Pros

Well known company, good facilities, opportunities to work abroad, good working habit, people take their jobs seriously, employer negotiated rental car price.

Cons

Long hours, definitely.
people are generally older and the coporate culture is much more serious than a place with lots of younger people.

Advice to Senior Management

They should develop a better GLD for performance monitoring, review and bonus plan. Managers need to be trained to have the ability to support his/her subordinates, not just the technical abilities.

Pros

BHP Billiton is a large, solid mining company. In currrent times, those with technical skills have job security, good financial benefits

Cons

Unless you are in a senior position, it is quite difficult to move between business units and hence opportunity to advance can be limited.

Advice to Senior Management

Aid in retention of employees by facilitating moves between business units - a greater effort is required than the current internal jobs and talent management programs.

Pros

The best reasons for working at BHP is the pay and benefits. They will pay you well and give very good annual bonuses, good salary, stock purchase plan, and you are vested from day one.

Cons

The downside is they do not like to give up people to other group for advancement they would rather fill the job with an external candidate so that make very challenging to advance.

Advice to Senior Management

Allow people to advance through the organization and that way you will retain your best talent.

Pros

Compensation is through the roof!!

Cons

Middle management are way above thier pay grade. Hired when before extensive growth when other majir companies wouldn't give them the time of day and have now ben promoted WAY above thier level of understanding and experience.

Advice to Senior Management

Look at resourcing new middle management teams. Current managers do not share your vision. You have done a good job of hiring experienced, knowledgeable people on the lower and upper end, but the old employees who have promoted to managers have no experience playing at this level of the market and need to go!!

Pros

Progressive and innovative in all things, including employee benefits and compensation, as well as workplace. Incredibly aggressive, but opportunities abound.

Cons

While there is no specific pressure to work overtime, nonetheless, the aggressive work pace and environment definitely lead to long hours. Currently, I work 60-80 hrs/week. This appears to be less an issue in the engineering and scientific disciplines vs. managerial and executive.

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

fast moving, rewards top peformers, good systems, "the company" to work for if you are Australian, heritage, huge growth story

Cons

global company means global hours!

Advice to Senior Management

higher priority on safety in terms - should be much more visible at operations
executives who don't stack up to the charter values should be dismissed