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Joe Gorder
96 Ratings
Pros
"They offer great benefits even for part-time employees" (in 26 reviews)
"Co-workers seem more like family, makes for a fun work environment" (in 23 reviews)
Cons
"Long hours , time away from family," (in 17 reviews)
"Work life balance could be better" (in 8 reviews)
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"Great place for a career"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Valero Energy full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Strong caring culture. A place where hard work and dedication are expected.
Cons
Has always rewarded everyone the same so sometimes extra effort and success is not recognized.
Advice to Management
Middle Management is stretched so thin, they don’t have time to communicate as much as needed.
Valero Energy 2018-05-18 14:44 PDT ![Valero Energy Logo]()
"Engineering Intern"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsI worked at Valero Energy full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Great mentorship, a lot of practical experience in chemical operations and the chance to work on capital projects.
Cons
Not a lot of other interns to interact with on-site.
Valero Energy 2018-10-30 10:42 PDT![Valero Energy Logo]()
"Board technician"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Valero Energy full-time
Pros
Constantly innovating computer systems and developing automated programs.
Cons
Stressful, reduction in qualified emokoyees
Advice to Management
Show concern for manpower and training.
Valero Energy 2018-12-01 04:24 PST![Valero Energy Logo]()
"Ops"
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Doesn't RecommendDisapproves of CEOPros
Great profit sharing, job stability with the overall vision of the company
Cons
Hiring mirco Mangers, that don't empower their work group, to busy degrading them and holding write-up and bonus over their heads
Advice to Management
Promote the right people, not who your friends or the guy that has tried to get his co-workers fired ....that is absolutely not the type of continuity you want ...
Valero Energy 2018-12-12 13:35 PST![Valero Energy Logo]()
"Analyst"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Valero Energy (More than a year)
Pros
Great learning experience and great teamwork
Cons
fewer growth opportunities but great management
Valero Energy 2018-11-15 20:21 PST![Valero Energy Logo]()
"Wholesale Contract Administrator"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Valero Energy full-time
Pros
Great health and wellness benefits, onsite gym, yearly bonus/raise, pleasant coworkers, nice company culture.
Cons
Salary is not the best, sometimes feel unheard by management, growth opportunities are scarce, and why does Joe get paid so much? Top three paid CEOs in San Antonio, and last I checked, he held the #1 spot.
Valero Energy 2018-11-08 07:21 PSTHelpful (2)
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"Mechanical Engineer"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Valero Energy full-time
Pros
Good benefits. Learned alot of different units because very lean organization.
Cons
Work/life balance, high expectation of everyone to live at plant and support production, political, old school work environment of voluntold of what you need to be doing, alot of micro managers, high performer usually know the right people or
Advice to Management
Hire more people to support engineering and give 9-80 schedules. Recognize that you do have let people have work/life balance or family and personal health suffers.
Valero Energy 2018-11-18 17:38 PST![Valero Energy Logo]()
"Great Company"
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Positive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Valero Energy full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Great money, great teammates, always something to do, exciting, learning new things daily.
Cons
Long hours,long hours, long hours. Long hours , time away from family,
Advice to Management
Listen to employees
Valero Energy 2018-10-21 11:31 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Engineer"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOPros
Good place to start career.
Lots of experienced engineers to learn from.
Intern program makes you feel excited to work for company.Cons
-Local management has absolutely no clue what to do with engineers in 3-5 year range.
-Backwards thinking is leading to retention issues at some sites, with MANY more to follow.
-Higher ups have explicitly stated a preference for nepotism...if you’re not related to someone in the company or major company contractor, watch out.
-Zero career planning, and RLTs fail to address this.
-Some sites have too much pride to address their ever prevalent morale issues.Advice to Management
It’s the 21st century, move forward. Have a rotation program for younger engineers, you’ve got 15 refineries. As good as the intern program is, that’s how bad your development as a full time engineer can be. The company will continue to lose money on its technical workforce and future otherwise. WAKE UP!
Valero Energy 2018-10-26 12:21 PDT![Valero Energy Logo]()
"Shipping and Receiving Operator"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Valero Energy full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Great hourly pay and bonuses!
Cons
Long hours and some holidays scheduled to work.
Advice to Management
Great management
Valero Energy 2018-10-12 11:24 PDT
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