Marathon Oil Reviews
Updated May 13, 2022
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- "The upper management has not strategy and does not take time to learn about real issues, so does not know how to fix fundamental business problems." (in 7 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Great work life balance, benefits, and compensation
Cons
Lack of attractive field office locations
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
I have met some of the nicest colleagues I have ever known at Marathon.
Cons
Marathon cannot retain employees. The turn over is 40%+ in some departments. Marathon no longer grants LTI to non-managers and cannot compete with other oil and gas companies for employees. They are not willing to consider non-monetary changes and accommodations to retain high performing employees.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
9/80 schedule is a plus
Cons
No clue of what they’re doing
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
There’s no such thing as a carreer job in a marathon
Cons
You must stay in poverty because the needs of the few out weigh the hard work of it’s subordinates.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Large group to work with
Cons
No growth opportunities, lots of red tape, can't run projects to innovate and stuck doing process an old way.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Work environment Nice coworkers Nice managers
Cons
Not flexible Lack of movement Too precise
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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- Supply Chain Experience - Flexible Work Schedule (hybrid and 9/80)
Cons
- High turnover - The company is in a maintenance state. - Lots of “Yes” men in leadership - Organization likes to keep status quo
- Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
People are great to work with.
Cons
Senior management decisions are bewildering and almost always make your job harder than it should be. Financial rewards are skewed toward the top.
- Former Employee★★★★★
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I loved my job but then Covid hit.
Cons
Upper management changed frequently from State to State and different departments approx 3-4 mths.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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The people are great! Friendly and very willing to help teach new comers.
Cons
Focused too much time on maximum optimization with slightly unrealistic expectations. More time filling out paper and computer work than doing actual job
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Marathon Oil has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 415 reviews left anonymously by employees. 56% of employees would recommend working at Marathon Oil to a friend and 55% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -2% over the last 12 months.
56% of Marathon Oil employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Marathon Oil 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Marathon Oil to be coworkers, compensation, benefits and the cons to be diversity and inclusion, senior leadership, career development.
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