Halliburton Reviews

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

Pros – Have taken good care of me over the years, provided many opportunities to advance.

Cons – same problems and politics as any other global corporation

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

Current Employee – been working at Halliburton full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Many career path options can keep you busy for years. You don't have to change companies to do something new.

Cons – Top down management style in some divisions is not very progressive. No work from home currently. Overhead of bureaucracy can be annoying.

Advice to Senior Management – Expand intern program

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

Former Employee – worked at Halliburton full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great pay and benefits, supervisors really care

Cons – Long, and I mean long hours

Advice to Senior Management – Try to work a little on giving employees a little more break time

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

Current Employee – been working at Halliburton

Pros – Great training for new professionals in oil field

Cons – Lower paying service companies in the industry

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

Pros – People, management, work pace, mobility, progression, learning, opportunity.

Cons – Unorganized, hanging on to unmotivated employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Communicate better with your lower level workers who are building and shipping your tools, its important.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Diversity exists in Halliburton, they truly respect their staff. Employees are treated well in Halliburton.

Cons – I cant find any downside so far. The Company has a culture of diversity and respect for individual employees. I have found the job position interesting and rewarding since I joined Halliburton. My Boss have been great and freindly overall.

Advice to Senior Management – More talents can be attracted and retained by emphasizing more on succession career goals.

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

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

Pros – -BENEFITS - Health ins is good and premium is reasonable. Good 401k. Company paid life insurance with option to buy more at a VERY low rate. Dental, Vision, FSA, LTD.
-OVERTIME: there is always overtime - at a minimum 15hrs/wk. As a commuter you automatically get paid for 9hrs every day - whether you are sitting in the hotel or out on a job. I've been told there is usually 30-50hrs/wk of overtime, but I haven't seen this yet (3 months into the job).
-PER DIEM - As a commuter you get $32/day paid in your paycheck. If you don't commute you get a daily rate based on if you work 8 or more hours.
-VACATION: Start out with 2wks per year - available immediately

Cons – -HR is a joke-disorganized and totally disconnected from the heart of the company: the field crew

-COMMUTING: I mentioned I'm a "commuter." I'm assigned to Zanesville Ohio, and was told I MUST live withing 1hr of Zanesville, but facility is not completed so they have me commuting to Homer City, PA (3hrs away). They DO NOT reimburse you for mileage and do not provide you transportation. You are responsible to get there on your own dime, which for me is to the tune of: $70 round trip = about $300/mo in gas - not accounting for all the wear and tear I put on my vehicle driving 800 miles/month.

-TRAINING: I'm waiting for it to live up to it's reputation. I've been on the job 3 months and haven't learned much more than when I started. I'm a "commuter" - driving 3 hrs every shift only to sit in a hotel most of the time. When I do get called out nobody on the crew wants to explain anything or answer questions. I've read rave reviews about the training, but so far that only appears to be good on "paper" - where you just do competencies on a computer all day - no real hands-on training.

-MANAGEMENT: The don't know if they are coming or going and have no clue how to communicate. Most management is there by default-they've been with the company so long that they eventually become managers. This seems to be a "cultural standard" in all of the energy service companies (Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Weatherford, etc.). I don't know how these companies stay afloat with such disorganized middle management.

-WORK/LIFE Balance is crap: but that is to be expected in this line of work.

Advice to Senior Management – More hands-on training. Pay for your employees to commute or provide company-paid transportation. Provide more extensive training for your managers - they lack professionalism, organizational and communication skills.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Take advantage of all the learning offerings

Cons – Not organized. It's just a get it if you can but if you don't its your bad.

Advice to Senior Management – You will make more money if you all become more organized.

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

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

Pros – The people are nice, great benefits. Carreer advancement in IT is fast in Houston if you are talented.

Cons – If you don't work in Houston, then advancement in an IT career is slow or nill.

Advice to Senior Management – You are loosing talented IT people because you are unwilling to promote outside of Houston and pay market salaries.

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

Current Employee – been working at Halliburton full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Lots of opportunity, always new organizational changes or large initiatives to improve the profitability of the company. The IT group has grown quite a bit. High achievers get recognized pretty easily, get extra projects to prove their stuff. Delivery and execution is key, not just talking the talk.

Cons – A very lean organization, hard to take time away from the work for career development and mentoring. The stock price mostly stays flat with some spikes here and there. There are such rapid organizational changes it is hard for the last set of improvements to take hold before moving onto the next.

Advice to Senior Management – Explore some flexible work opportunities for trusted staff.

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