I do not gripe about companies when they have their internal flaws, we all know that everyone has them. I do, however, feel very compelled to speak about WSP and their management in Calgary.
I was recruited by their team in pursuit of two major projects in Calgary, only to be laid-off 3 months later. This was most unprofessional after upper management had notified me that my job was not in jeopardy after not being successful on either project. 2 weeks thereafter, I was walked out due to a “business decision”. The Director unapologetically sent me the news without a goodbye, just simply a “pack your things” and go speak to the HR Rep.
Upper management ruled with an iron fist and were not willing to accept any feedback from others during proposal preparation, their own personal and cheesy tactics, nor influence in pursuit of projects. This is not the typical environment of working together as a team that we’ve all become accustomed to in being successful together.
Further, there were points when threats were made by management (second hand news but on more than one occasion), particularly to females. The bias towards males was very evident and unconscionable. It made for a very uncomfortable and ‘thick’ environment when management would exit their offices and spew their non-sensical dissatisfaction to their employees of not securing work.
Anyways, I could go on but I digress. This paints a pretty clear and honest picture of the environment within the Calgary PM office.
