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    Nabors Industries Reviews

    Updated August 23, 2017
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    Nabors Industries President & CEO Anthony G. Petrello
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    Pros

    • They have good pay and benefits (in 21 reviews)

    • Just like working round good people I like a good environment and positive environment (in 12 reviews)

    Cons

    • Upper Management is very micro and downward managing (in 16 reviews)

    • The lack of communication is unacceptable, right hand does not know what the left hand is doing on all levels of he company (in 6 reviews)

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    1. "Good Place to Work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Nabors Industries full-time

      Pros

      Pay is good.
      If you have the right boss, hours are fair and flexible as long as work is done.
      Gym, Cafeteria, and some other perks.
      Benefits are quality.

      Cons

      Not in the safest area.

      Advice to Management

      We just bought the building so...

    2. Helpful (1)

      "Great company aside from that It group"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Nabors Industries full-time

      Pros

      The operations folks are regular oilfield people we've come up with. The pay is reasonable for whats out here. Not many differences in working from district to district

      Cons

      Anytime you have to deal with the IT group be prepared for frustration. They had/have a handful of people that actually cared about what we did in the field and even those people would be frustrated because they couldnt get projects pushed through. When I left it was ridiculous. Years ago the group was primarily american who would tell you they wished they would be allowed to go to the field and learn what we do. Now its Indians who've never been to the field but pretend to know what you're talking about.

      Advice to Management

      Purge that IT group from the top down two layers and stop importing workers. Make field experience mandatory for anyone in operations management. They should have been at least a rig manager before becoming a district manager. Ridiculous.

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    3. "Was decent when it was in operation"

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      Former Employee - Coil Tubing Operator in Henderson, CO
      Former Employee - Coil Tubing Operator in Henderson, CO
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Nabors Industries full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      The pay was decent, and there were plenty of hours at the time.

      Cons

      Didn't always get off days

    4. "Loyalty"

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      Former Employee - Rig Ma
      Former Employee - Rig Ma

      I worked at Nabors Industries full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Good job great Safty culture decent company to work far

      Cons

      No loyalty to Sesond employees

      Advice to Management

      Take care of employees who have put your company above all other aspects of their life s

    5. "International Support Manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Nabors Industries full-time

      Pros

      Flexible schedule, good management team

      Cons

      Low salary and very political

    6. Helpful (1)

      "Horrible"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Houston, TX
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Houston, TX
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Nabors Industries full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Insurance and a steady paycheck

      Cons

      The I.T. department doesn't recognize outstanding performers only recognizes those who do just enough to get by. Over worked and under paid.

      Advice to Management

      Get it together! The turn over in the place is ridiculous, employees that don't know how to do their job or skim by are kept and the employees that give their all 24/7-365 are canned. Solutions to problems are brought up to managers and the input is not even taken into consideration, therefore, nothing will ever change. It's an un-organized mess. Pay attention, value and keep the hardworking employees you still have left, those kind of people are hard to come by...as far as the ones who got let go...it's Nabors loss and another companies gain.

    7. "Floorhand"

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      Former Employee - Floorhand in Williston, ND
      Former Employee - Floorhand in Williston, ND
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Nabors Industries full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Well organized
      Intensive safety programs
      Continual training program gives employees knowledge and prepares them for promotion

      Cons

      Bureaucratic
      As an employee you have to accept that you are just a cog in a wheel.
      It doesn't take much at all to get fired.

      Advice to Management

      Don't constantly threaten people's jobs. Use positive reinforcement.

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Good company to work for"

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      Former Employee - Business Analyst in Houston, TX
      Former Employee - Business Analyst in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Nabors Industries full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      I don't have any complaints about Nabors outside of working in the energy industry.

      Cons

      Only legitimate complaint is the volatility of the oil and gas industry.

    9. "Floorhand"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Nabors Industries full-time

      Pros

      It's Excellent place to work!

      Cons

      No cons what so ever

    10. "Mud Logger"

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      Current Employee - Mud Logger
      Current Employee - Mud Logger

      I have been working at Nabors Industries full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Limited physical labor
      When there is down time on the rig you have little to do if anything
      The people you work with

      Cons

      Work/Life balance skewed heavily to work
      No set schedule so no rotation like all the other positions have (14 on / 14 off or 28 on /14 off)

      Advice to Management

      Hire enough people so that you can get a rotation going for all the units.

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