Fluor Reviews in Houston, TX Area

Pros

I enjoyed the time I worked at Fluor. Provided me with projects that kept me challenged and always learning. The company provided lots of opportunities for training etc. Fluor so far has had the best benefits, vacation, and compensation package I have had. I am disappointed I no longer work for this caliber of a company and highly recommend working for them.

Cons

The Fluor Campus I was at was located in Sugar Land, TX (AKA Houston). I did not care for Houston much which lead to me leaving Fluor. Maybe, this is a plus to some just not at all for me.

Pros

Excellent opportunity for career development, stable working environment, regular performance evaluations and increases. Fluor offers excellent benefits as well as a significant nunber training courses.

Cons

Communication to employees could use some improvement. Work processes and practices could use a more thorough review to ensure alignment with other work processes.

Pros

Most jobs have a 9/80 work week (every other Friday off).
Many projects, you're never board.
Company is slowly implementing full-time teleworking.
You accrue Time Off with Pay (TOwP) that's used for all time off. If you do not take allot of time off, you are able to take the TOwP as a payment when you leave / retire.

Cons

Jobs can change constantly.
You move your physical office many, many times. This is due to new projects, etc...
Health benefits could be better.

Advice to Senior Management

Management is very good considering the size of the company. Would like to see them create programs to validate direction with people at the worker level. Too many levels of management can create a disconnected environment for good business decisions

Pros

Jobs are large and last a long time. You can make a good living.
Salary and benefits above average for market in Oil & Gas.
International, with large uplifts was available till downturn and

Cons

Limited training for senior staff.
Age sensitive
Management ceiling for the non-political, promote non-challenging.
Outsourcing international: Indian and Philippine offices now 1-1 in productivity. Client awareness of cost per unit of work parity with non-US offices threatens high salary jobs in US offices and international sites.
Buy back employees when needed, excessively use LOA and then terminate if no high return projects won.

Advice to Senior Management

Realize there is a 20+ year void in the EPC and EPCM market labor pool, world wide - all the good kids went to IT and finance.
Elevate the knowledge and skills of mid/senior managers, to keep them current. Increase the productivity of US personnel. Keep trained staff employed till you can train some new talented professionals.
Protect and promote quality, not cronies. Challenge is good for a managers, keeps them on their toes. (all the way to the CEO)
Learn your clients, don't let staff assume they know better for the market. Find some common ground, especially in the FSU.
Change minimum profit philosophy to keep quality in house.
Take lump sum and GMP construction only work to improve the quality of construction management staff.
Remember the values that Bob Fluor held dear. Stop ignoring your heritage. It will work in today's risk adverse markets.

Pros

Well structured and good corporate culture.

Cons

Does not know to value their technical contributors.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to work on improving their performance evaluation process and accordingly compensate the technical professionals.

Pros

Good reputation for future jobs.

Cons

Fired employees if they don't have projects to assign.

Advice to Senior Management

Give more job security to their employees

Pros

Pay is generally on the higher end of the market.

Cons

Many layoffs, with no information from upper management about the layoffs

Advice to Senior Management

Increase transparency with your workforce. Don't hide bad news.

Pros

Great people, very knowledgeble, big clients

Cons

frequent layoffs, dont go by backlog which are misleading nos.

Advice to Senior Management

venture into products and manf

Pros

It has the best workforce in the industry

Cons

you'll get lost in the crowd. ok salary and subpar benifits

Advice to Senior Management

do not chop jobs at the first hint of trouble

Pros

Some overtime regarless grade level as long as on project

Cons

None at this time yet, will provide later

Advice to Senior Management

None