FMC Technologies Reviews

Pros

Opportunities to advance.
Training - There are a lot of training classes that you are encouraged to take. There is also a two year training program for new hire engineers.

Cons

The majority of the management staff is somewhat younger than what you would expect. There needs to be more experienced and more exposed management.

Advice to Senior Management

While I think that FMC Technologies does a great job of training new hires, there is a problem with retaining employees. The best way to fix this is having more competitive salaries.

Pros

In engineering they excel in other aspects they don't

Cons

Potentially need go be more focused on value streams rather than one dept

Pros

Most everyone works in a very proffessional manner.

Cons

crowded office, but they are looking to remedy

Pros

Good environment to work in, able to work with other competent intelligent people. Pay is competitive with the market and work/life balance is a plus.

Cons

Hard to move up, salary can stagnate after a certain period of time. Overall, management practices favoritism with their employees

Pros

Solid pay raise system
Good health benefits
Training was extensive
Safety and sales bonuses for everyone, even factory floor personnel

Cons

Layoffs are very common so job security just isn't there. Instead of cutting back hours or spending, FMC will go though hiring frenzies and six months to a year later, they will lay off 100+ employees. Which is why it usually takes about that long to go from a temp. to a full time associate.

Advice to Senior Management

Instead of laying off so many people, cut back hours to 32 hours/wk until the slump has passed. Perhaps trim year end bonuses down so the bottom line isn't hit so hard during down time.

Pros

Great Benefits, Affable Junior Management

Cons

Middle Management Lacks Integrity, Supporting Divisions Unchecked in Their Abuse of Operations.

Advice to Senior Management

Rein in Accounting. Terminate and replace HR managers. Stand up to your customers.

Pros

Immediately utilized
Learned cross functional disciplines
Asked to shoulder quite a lot after 1 year of experience

Cons

Compensation
Tough to move up in company (depends on location)

Advice to Senior Management

Better compensation packages and/or better acknoledgement of a job well done. No bonuses for engineers for good performance.

Pros

Plenty of opportunities for anyone willing to put in better-than-average effort and performance.

Cons

Lower-than-average pay and poor medical benefits
Little to no recognition for stellar performance
Upper management entrenched and easily threatened

Advice to Senior Management

Catch up, recognize talent, compensate accordingly, quit settling for mediocrity

Pros

Large company, multiple products, technical challenges, decent development program, multiple engineering roles, decent compensation, plenty of work, nice facilities, industry exposure.

Cons

stuck on traditional design, need to utilize engineer fresh from college, engineer pool mostly from local schools (limited knowledge base),

Advice to Senior Management

Be able to manage and encourage new design ideas and talent. Help develop average engineers into collaborating groups. Don't over commit.

Pros

Technological challenges. Fmc seems to always be spearheading the industry and has an excellent safety culture. It is a great place to work to get subsea engineeering knowledge.

Cons

Career growth in the technology groups is not clear, and a big gap exists to clearly define the technical ladder.

Advice to Senior Management

Define the technical ladder. Value engineering as a key resource and not as merely just a commodity. Level the salaries.