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    Chesapeake Energy Reviews

    Updated December 29, 2018
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    3.6
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    Chesapeake Energy President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Robert D. Lawler
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    160 Ratings

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    Pros

    • "Great Company with great benefits" (in 50 reviews)

    • "Campus is great spread out but nice to walk around, fitness center is amazing, restaurants are top notch and great daycare" (in 33 reviews)

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    1. "The best in town"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time

      Pros

      Demanding job, but a great place to work

      Cons

      Capital intensive industry that thrives on oil and gas prices

      Advice to Management

      Hang in there, I know it’s tough sometimes!

    2. "Accounting"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Oklahoma City, OK
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Oklahoma City, OK

      I have been working at Chesapeake Energy (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good benefits PTO and 401K match

      Cons

      Company culture is not good

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    3. Helpful (3)

      "Company is downsizes every year"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Oklahoma City, OK
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Oklahoma City, OK
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Chesapeake Energy (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      onsite child care; 401k, bonus

      Cons

      The company has been shrinking since 2013. Constant layoffs and turnover. Executives are incompetent and consistently promise things that they cannot deliver.

      Advice to Management

      The company needs to be run by financial managers, not engineers, if they have any hope to avoid bankruptcy.

    4. "CHK"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      The people I worked with

      Cons

      High Stress, politics, unwilling to innovate on the geoscience side

    5. "Geologist"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time

      Pros

      Great benefits with the 401K.

      Cons

      No cons yet as far as I have seen,

      Advice to Management

      Employee retention

    6. "HR Assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Oklahoma City, OK
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Oklahoma City, OK
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Chesapeake Energy full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      benefits, pay, gym, food, thunder tickets

      Cons

      management, lack of work life balance

    7. "Good place to work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Chesapeake Energy full-time

      Pros

      Great perks and good people to work with

      Cons

      Volatile industry which makes employment unstable

    8. Helpful (1)

      "accountant"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time

      Pros

      Great benefit and work balance

      Cons

      Not very good promotion system

    9. "Projects and Relaibility Maintenance"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Chesapeake Energy full-time

      Pros

      Great company to work for

      Cons

      It takes time for the organization to implement processes

    10. Helpful (3)

      "Reservoir Engineer"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Benefits and campus are very nice.

      Cons

      Promotions were based on experience and not value add. The salaries were slightly low.

      Advice to Management

      Increase salaries and promote the young hard workers.