Baker Hughes Reviews

Pros

You get to learn about the oil and gas industry. Learn how to work under pressure. If you are the type of person that would like to about constantly this is for you. After the Engineering Development Program (EDP) if you make it that far, they're a lot of opportunities.

Cons

There is no balance between work life and personal life. You are either working or on-call. Therefore you have no time to plan out any activities unless you take vacation. During the summer months, plan on working 26-27 days out of the month. The managers don't really plan on sending people to rigs in their area. The mostly send someone from SW PA to NE PA and someone from NE PA to SW PA which doesn't make sense.

Advice to Senior Management

Make a schedule (don't just say you are) and send people to location closer to their home. It's understandable it won't happen all the time but it happen to go wrong most of the time.

Pros

Compensation and benefits are reasonable.

Cons

Unwillingness to deal with systemic infratructure inadequacies.

Pros

Good company and good people

Cons

Too much politics to deal with

Advice to Senior Management

Know your people

Pros

Good money and interesting work.

Cons

Layoffs when economy goes down

Advice to Senior Management

Plan better to avoid layoffs

Pros

Benefits, co workers are good.

Cons

Management support. Management Turnover. Poorupper managemnt.

Advice to Senior Management

Put mid-level managers in place that have a clue. Cpmensate employees fairly. Don't require low level supervisors to do the work of upper management with proper grade and job promotions.

Pros

teamwork is good, everybody willing to give a hand. multiple location in the US.

Cons

incentives is not that good. comparing to other oil companies pay is less and there is no much room to grow.

Advice to Senior Management

please be more open to employees, raise the benefits and give more options in terms of work schedule and pay

Pros

Field Exposure
Great people around me to work with
There was great opportunities for training and travel the world as well.

Cons

Being away from family and friends for long periods
Middle management seems confused with the recent reorganisation of the company

Pros

Oppotunities to learn many facets of business, techhology, operations and manufacturing.

Cons

Internal communications needs to improve.

Advice to Senior Management

Strong leadership, however far to much external recruiting to top jobs and too little internal advancement opportunties.

Pros

Great company which hire great talent for the long run. Excellent opportunity to further ones career interests. Highly recommend company.

Cons

Compensation is not always as competitive as other industry competitors. Progression is certain but can be slow at times. Strong support system in place

Advice to Senior Management

management should really get to know the interests, strengths, and career goals of each employee under them. Often times these simple needs are not recognized.

Pros

Pay is good, can't think of any other pro

Cons

Micromanagement is bad, mananers treat employees like children... special treatment. The only way to advance is to kiss *ss all day everyday.

Advice to Senior Management

New leadership is needed quick !!!