Baker Hughes Reviews in Houston, TX Area

Pros

- Great pay
-Great experience
- Great people

Cons

Long hours
Felt like a fish in a big sea.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work

Pros

People are professional and friendly.

Cons

Lots of processes can slow down completion of goals.

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

the money is good, just not a lot of it.

Cons

hours are rigid and not flexible at all

Advice to Senior Management

be more a work/life balance manager

Pros

Benefits/salary and company "well known" name

Cons

Not everyone is treated fairly due to politics, needs to have a hard nose coming in.

Advice to Senior Management

Employee quarterly review and the 2010 Employee/upper management open hierarchy communication needs to be look upon again

Pros

Compensation and benefits are reasonable.

Cons

Unwillingness to deal with systemic infratructure inadequacies.

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 !!!

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

The company has a great atmosphere and the people are very nice. They pay pretty well compare to similar jobs you could get in a non-energy related industry.

Cons

Baker Hughes pays less as an oil service company than large oil companies do. It does not do the 9/80 week (get 1 Friday off every two weeks by working 9 hours a day the rest of the time) as many other companies in the industry do.

Pros

Peers care about each other and still try to assist each other
Typically good bonus payouts
Benefits are good.

Cons

Lots and lots and lots of unproductive meetings
Core values only apply to lower levels
Promotions are based on friendships, not ability
Turnover is VERY high

Advice to Senior Management

Pay attention to the employees and retain them. That is how BHI grew to the successful status of today. Remember, there is no Baker Hughes without the employees.