Hornbeck Offshore Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Hornbeck Offshore as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great company to work for, very friendly environment.

Cons – Communications between the office and the vessels was not bad, but could be improved.

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

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

Pros – Pay is comparable with industry standards. Even time hitches for the most part. The larger vessels are pretty nice.

Cons – Crew changes are a night mare. Crew coordinators don't really follow through to ensure a smooth crew change. All vessels and crews are micro managed. There is an us versus them mentality displayed by most of the office staff.

Advice to Senior Management – Start paying door to door travel. Let the vessel crews manage their vessels. Management needs to be more open ad forthcoming with the vessel crews, and realize that they are an asset not a liability.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – The rotation is good. The insurance is OK. They provide transportation from the airport to Fourchon.

Cons – The "travel " pay is terrible. You pay for your flight to and from if you fly into New Orleans. They only pay 370 for someone who flies long distances. If you don't work your full hitch then you don't get any travel pay. Crew changes are the worst that I have encountered while in the industry. No one has a clue of what is going on from the crew coordinator to the Officers at home that are getting a half days pay to set this up. There is no communication with the on coming crew.

Advice to Senior Management – Start paying for travel and pay for hotel rooms for the guys that fly in the night before.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hornbeck Offshore for more than 7 years

Pros – Good company to work for.

Cons – Do what you have to for the company. You are part owner

Advice to Senior Management – None

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

Current Employee – been working at Hornbeck Offshore

Pros – The company stands behind its workers. The pay has recently caught up and surpassed the competition (hope they keep it up there). Equipment is well maintained. Good support from shore base, sat TV and V-Sat on vessels for crews coms with home. Pretty good benifits, new vessels coming out. Overall I am happy to work here with the even time schedule 21/21

Cons – Pay until recently was sub-par, Older vessels are uncomfortable and cramped, Could be better employee support and benifits, No performance based pay increase (a poor worker or less experienced worker may make the same as you), Rediculous amount of paperwork!!!, Quick to lay fault on vessel crew without taking into account shore sides responsibility, Hard to get training if it is not something that does not directly benifit the company. The older vessels still do not have V-Sat, phone and sat tv forthe crew ( I have been told they are going to be retrofitted, The Hornbeck designed vessels ride terrible and are uncomfortable and cramped, They have grown to where you are just a number now I like the smaller company feeling where you are family,

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the pay high, and be selective about personnel to get and keep the best you have to pay well, listen to them and treat them well. Only keep the best of the best get rid of the ones who do not meet the cut don't just let them tag along on the others coat tails.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hornbeck Offshore

Pros – Hornbeck is stable work, with exceptional benefits. The health insurance is a group plan with BCBS which is excellent, the vision is so-so, the dental is decent, short term and long term disability, they have reinstated 401k match and given raises to all officers to be a bit more competitive with the industry standard. They are building several new 280' supply boats. Great place to work if you are a mate, engineer or captain.

Cons – Paperwork is horrible, I'm no hippie but the amount of trees that have been killed for the companies legal papertrail is insane. It takes more time to do a jsa to use the head, than it takes to perform the task.
RATINGS ARE UNDERPAID, I am talking about $100 per day less than their competitors pay.
Don't let them fool you in orientation, the safety bonus is non existent. If someone on the other hitch stubs their toe while you are at home, every crewmember loses their two day per quarter safety bonus.
They also will promise to send you to school to upgrade. FALSE! I have several letters of recommendation from mates an masters and can't get approved for compensation.
The accommodations are pretty crappy, some boats are alright but I've been on 30 year old tugs with better..

Advice to Senior Management – Live up to your promises, Increase rating pay, send employees to school if they meet all your requirements. Less paperwork or at least go electronic, better treatment for the guys who are earning the money for you.

Current Employee – been working at Hornbeck Offshore

Pros – It's big enough to provide lots of openings across the fleet but smaller than the really big companies where lots of really bad captains slip through the cracks.

Cons – Less competitive salary and crew amenities than other companies in the Maritime industry like most diving companies. No wifi. No sat phone.

Advice to Senior Management – Better crew amenities aboard the vessels. One boat I worked had the crew all chipping in to buy satellite tv because their boats have no wifi.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hornbeck Offshore

Pros – Young company with agressive management.

Cons – There are not enough employees for the workload

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hornbeck Offshore

Pros – Good pay good benifits and very capable people.

Cons – Poor managment on larger vessels. Micro management and indecision. This company needs to stick to mud boats where they do very well.

Advice to Senior Management – Let the profesionals run the ships and quit micro managaging.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hornbeck Offshore

Pros – The benefits are decent and there are plenty of oportunities for professional development. Transportation to and from vessels is paid for by the company, as well as professional training pertaining to your job description.

Cons – There is no profit sharing with the boat crews and boat crew members loose individual safety bonus upon someone else's fault on an incident, althoug not personally involved. Also, it seems like the paper work is geeting out of control.

Advice to Senior Management – We need to accomodate people who need to work over time during their time off. During this times of economical recession a family man who works away from his home and family needs to make at least 65K.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend