technician trainee

field technician

mechanic

senior mechanical engineer

welder

T.D. Williamson, Inc.

TDW has a lot of internal problems.  Management is the key factor to these problems.  They don't use people effectively.   They claim to run the company 'like a family,' which in a sense is true.  Unfortunately its more 'Manson Family' style.  
A lot of intimidation and threats are used to try to control the individual. Never get on any manager's bad-side for ANY reason. (Even if its unrelated to company business.)  After that happens, rumors and stories will fly to every other manager.  No matter what you achieve, no matter what you may bring to the company after that, it won't matter.  You've already been 'branded.'  
Don't try to bring new initiatives to the company or improve the processes.  You'll get slapped down for the effort and marked as a trouble maker.
Management does very little to form a coordinated work effort.  There are a lot of employee created little projects going on.  Management is too short sighted to come up with their own list of projects to assign to employees.  So, none of it is coordinated toward a central common goal.  No direction or coordination of these projects, so most of them aren't implemented, completed or do very much.  In some cases, projects are taken from one employee and given to another to do.  It doesn't really matter, though.  The project won't be used for anything anyway.
Management rarely listens to employees.  They are omnipotent in their own eyes.  They get offended if you try to make suggestions.
Vacation policy is bad.  Very outmoded for the industry.  Insurance is expensive.  Retirement has been canceled.  Bonuses are rarely paid. Very limited raises. Company fortunes rise and fall with oil prices.
Few workers have been there over five years.  Most just get fed up and quit.  Lately, Managers, Engineers & factory workers have been leaving in droves.  Management & HR can't figure out why and how to stop the turnover.  (They really just need to look in a mirror.) In the time that I was there, I saw a nearly 50% turn over in my department happen TWICE!  I witnessed several engineers last a year or less before they quit.
I'd give this place zero stars, but one star is the lowest allowed.
This place really has some major problems.   I wouldn't recommend to anyone, to work there.  If you are desperate and they offer you a job, take it, but keep looking for a real job. You'll want to leave in the near future.  A number of years ago, TDW sounded like a great place to work, but it changed about 5-6 years ago.  It just isn't the environment it once was.  With the current management, I don't see it changing in the future.

I have been with TDW for over 3 years. I believe that the management cares about their employees and strives to make investments and improvements to the business to maintain its longevity to provide services to customers and jobs to employees.

TDW's revenue is coupled to the oil and gas industry. Competitiveness in the energy market has required management to make adjustments. This has resulted in some layoffs and some negative reviews. Good companies have to make difficult decisions during times of economic change to stay in business or they go out of business. I don't like to be laid off or see others laid off, it is the reality of a free market system.

The revenue income stream that results from regulations requiring pressurized pipelines to be inspected periodically is one key to TDW's on going success. Another key is the level of service provided to customers by TDW employees. I have been involved in improvement of the tools used to collect data.

TDW is in the business of helping pipeline operators to keep their product flowing safely, without incident, to their customers and ultimately to providing the life style that Americans have come to expect. Working for TDW is meaningful and challenging and is a benefit to the world around us.

The benefits are good for the type of company and the industry. The 401k match and vesting schedule is the best I have ever encountered. Vacation is less than some high technology companies in the area; the vacation is use it or lose it and TDW expects you to use it. Some companies give you more vacation, but frown on using it all, as if doing so is a symbol of not being a team player.

It is hard to be bored as an engineer at TDW.  There is a wide mix of technology used in the company's products and all of it is fun and interesting to work with.  Additionally, the company places a healthy emphasis on R&D projects which means new technology is being created every day.
The atmosphere is chill and the company makes it clear it cares for its employees and their health and wellness.  To that end, a wide variety of onsite recreation activities are offered including basketball, soccer, disc golf, ping pong, and a yearly flag football tournament.  Safety on and off the job is also a priority.
A challenge the company is currently facing is interdepartmental communication.  This is an issue that the leadership team is aware of and has made it a priority to improve.  And they have made significant progress to this end.
The fun and interesting work, chill atmosphere, and good work-life balance make this an ideal place to work.

