Tesoro Refining and Marketing Reviews

Pros

If you manage to get into the good departments, it's very rewarding. Management is flexible and accommodating and can be very supportive and encouraging with the career paths you want to take.

Cons

If you manage to get into one of the bad departments, you'll be looking at a place where gossip and hearsay are the norms, the VP surrounds self with yes people who perpetuate this gossip, and criticism on personality and the like are the norm with nothing constructive. Favoritism also reigns.

Pros

Reasonable wage and satisfactory benefits.

Cons

No room for career advancement.

Pros

A few people I worked with were very good, very professional, and compensation and benefits were above average. With operations in Alaska and Hawaii, corporate travel can be a good thing.

Cons

I had eight supervisors in the six years I was there, only one of which had any experience in my specialty. She was gone in a matter of months. Promotions and advancements are strictly based on office politics -- good people were thrown overboard while kiss-ups, or the children of country-club cronies, zoomed up the ladder.

Advice to Senior Management

One can only hope the recent changes in senior management will improve personnel management.

Pros

Quarterly bonuses are issued. Tuition reimbursement, medical plan, and 401(k) are available. Flexible schedules. Paid vacation.

Cons

Tuition reimbursement is issued to those who are pursuing in an educational field that will benefit the company. As far as I can tell, the available educational majors would be marketing or petroleum engineering. Medical plan is offered by Starbridge, which is NOT, I repeat, NOT a real health care insurance group. Company will match dollar-for-dollar, up to 6% of employee's pretax income.

Advice to Senior Management

Most, if not all, senior retail management needs sensitivity training. Just because their underlings earn low wages does not mean their employees are inferior beings. Belittling your employees and making absurd remarks, such as, "Why are sales down? It looks like you haven't been plus selling. It also looks like a new manager may be taking your spot if you can't improve the sales." I don't understand why senior retail management is not aware that there are many uncontrollable factors that affect sales performance. No wonder morale is low. Ever thought about boosting morale? It's as easy as showing some respect towards your employees.