Chesapeake Energy Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Benefits, community involvment, connections / networking, industry training and learning, flexible and treated as an adult. Off at noon on Fridays in the Summer. Incredible restaurants with great variety (Sushi, mongolian grill, fresh fish, salads, etc.) Movies and family activities, Fitness Center is amazing. Generous Time off, stock awards, 401k match is 100% up to 15% of Salary + bonus. Bonus and stock awards twice per year.

Cons – Parking was a problem, but that is resolved with new parking garages. Fitness Center at lunchtime gets crowded (not really a con, but the only thing I could come up with)

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up all the great employee benefits. Career planning for lower level employees could improve

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Chesapeake Energy full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Generous compensation, including benefits, bonuses and perks. Access to all needed resources to get job done.

Cons – High pressure and competitive environment

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time

Pros – very good insurance ,very safe company, vacation time is easy to use with no questions asked.

Cons – very low paying ,always worried about budgets and not getting you the proper tools needed for the job.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good training programs for employees.

Cons – Need to pay service subsidiaries a competitive wage.

Advice to Senior Management – Seek out managers and supervisors that are good "people" people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great people, nice campus, good restaurants, and nice fitness facility. 15% match for 401k in company stock (could be a con also).

Cons – No solid direction in IT. Staff and first level supervisors are unappreciated. Little to no raises for most in IT for over 1 year. Amazing # of people at the fitness facility for several hours at lunch. Parking sucks.

Advice to Senior Management – Less talking about poor morale and more doing something about it.

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time for less than a year

Pros – new equipment,great pay per hour,home every night,and great benefitsgood people to work with,2 weeks of PTO the first year,401k match up to 15%,

Cons – not enough terminals,im thinking about moving to east texas,but the only place to transfer is south texas,we work a 5/2 and a 5/3 schedule , personally i think 3 days off is a bit much,

Advice to Senior Management – if you could put us on a 5/2-5/2 that would be great, if we need another day off or two ,we just use our PTO

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Benefits (401k match, fitness center, 2x year comp review, vacation, basically all the things they like to tout). Room to advance if you're willing to work. Plenty of training opportunities (both company offered and external courses/field trips). Good culture with lots of young people in the workforce. Work-life balance has gotten a lot better (for geologists) with the opening of the DOC.

Cons – No 9 - 80's. Lots of recent turnover has management somewhat scrambling. There always seems to be construction on campus...

Advice to Senior Management – be open to suggestions

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time for less than a year

Pros – Work all the hrs you want allowed by law

Cons – only one day a week off

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Chesapeake Energy

Pros – 401k dollar for dollar up to 15%!

Cons – Shares of stock are restricted!

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – There are a lot of good people working at the company. The restaurants serve delicious food. Beautiful campus and we have the best of everything to do our jobs and in the way of workplace amenities.

Cons – Very political. Lots of the problems I see are cultural and a result of weak leadership. Speed has always been the driving currency but it comes at a very high price which we have to pay sometime. Huge amounts of inefficiency and waste. Business processes are often not well defined and often are contradictory between departments and at times within the same department.

Advice to Senior Management – Accept the fact you are going to have to make some people unhappy and lay down some boundaries. It is easy to look like a champ when everything is going your way, now comes the real test. Finally, if you give someone a job to do and can't offer any help, at least don't stand in their way.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend