Vantaggi
With all of the retirements coming up, there is plenty of opportunity for new hires to move up quickly. The Company supports employees with any training they need to do their job and advance. Before hiring someone from the outside, West Fraser will promotes from within first. West Fraser doesn't hire and fire, so there is a lot of job stability, even when market conditions are tough. The pay is competitive and the benefits are very good with a great pension program that is almost unheard of these days. The company treats employees fairly.
Svantaggi
West Fraser runs lean and doesn't over-hire, so often employees have more than one job to do and it can get overwhelming. It takes a while to get used to the "frugal" nature West Fraser. The technology in the Mills is incredible, but the computer systems are old and tough to adapt to if you're used to using a good computer with current systems.