BP – “Not bad as far as oil companies go”

Pros

Good work life balance, provided that you have a progressive and flexible boss.

Cons

There is no real career path within my discipline (health, safety, environmental). Ambitious people in this discipline are either forced to change discipline, leave the company, or settle for an individual contributor or low level team leader role.

Advice to Senior Management

There are too many "flavor of the month" management initiatives, which are not usually followed through to a logical point of completion. By the time you've learned the intent or at least the buzz words from the last initiative, a new one is here. More consistency would be nice. Senior leaders staying in one job for longer than 12 months would also help this.