El Paso Reviews

Pros

Great management interaction with employees, constant access to senior management, continious responsibilities that match growth, great work life balance and hours.

Cons

There is no clear path to view advancement opportunities within the company. Programs to expose employees to other areas are not well developed.

Advice to Senior Management

Advise to senior management would be non existent since the company has been bought out by Kinder Morgan, to be completed 2012.

Pros

small company, open environment, flexibility

Cons

no chances to move up

Pros

Great work environment, great co-workers

Cons

No career growth, poor communication skills from upper management

Pros

I've been at EP for several years and it's a great place to work. Good work-life balance, pay and benefits.

Cons

Kinder Morgan is purchasing the company and there's a lot of uncertainty about the direction KMI will take. KMI is known for its core value of "Cheap" and EP's core value is "Excellence".

Advice to Senior Management

Need to keep up the communication on the direction KMI is going to take. EP is a great company and I hope EP management can keep KMI from killing that culture of "Excellence"

Pros

Locations, Salary, Benefits, bonus, opportunities

Cons

soft culture, lack an execution focus

Advice to Senior Management

decide on what company should be Neighbor to have, place to work, or company to own, you can't be all things to all people

Pros

Employee centered workforce
"Old scool" type benefits and HR policies that are leaving the workplace (unfortunately)
Highly skilled and talented workforce
Good work-life balance
Great opportunities

Cons

Previous mergers have left some past employees with a poor attitude (although rare)
top level down communication is sometimes lacking

Advice to Senior Management

A bit more transparency. A bit more visibility from upper management would be nice to help the troops in the field feel as important as we are.

Pros

Programs (STEP) events that support community initatives
Neutral compensation package (benefits are okay)
You will learn some things from some seasoned experts
Work/life balance (flexible work schedule)
An independent buyer is considering buying the E&P company (hopefully they will be sharp and can recognize real talent)

Cons

Some members of senior management outright lie about initiatives or career advancement
Most people belong to a clique and are very gossipy, mainly those who are not hard workers
Processes are terribly flawed, Process Optimization is a joke
Rewards are given with very little evidence of hard work
Most experienced people are in cubicles while less experienced/lazy people are in offices
Talented people are shoved aside while non-value add people push on through to promotions
Too many levels of management in some areas.

Advice to Senior Management

Recognize real talent when you see it. Don't continue to reward ass kissers and lazy folks.

Pros

Elpaso was a Good solid energy company. There are a lot of structure like a big company should. The are some opportunities to grow.

Cons

Just like any big company, one can easily get lost in the politics. It is still a company trying to get out of the enron days

Pros

Work Life Balance (Flex 40 hrs. work schedule 1/2 days off every Friday)
Community Leader (encourages community work to help others in need)
Laid back environment in some cases
Benefits package is okay
Good place to get your "feet wet" in learning Pipeline and/or E&P.

Cons

Diversity is not a big topic (minorities and women seem to be a non-issue)
Promotions are scarce unless you belong to a clique' of managers
Certain managers spend after hours with young recruits in bars and sporting events
Certain managers are disrepectful to individuals if you don't play the game.
Most managers are inexperienced rejects from other oil and gas companies, some will even pretend to fake their actual skills and qualifications to yield some authority.
Dumping ground on people who are hardworkers; playground for lazy people.

Advice to Senior Management

Change some of the managers out and stop with the created "layers" of management. There are 3-4 managers for one team (SCM in particular).

Pros

If you want to learn about the gas industry then get a job at a pipeline that trains you for months you will know more than schedulers who have worked for years.,

Cons

I think when its time for layoffs there is never a good way to do it but they could still learn alot about how not to stress everyone during the process.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your employees, and remember just because someone is capable of doing more than most people remember they shouldnt have 3 xs as much work as everyone else or you will lose them.