Chesapeake Energy Employee Reviews about "fitness center"

Pros

- tremendous benefits - relaxed atmosphere - upward mobility - amenities (offices, restaurants, fitness center, etc.)

Cons

- immature business practices (but improving) - history of HR siding with management rather than employees

Advice to Management

1) Don't just put the culture on a poster, live it out 2) Find ways to keep VPs, Directors, and Managers accountable 3) Make transparency a priority

Pros

Great benefits, nice location with fitness center and restaurants on campus

Cons

Not good at continued learning, not the best home life, not a positive culture, not much advancement opportunity, unstable employment caused by debt

Advice to Management

Encourage employees to continue to learn and improve in their career and personally by offering learning classes or compensation for training and certificates. Offer a path to progress in a career.

Pros

Good Benefits - Compensation, Bonus, Fitness Center, Cafeteria choices. Great Personal Time Off and 401k benefits. Friendly Atmosphere. Central location. Safety conscious. Good work life balance.

Cons

I really cannot think of any except that it is in the upstream oil and gas industry. Since this industry is cyclical profitability is tied to cost of commodity.

Advice to Management

Quality of management staff is very critical to motivation and productivity of employees. So it would be good to provide adequate training and evaluation of management.

Pros

Chesapeake Energy has great benefits and compensation. The top level management is sound. The 401K matching is among the best. Nice campus, great fitness center. A lot of good employees.

Cons

The second tier and middle management is untrained and inexperienced. Poor communication of goals and objectives, poor communication overall. Poor leadership and oil price decline has resulted in low morale.

Advice to Management

Need experienced management from outside companies that have established leadership skills. Promoting even good performers before they are ready does not benefit anyone.

Pros

great work conditions. 4 1/2 day work week was great. Beautiful campus with fitness center, child care center and 4 restaurants. Excellent people.

Cons

oil industry is volatile right now. Layoffs and uncertain times made it stressful. Jobs were being combined which caused lots of overtime.

Advice to Management

perhaps to cut back on benefits in order to save jobs and increase productivity

Pros

15% matching on 401k contributions, high salary for market, and generous PTO make this an excellent place to work. The child care, fitness center, and health center are other great benefits.

Cons

Flexible work hours are not really flexible. Employees can come in as early as 7:30 to leave earlier but everyone is expected to work a 9-9-9-9-4 schedule.

Pros

Great on site campus and Fitness Center. A solid bonus structure.Corporate environment is generally collaborative and friendly. Consultants are both helpful and a hindrance.

Cons

Trying to replicate Anadarko to a tee. Management is trying to correct 25 years of past sins over-night. Taking cost cutting measures very seriously that has got almost everyone worried.

Advice to Management

Actually embrace your greatest assets and invest in them. The good ones are the first to leave and the hardest to replace.

Pros

Benefits, campus environment, competitive pay, Christmas party had Kelly Clarkson, fitness center, if you just make sure your responsibilities are taken care they don't seem to care what you do.

Cons

With the industry relaying on oil prices it can be scary for job security. You never know if you'll be laid off.