BP Reviews in Calgary, AB Area

Pros

people, processes, work to life balance, OK pay, good benefits, flex days

Cons

micromanagment, changing directions faster than NASCAR car turns left

Advice to Senior Management

At this stage you gotta start afresh!

Pros

BP has a Dynamic environment. It's a large corporation and generally there are many opportunities to move around. Also the interaction and networking opportunities are great.

Cons

Highly disorganized. Sometimes I wait for days before a problem is rectified. It's highly inefficient, and it's mind boggling how such a large institution can function with such an inefficient approach.

Advice to Senior Management

Respect the people who work for you. Every employee, good or bad deserves feedback. BP needs good people just as much as people need BP, so keep that in mind.

Pros

it's a freaking country clubl, the atmosphere is relaxed and I swear just about every woman who is in her childbearing days is pregnant and on maternity leave. There isn't alot of local technical expertise, so if you are a young person then this is great, you can get some broad training, go on lots of coarses and have some fun as you meet other 'challengers' in the company and then when someone else offers you a job you can quit and go work for some more money. Alternatively once you get five years into the company if you suck up enough to management and you do enough volunteer activities they will promote to management.

Cons

Lots is negative also: pay, the freaky management, the incompetent mid career staff they are trying to promote, and the total fake company lines. You can also deal with all the british and american staff in the foreign offices who come in to assure your work inside out and then because you risked you well at 50/50 and it didn't come in they want you to bend over to analyze why not, and what could have gone wrong and really it was the 50 that was supposed to have worked. Alternatively you can work a very ignored area such as production, since exploration is king there, and never EVER get noticed or promoted.

Advice to Senior Management

learn something technical, try something new and if your just waiting to retire,.... retire.

Pros

big company, technology transfer worldwide

Cons

favorites systems, you and your work are assured to pieces

Advice to Senior Management

get a life, stop robbing from the lower levels to give to yourself