It really depends on what type of steel company it is and what your job will be. I worked for about five years for a couple steel mills in Calgary that fabricated pipe for the oil patch. It was pretty mindless work, but it paid well. If it's a smelting mill rather than a fabrication plant then the work can get pretty ugly. That's if you're employed as a steel worker rather than an office guy. Probably about the best jobs I saw in the mills I worked were the tradesmen (millwrights, electricians, welders) and the guys in the lab (metallurgists). It's definitely blue collar ... I doubt you'll find anybody to discuss poetry with in a steel mill. Count on working shiftwork, which is hard on relationships. As I said though, the pay is good. That's about all that's good about a steel mill however.
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