Oceaneering International Reviews

Pros

They are always willing to help people achieve a higher education in the field that you are working in with a continouis education.

Cons

The only thing i can think of is the back stabbing people that work at certin facilitys.

Advice to Senior Management

Take care of your people and listen to what they have to say no matter if it is good or bad.

Pros

Company doing good overall. Pays good salary if you get in with right salary.

Cons

Uncertain future. Salary growth is average. No bonus system. not enough opportunities to grow.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to care more about giving what employees deserve.

Pros

Great pay and it's an interesting job. I liked working on ROVs and for the most part we had some pretty good guys on our team

Cons

They promote solely on seniority. Very poor working environment with absolutely no leadership. The problem as I see it is they hire too many backyard mechanics that know little to no electronics or hydraulic experience. Also when these people eventually get promoted, they have no clue how to lead or provide direction to a group of men. It's a vicious circle. No formal training necessary when your hired, they believe that they can train you. Unfortunately, attitude is not one of the things they can teach a person. Allot of bad attitudes where everyone thought they deserved timeoff or more money when in reality they never brought anything to the table to begin with. Where I was to, there was too many people who got ahead simply by back stabbing and ass kissing. Myself I like to be busy and there was always something to do if you wanted, but there was never any incentive to perform. Most times technicians would sit around and surf the Internet for three weeks at a time and only address things when they absolutely had to. They have a competency program where supposedly, if you have proven you are knowledgeable about a topic your supervisor will sign off that task for you. Most times this is a pencil whipping exercise which holds no merit We also had a couple of close calls that got down played by our management to avoid questions from our client. They like to preach safety but in my opinion, if your not a qualified electrician, or you don’t know what your doing, you shouldn’t be playing around in a 3000 volt PDU panel.

Anyway, I could go on and on about how ridiculous it was but I wasted four years of my life there and decided enough was enough. Basically I got tired of being unappreciated and a door mat. None the less I left on good terms and made a healthy change. I wish Oceaneering well and good luck but it's not an environment I want to go back into very quickly. I certainly would not recommend this as a good place to work. I took the experience and training and moved on.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay more attention to recruitment. Screen potential candidates and take a look at some of their resumes. Senority is a horrible way to promote people, especially if that person is clearly the wrong candidate for the job. Good luck to ya!

Pros

Fantastic work environment for self-motivated technical people. The Oceaneering culture is condusive to those that are self motivated and driven. There are lots of opportunities for the ambitious.

Cons

The same culture that works for self-motivated individuals does not work as well for those that are not used to blazing their own trail. Be prepared to do the work to learn the culture, the technology, and the industry when you join.

Advice to Senior Management

Training has always been Oceaneering's weakness. This is improving somewhat, but most new employees still seem "lost" for the first few months.

Pros

Company matches up 6% in contributions to 401K
Fast accrual of vacation with seniority
Great people to work with
Social events
Competitive salary
Interesting work at various locations worldwide

Cons

Though 'continuous improvement' is the mantra of OII, my organization has procedures that don't reflect the work we do and doesn't have procedures for some work that we do. That is the most frustrating part of the work that I do.

Advice to Senior Management

Communication, communication, communication! Make sure communications are relevant, timely, and targeted.

Pros

Easy work life and no work pressure

Cons

No career progression.
Poor Management.
Stick to old menthods and process

Pros

The people and the atmosphere

Cons

Lack of pay, lack of promotion

Advice to Senior Management

Need mgrs trained to manage

Pros

Interesting work. Laid back at times. Good amount of sick and vacation time and many holidays off. Has potential to be a very good job.

Cons

Poorly managed, very disorganized, pay is not competitive. To many people trying to make simple decisions. Very poor communication between management and workers.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep things simple. They have many hands on workers with great ideas on how to improve the products, but are not taken seriously because of no college degree.

Pros

I was able to move from Tooling Technician to Tooling designer quickly when I showed interest. I was mentored by a patient and very creative and experienced boss. Benefits are from what I can tell comparable to the best benefits I can get. Great environment and safety is clearly a number one priority that makes me feel great about going to work with what are sometimes otherwaise dangerous conditions.

Cons

When needed you have to work long hours, I see this from all positions. It is not really common, but coming into a deadline, or if there is an "emergency" in the Gulf you might find yourself working long hours to help out. Great for hourly employees like myself that wanted to earn more money, but I feel they shorted the salaried employees a bit with this.

Advice to Senior Management

Great open door policy, very receptive to new ideas and feedback. Try to take your teams to lunch more often, thats always a very welcome gesture that strengthens moral.

Pros

diversity of work; best in business

Cons

high stress; long hours sometimes

Advice to Senior Management

invest more in tools and training to improve efficiencies