Anadarko Petroleum Reviews

Pros

Good compensation package
Good retirement package
Good Work life balance
Open door policy
Brilliant coworker
Improving diversity of employee
Merit based

Cons

Corporate politics (same as everywhere I guess)
Too conservative

Pros

Decent money, lots to do, some downtime.

Cons

Make more oppurtunities for advancement available.

Advice to Senior Management

Try to be more organized.

Pros

Anadarko always puts their employees FIRST. They give generous time off and are very supportive of a work/life balance. They also encourage personal and professional advancement.

Cons

The different cultures between Houston and Denver can make things a little difficult at times, but it is usually not enough to stifle productivity.

Advice to Senior Management

The only recommendation I would make to leadership at Anadarko would be to be more open to the idea of working from home. As a working mom, there are days when it is difficult to get in for one reason or another and it would be nice to know I have the support of the company to work from home.

Pros

On site doctor was nice.

Cons

Management lets horrible employees run their departments. These employees treat the others in the group like they are dogs. No respect for your amount of time in the business. No training even though they preach all this training and mentorship. It's basically a politically driven company. Even the President tries to throw his political opinions and aspirations down your throat at meetings.
i had heard bad things before starting and boy did I find out.
Another example: Computers and your back is always facing the door. i was told the first day that everyone has their office set up this way. It's so management can watch what you are doing. Also, a little eyeball pops up on the screen every now and then to let you know IT is watching you... It's just utterly ridiculous. i felt extremely stifled the whole time I was there and was miserable to even come to work. So glad I moved on and found a wonderful company to work for.

Advice to Senior Management

Instead of hiring ass kissers, hire REAL leaders that can run these departments.

Pros

Paid time off for family

Cons

Politics, like working for the government. Horrible treatment of employees by other workers ALLOWED. Been in this business almost 20 years and I will say it's the strangest organization I've ever worked for. Can't wait to find something else! Don't believe the hype that surrounds this company. All that glitters is definitely not GOLD.

Advice to Senior Management

Read above

Pros

People, benefits, time off programs

Cons

Opportunities for advancement needs to be addressed.

Advice to Senior Management

Please continue to look at all areas of corporation.

Pros

The Gym

The onsite Doctor

Once you get past the shiny new office environment, facilities and The Woodlands environs it's all a facade

Cons

Utterly futile to strive to be the best you can be (at any level) when vast swathes of middle management promoted to such positions based on non-core business attributes and as a result have no idea as to what you contribute.

Open Communication core value is laughable - actually all of the core values are.

Advice to Senior Management

Core values are all well and good but you need to practice what you preach.

Pros

Good benefits, good pay, decent size bonuses, etc.

Cons

Politics, politics, and more politics......

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of the Automation Manager...

Pros

Very easy going, lots of work to do, decent set of technologies. Taking time off is not an issue at all.

Cons

Not a structured environment, no real quality control of the code base. No Unit or Integration tests at all. Poor code structure, no design patterns. If you're looking for an agile shop and or a place that has regular meetings, it is not the place for you. However, I will say that it's kind of what you make of it. If you push the envelope then you may be satisfied. Very easy to coast here but there are somewhat of what I would call deadlines. Not a bad place to work overall but don't expect much advancement as a contractor. Virtually impossible to go perm.

Advice to Senior Management

Overall, I think you are doing a good job. Open door policies most of the time.

Pros

Get to learn about the oil industry, take field trips to rigs, participate in lunch and learns and have the opportunity to me the C-level executives as well as VPs.

Cons

Don't get an in-depth look at the company as a whole, you are stuck in your department and sometimes within your work group.

Advice to Senior Management

Bring the interns in and challenge them. I was not challenged and spent half of my summer bored. Also give the students the opportunity to learn more about how IT ties into the rest of the company.