Being “thrown in the fire” is the thing that happens here, which leads to not having proper training and unclear expectations. Management likes to have too many projects going on at the same time. New projects get started all the time, leaving old projects on the back burner that never get finished. They are very much stuck in the old way of doing things and have way too much tribal knowledge. I believe upper management made some very poor and unplanned/rushed decisions when doing a warehouse move which led to the inventory in the warehouse to be a train wreck of parts all over the place and an over flowing warehouse. 

The Sapalupa plant is also the most drama and rumor filled place I have ever worked.  I wouldn’t tell anyone anything here unless you’re okay with it being spread around the shop and even management. Not to mention whatever you tell someone could end up being twisted into a story that isn’t anywhere close to being true. 

The hourly employees are continually giving things up and don’t have a voice at corporate office. You can get fired just because you disagree with management. TDW took the hourly bonus away, took the pension away, took away 401k match for a long time except for where they had unions or contracts. Constantly told we need to squeeze more money from the business. I hear many competitors are doing great and growing their business. If only TDW sales team stopped blaming everyone else for their failures, they might actually understand what customers want. It will get worse in the coming year and only a strong union will help stop bleeding the employees.

TDW was a fantastic place to work. The owner, is like a father/friend/mentor to us all. You will find there is much love and tradition in the citizens of TDW. In my 6 years with the organization, I met thousands of people, and found that nearly everyone was regarded as a friend or neighbor. It is a company comprised of great people. The benefits were fantastic, and the community relations department unified us in our charity and volunteer opportunities. The past 5 years has been a dynamic realignment of the business, but it is my belief that when things finish stabilizing, TDW will be stronger than ever before. 

The most enjoyable part of working at TDW is it's people. Everything else is just an added bonus.

Management in general lacks experience because the company doesn't want to pay for experienced personnel. The company is very disorganized, in general and lacks direction. HR is a joke, and often refer to unwritten policies that don't exist in writing, ANYWHERE. The organization doesn't promote within the company unless you belong to a select group and willing to make the move without compensation. The insurance TD WIlliamson offers often doesn't pay the claims, which often results in a negative hit on your credit and getting them to pay takes, some times up to 120 days. They often don't pay their vendors either which causes interruptions in services such as office supplies and uniforms.

TD Williamson is a great place to work. Most employees have been here 10 years plus. They give us the opportunity to give back to our community and support people in need.
I have the honor of being the executive assistant to our CIO and also handle the finances in the IT department. It is an easy balance between the two jobs. I enjoy the people I work with and I love that this is my job and when I see that there is a more efficient way to perform a task in the department, either my job or others, the management listens and will make the changes if it is best for the department. The hardest part of my job is the drive to work. Its an hour and a half to and from work. This is the only reason I would ever leave this company.

Too many Key Stakeholders that have misaligned ideas of what good looks like. Constant changes related to strategic initiatives that do not cascade well throughput organization and seem disruptive to efforts to improve. Personnel’s individual objectives and key results not well connected to the Organization’s broad strategic initiatives. Personal likability seems to take precedence over what the individual’s skill set brings to the organization. Not a bad place to work if your group is managed well and the group leader puts his teams development to contribute first. From a people perspective there are many very talented personnel in the production and support group ranks with a positive attitude to find solutions within their area of influence. 

A typical day at TDW consists of co-ordination among the staff to get a job done. This may consist of discussing, clarifying, understanding, teaching & learning. The management is most supportive of new ideas and provides encouragement & training wherever necessary. The co-workers are very friendly & co-operative. The hardest part of the job was doing something new that I was totally unused to, being a part of the sales department. The most enjoyable part was learning new programs, new ideas & tasks and lots of information about Pipeline Pigging & Hot Tapping & Stopple fittings, etc.

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