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    Subsea 7 Reviews

    Updated September 22, 2018
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    Subsea 7 CEO & Executive Director Jean Cahuzac
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    159 Employee Reviews

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    Pros

    • "Work life balance is great with fantastic holidays" (in 13 reviews)

    • "Good Benefits, Interesting Projects made good friends" (in 11 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Terrible work-life balance sometimes" (in 6 reviews)

    • "Still too top heavy in management" (in 6 reviews)

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    1. "Very good and dynamic company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Houston, TX
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Subsea 7 full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Room for opportunities and growth

      Cons

      Salary increase are limited even with internal promotion

    2. "Money over people"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Subsea 7 full-time

      Pros

      The company is financial stable.

      Cons

      Cares more about the bottom line than their employees.

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    3. "Subsea 7"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Subsea 7 full-time

      Pros

      Good place to work at

      Cons

      Not much of promotion other than engineering

    4. "Good oportunities and environment"

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      Current Employee - Senior Analysis Engineer in Houston, TX
      Current Employee - Senior Analysis Engineer in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Subsea 7 full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      - Ethical
      - World wide opportunities
      - Very Humane company

      Cons

      - Not very competitive salaries

      Advice to Management

      - Keep the ethics and work environment a priority.

    5. Helpful (4)

      "We want pay raises"

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      Current Employee - Engineer in Houston, TX
      Current Employee - Engineer in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Subsea 7 full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Lots of vacation. (Up to 6 weeks after 7 years)
      Culture is nice.
      Good benefits and 401k.
      Ideas will be heard and acted on if pushed.

      Cons

      Very weak raises while the Subsea 7 is buying up companies.
      Promotions come with really bad raises.
      Projects always feel rushed and late.
      Getting high marks on performance means very little.
      Management is invulnerable to layoffs or firings while the workforce gets hit.

      Advice to Management

      Stop creating new management positions all the time for each other.
      Recognizing people with made up awards is not the same as paying them more.

    6. "Good Company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Subsea 7 full-time

      Pros

      Get to work with some really good folks

      Cons

      Management losing touch with the people, should be the priority.

    7. "Basic Review"

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      Former Employee - Senior Designer in Houston, TX
      Former Employee - Senior Designer in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Subsea 7 full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Friendly co-workers and exciting career opportunities are possible

      Cons

      Could be more rewarding and otherwise accountable

      Advice to Management

      Conduct department audits more frequently

    8. "Senior Buyer"

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

      Pros

      Good Company
      Good Benefits, significant assets

      Cons

      Lack of continuous commercial strategy

    9. "ROV Offshore"

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      Current Employee - ROV Submersible Technician in Kenner, LA
      Current Employee - ROV Submersible Technician in Kenner, LA
      Negative Outlook

      I have been working at Subsea 7 full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Good training offered on both e-learning and classroom.

      Cons

      Income equity doesn't exists: personnel salary vary from one region to another despite being in the same position.

    10. "too many chiefs, not enough indians"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Subsea 7 full-time

      Pros

      Overall good benefits, vacation package, medical insurance, 401K

      Cons

      heavy process, heavy hierarchical structure, no reward mechanism aside from money

      Advice to Management

      stop inverted pyramid, the pyramid must be strong at the base, not the other way around

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