Pros
Used to be up-and-coming with growth, now senior management has changed-will likely be development/production oriented. The new building is beautiful, though don't know if and how Noble will actually grow to fill it. (Widely remarked) Good place for development geoscientists for the next few years.
Cons
Many will say that Noble has become too big, and is not addressing its poor quality lower level management. Not a place for explorers, at least until 2017. No grasp of regional geologic concepts, poor technical skills, and ability to expand into new frontiers. Many have already left. Near-term drop in exploration scope due to specific country alignment, and inability to gain new acreage, and consequently lower level management are so desparate given limited running room, that they are bullying employees to overstate prospects. Becoming quite corrupt. Well known to be a very siloed, non-communicative clandestine culture. Managers protect themselves by promoting incompetence around them. Not a good strategy for growth. Mid and late career people will receive no training or onboarding. The focus is purely on developing new hire replacements.