Talisman Energy Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Talisman Energy full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Many oportunities for results driven professionals, great variety of assets

Cons – Not consistent across geographic locations, no real standards, some top management have reached their level of incompetency. Major realingment undergoing in 2013 with colateral damages to people. Core functions are not fully in control of their tasks, support functions have gained too much power and lost focus of the goals in the O & G industry.

Advice to Senior Management – Go back to The the basics of the industry, reliability , operational excellence and inforce accountability.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Talisman Energy as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Good compensation, nice office. Respectful and professional work environment. My work experience at Talisman has been highly valued on my resume and has helped me obtain subsequent positions. Student activities were a plus.

Cons – Company is constantly undergoing reorganization which hurts employee morale and makes for sometimes muddled and ambiguous business processes. Time pressured superiors offered limited mentoring.

Current Employee – been working at Talisman Energy full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great coworkers and some very fine managers
Good corporate citizen - I was always proud to work for Talisman
Fast paced and get-it-done attitude

Cons – Shoot from the hip management style
The Talisman values (especially honesty and respect) don't seem to apply to management
McKinsey! Senior management would have been better off having a session with Dr. Phil: "And how's that working for you?"

Advice to Senior Management – Buildup in HR, IT, Engineering, Supply Chain Management anticipated rapid growth in exploration and production through successes that never materialized (and would likely have had to be top decile performance relative to peers on a risked basis in order to achieve portfolio success), in part because of lack of investment in staff and poor planning in exploration and production. Management belief and enthusiasm does not in itself create a top-tier company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Talisman Energy

Pros – -Good position for personal growth as they allows a lot of hands on training and excellent projects for you to work on

Cons – -Less room for professional growth, the senior management positions are always filled from outside and no one really gets promoted from the inside.

Advice to Senior Management – More sharing of information within the firm and more promotion of internal staff members. Also, please focus on the long term growth of the company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Talisman Energy

Pros – Nice overall package with shares and options for everyone, good environment, challenging work

Cons – Becoming too much British Petroleum (BP) influenced and Americanized also, values are going down, change is constant ...stability is an issue.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Talisman Energy

Pros – Overall a good company. Talisman treats its employees well and still has a small company feel and decent benefits and training

Cons – The new management has done too many changes for the sake of doing changes and keeps the employees in the dark.

Advice to Senior Management – Talisman management must create an environment that fosters open communication and focus more on listening to the employees and not micromanaging

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Talisman Energy

Pros – There is Variety of projects and chances to work international.

Cons – If you work as consultant, then you are second class comparing to the "Company People"

Advice to Senior Management – Look into ways to have more balance between winter and summer operations

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend