside the “norm” are always reviewed, we aim to ensure our techs have all the tools required to do their jobs effectively. We typically promote from within the business and all vacant supervisory positions are posted internally for field staff to inquire on. Our vehicles are outfitted with dash cams for the protection of our employees and assets.

Poor leadership

Heavy Duty Mechanic (Former Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 13 May 2023

I wouldn't recommend. Goofy leadership, poor decisions, ignored when reach out to managers. Then if you resign they'll threaten to sue as the truly feel they're the best company somehow.Don't expect to stay long unless you're from the country. I heard they have two different training systems where either you don't get trained on electrical

Pros

Schedule

Cons

Not respectful

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Official response from Mader Group

4 July 2023

We’re sorry you had a bad experience. Mader strives to provide an inclusive and rewarding culture for all employees. We encourage our field staff to reach out to the operations team with questions or concerns, so we can continue delivering the best possible experience to our employees.

decent place to work

Field Service Technician (Current Employee) - all over - 6 May 2023

decent place to gain experience of different machines. not alot of growth potential. pay is fair. not alot of tech support

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Skilled professionals

Feild Technician (Former Employee) - Montana - 27 March 2023

Mader is a great company to work for, good pay and benefits. They pay for your flights to and from your worksite. Company takes pride in having good employees and equipment.Good work ethic gets rewarded. I was always treated fair and in a professional manner.

Pros

Pay, cool coworkers. Move to different sites

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Good to work for

Auto Electrician (Former Employee) - Australian, BC - 24 March 2023

Good to work for.I would highly recommend this company to anyone who wants to work big rosters in a Ute.I wouldn’t work for them for the benefits or in a strictly workshop environment

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