Tale of two companies, great and terrible all at the same time - Anonymous employee bp Employee Review

3.0
2 Nov 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Awesome pay - Awesome benefits - Fascinating work (at times) - Complex and interesting learning - Huge global experience

Cons

- Bipolar management, they talk about safety on the surface, but only really care about the bottom line - Very political - The span of control of many managers is extremely small. This makes decisions difficult to make and everything moves very slowly - Lots of work on making things look good versus doing great work - So many meaningless meetings. It's nearly impossible to get anything done with all of them.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Benefits are better than most companies - great matching, HSA, pensions, and bonuses. The culture was great too, middle management was a pleasure to work with.

Cons

It’s easy to get stuck in one position if you’re a high performer. Seemed like if you’re good at your job you get stuck there while others get a lot more mobility. The options I had to move were all within the same sphere, great if you like what you are currently doing but not so much otherwise. Also, expect a re-org every 2-3yrs, change can be good but it was often disruptive during my tenure.

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