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Found 531 of over 591 reviews
3.6
68% Recommend to a Friend
Chesapeake Energy President and CEO Nick Dell’Osso
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Found 530 of over 591 reviews

3.6
68%
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98%
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Chesapeake Energy President and CEO Nick Dell’Osso
Nick Dell’Osso
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment

Pros
  • "Good benefits and great 401k(in 100 reviews)
  • "Good pay even though the tough times that the oil and gas industry is currently having.(in 40 reviews)
  • "People are great and has many perks for OKC.(in 35 reviews)
  • "Great campus and was free to introduce new projects.(in 29 reviews)
  • "Great bonus potential.(in 17 reviews)
Cons
  • "What's left is inexperience and poor management.(in 39 reviews)
  • "2 major layoffs (over 700 employees each) in the 4 years I worked there.(in 31 reviews)
  • "The CEO and upper management is constantly telling employees that there are no layoffs planned, all the while HR is 'eliminating positions'.(in 12 reviews)
  • "Poor leadership and leader development.(in 12 reviews)
  • "Long Hours and a lot of Time on the Road; but it's the oilfield so no way around it!(in 11 reviews)
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  1. 5.0
    Former Employee, more than 5 years

    Great company

    Apr 25, 2023 - Drilling Engineer in Oklahoma City, OK
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
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    Pros

    Great place to work. They took care of employees.

    Cons

    More options for Flex schedule

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  2. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 8 years

    Enjoyable Benefits

    May 19, 2023 - Security in Oklahoma City, OK
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good base, great benefits and slightly above industry standards.

    Cons

    Room for growth is limited.

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  4. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Great place

    Apr 11, 2023 - Geologist in Oklahoma City, OK
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Staff. Salary, campus, projects and connections

    Cons

    Long hours, volatility, career growth

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  5. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 8 years

    Used to be Great

    Mar 27, 2023 - Senior Geologist in Oklahoma City, OK
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Fast-paced, technically challenging environment, good pay package

    Cons

    risk adverse, timid management, beaurocratic

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  6. 2.0
    Former Employee, more than 5 years

    Not worth the headache

    Apr 21, 2023 - Business Analyst in Oklahoma City, OK
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    onsite restaurants and fitness center

    Cons

    brought in new hires that we trained who then took over our jobs.

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  7. 4.0
    Current Employee

    CHK Review

    Jan 23, 2023 - Engineer II in Oklahoma City, OK
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Lots of flexibility to pick a discipline and/or change disciplines Opportunity to learn new things Fast pace, almost never bored Great coworkers, fun team atmosphere

    Cons

    Lean company Lots of turnover General distrust of upper management Little time to dig into details on technical work Often a sense of stress or discomfort

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  8. 3.0
    Current Employee

    Boom and Bust! Mostly bust...

    Feb 22, 2023 - IT Engineer in Oklahoma City, OK
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great gym, good child care, and nice on-campus lunch options (but you still get tired of them). Good pay with reasonable benefits.

    Cons

    Seems unsustainable. Constantly doing more with less. IT infrastructure is overly complicated.

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  9. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 10 years

    Decent

    Jan 31, 2023 - Manager in Oklahoma City, OK
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good benefits and well established

    Cons

    I don’t have any cons

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  10. 1.0
    Current Employee

    Chesapeake No Longer Cares About People

    Jan 29, 2023 - Senior Geoscientist 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Benefits are mostly competitive with industry peers Location in Oklahoma City beats living in Houston Great gym

    Cons

    Since Chesapeake has been under new management following bankruptcy, the culture has taken a nosedive. Layoffs have continued after bankruptcy and the company is operating with a very lean staff. The remaining staff are over-worked and the company is not concerned about retaining anyone. Chesapeake has become a factory for drilling horizontal wells and does not have the staff or the desire to solve problems.

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  11. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 10 years

    CHK - Great place to work

    Nov 6, 2022 - Land Analyst II in Oklahoma City, OK
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great people who work well together. Room for advancement. Wonderful benefits.

    Cons

    Layoffs can happen any given moment and you never know if you will be one of the victims. It’s stressful.

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Chesapeake Energy has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 591 reviews left anonymously by employees. 68% of employees would recommend working at Chesapeake Energy to a friend and 58% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -5% over the last 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Chesapeake Energy employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Chesapeake Energy. This rating has decreased by -6% over the last 12 months.

68% of Chesapeake Energy employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Chesapeake Energy 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Chesapeake Energy to be coworkers, compensation, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, career development, management.

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