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    Tidewater Reviews

    Updated April 7, 2019
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    1. "Good Company to work for"

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      Former Employee - OSV Chief Engineer in Morgan City, LA
      Former Employee - OSV Chief Engineer in Morgan City, LA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Once you can gain employment, you control your own destiny and the sky is the limited.
      without any marine background you will start at the bottom, but you have wonderful advantages of moving up to either a chief engineer, or a vessel captain. I started as a wiper and within 4 years I made chief. the further you advance, the more money you earn. I started out making $100.00/day, and when I left twelve years later, I was making $600.00/day. Hard work, great pay.

      Cons

      You must be willing to work a 28 day on duty, 14 day off schedule. Lots of heavy lifting, working in the gulf of mexico on a supply vessel servicing oil rigs. Real hard work, but the benefits are second to none.

      Advice to Management

      Great management.

    2. "Mate/DPO"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Tidewater full-time

      Pros

      A lot of experienced and good people. Boats are fairly new. Opportunities to see the world.

      Cons

      Low pay, no 401k match, and you pay for your own flights to NOLA.

      Advice to Management

      More pay, bring back 401k matching, and up the travel subsidy.

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    3. "Collections"

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      Former Employee - Collector in Hendersonville, TN
      Former Employee - Collector in Hendersonville, TN
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Tidewater part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good Benefits, 40lk, Medial and Dental

      Cons

      Employees always complaining on the floor, seem very unhappy

      Advice to Management

      Need better moral on the floor

    4. "Blah"

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      Former Employee - Debt Collector in Henderson, NV
      Former Employee - Debt Collector in Henderson, NV
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Tidewater full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Nice co-workers and very small operation

      Cons

      Dead End job, they promote outside the company

    5. "Pilot tech"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great opportunities and room for improvement

      Cons

      Travel plans could be set up better

    6. "Tidewater difficult times to stick to outdated core principles"

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      Former Employee - Regulatory Engineer in New Orleans, LA
      Former Employee - Regulatory Engineer in New Orleans, LA
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      Worldwide market leader, excellent managers, strong traditions

      Cons

      Poor financial planning with a lack of contingency options

      Advice to Management

      Retain focus on marine operations

    7. Helpful (1)

      "OSV Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Second ENGINEER in Port Fourchon, LA
      Current Employee - Second ENGINEER in Port Fourchon, LA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

      I have been working at Tidewater full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good Pay for the most part.

      Cons

      Horrible shoreside support personnel. Total lack of professionalism and courtesy in the workplace.

      Advice to Management

      Needs new management.

    8. "Typical Boat Company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Freeport, ME
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Freeport, ME
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

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

      Pros

      Laid back atmosphere depending on what boat you are on. Office personnel are pretty good with working with you schedule wise.

      Cons

      They are on the verge of bankruptcy. Very limited communication as far as what the plans are for the boats.

      Advice to Management

      More transparency in the communication of what the plans are for the boats. It's always a guessing game as to what is going to happen next.

    9. "Good company, but small at the time I was there."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Antonio, TX
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Antonio, TX
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Excellent leadership, good team committed to everyone's success.

      Cons

      Loss of a major contract led to layoffs, as a result of insufficient backlog.

    10. "Tidewater in Egypt"

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      Former Employee - New Jersey in Old Bridge, NJ
      Former Employee - New Jersey in Old Bridge, NJ
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Have a lot of people working their on the vessels for almost 40 years, no turnovers.

      Cons

      need more arrangements in management