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Jean-Georges Malcor
131 Ratings
Pros
Best company, good working environment (in 29 reviews)
Short contracts, average salary, good benefits (in 20 reviews)
Cons
work life balance is not really good (in 20 reviews)
Employees are expected to give their best; expect long working hours during busy periods (in 14 reviews)
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"One year at CGG"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at CGG full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Nice salary
Incredibly smart and friendly coworkers, overall a nice, professional environment
Flexible work hours
Good work/life balance (for software engineers)Cons
Although the work is interesting, a lot of it consists of maintaining legacy systems
Highly competitive, little to no job securityCGG 2017-11-24 09:11 PST![CGG Logo]()
"Bad Management"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at CGG full-time
Pros
Imaging department works very hard and provides much profit for the company. The current management strategies of imaging department can produce very high margin for the company
Cons
However marine department's performance keeps going down in the downturn since 2014. Without significant improvement on marine performance, CGG may have some hard time to pay their debt. Management made some worst decision in the company history in 2014.
Advice to Management
Sustainable business strategies are not present in the company. Significant experiences employees are lost in the downturn for many reasons.
CGG 2018-04-12 19:25 PDT![CGG Logo]()
"Navigator"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at CGG full-time
Pros
Good crews offshore, good pay, plenty of time off
Cons
Could be highly stressful at times. Time away from family - but you are compensated well for it, executive level not really in touch with front line employees
CGG 2018-03-20 10:15 PDT![CGG Logo]()
"good"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at CGG (More than a year)
Pros
learning and hard working people
Cons
work life balance is not really good
Advice to Management
no
CGG 2018-03-07 10:26 PST![CGG Logo]()
"Seismic imager"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at CGG (More than 3 years)
Pros
learn things very fast because you have to.
Cons
Too much pressure. Work overtime everyday. The whole industry is dying.
CGG 2018-03-29 17:49 PDT![CGG Logo]()
"Great Company to work for."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at CGG (More than 3 years)
Pros
Hands on experience was fundamental
Cons
Turn over rate for field jobs was low during down turns
CGG 2018-02-21 17:05 PSTHelpful (1)
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"geophysicist"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at CGG full-time
Pros
Some people are nice, I guess you can learn something
Cons
Got a full-time offer. Then started negotiating the salary politely. The manager went brutal. WTF? "This is CGG!" so what?
CGG 2018-03-02 08:22 PSTHelpful (6)
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"Abraham Lincoln's efforts were in vain; slavery still persists in America"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at CGG full-time (More than a year)
Pros
None if you are American. If you are a foreigner who is not Chinese or Indian, you can get green card fairly quickly.
Cons
- This is a mini North Korea in the middle of Chinatown; A culture of dictatorship persists where employees are subject to bondage labor after being held hostage while their green card is in process.
- low pay and excessive work load
- Vindictive management
- A culture of narcissism exists in the imaging department
- Low camaraderie
- Incompetent management who reached their positions by sucking up to their masters. They are not suitable for running a business.
- Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and still has a lot of debt. Possible chapter 7 looms in the next couple of years.
- Low job stability. Lots of terminations in the last 3 years.
- The imaging department is swarmed with Chinese employees; most of whom barely speak a line of coherent English. So most employees speak in Chinese at the work place.
- Toxic work environment with lot of Chinese nepotism
- American wage deflation by hiring foreigners on low wages.Advice to Management
- Pay employees better, improve work hours and remove incompetent managers (though it is hard to remove oneself from work)
CGG 2018-02-10 19:06 PST![CGG Logo]()
"HSE Advisor"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at CGG (More than 3 years)
Pros
Decent money, good people, accessible to management, accommodations weren't to bad
Cons
Gone from home a lot and the food was bad, expectations were always moving
CGG 2018-01-08 11:01 PST![CGG Logo]()
"Not for everyone"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at CGG full-time
Pros
Good benefits. Flexible work hours other than devilish overtime. Young work force.
Cons
Nepotism. Conservative in research development. Promote mindless competition.
CGG 2018-01-16 22:23 PST
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