Hess Corporation Reviews

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Oil & Gas industry downturn is stilling

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The management thinks everyone is stupid, believing that every job and every task can be managed by written work instruction. So when situations arise outside of the parameters of the work instructions, employees are not trained to use critical thinking to solve problems. To to that off, the work instructions were slapped together without any quality control.

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Dog eat dog mindset

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Management talks about becoming data driven, but in action highly insulates the yes-man mentality. Company is the most political place I’ve ever worked. Advancement is awarded to the more bureaucratically/politically skilled employees over those producing results through usage of hard skills and data driven approaches. Whereas process is continually talked about, it’s rarely documented, consistent or embraced/reinforced by management. In the company values, there’s an “independent spirit” statement that effectively serves as an excuse for managers/employees to do whatever you want with little cohesion or alignment to the company’s strategic objective. Culture embraces an ‘opt-out’ behavior and heavily weighs on those who demonstrate ownership. Executive management is a group of stereotypical white, good old boys who have been together for years.

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Seems to a bit of turmoil at the top, currently.

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There have been substantial lay-offs the last few years. and asset sales make this company have very little growth for younger employees. Hess usually only fills management positions from outside the company. You don't have much impact in the company portion of the yearly bonus.

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- boys club
- management doesn’t always utilize employees in productive way

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management chaos without awakening employee's ownership

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Office politics, no focus, bad decisions

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Lots of office politics and challenges.