Pros
- comprehensive training packages - 2nd largest oilfield services company in the world - great colleagues - great medical benefits - transport provided - good learning opportunities - opens up a huge market of career opportunities in other product lines
Cons
- Be prepared to be treated as a cog in the system; slow career progression, close to zero tangible incentives for achievers - Certain teams are led by technically inadequate/under-exposed leaders which is hard to command respect from subordinates - Be prepare to have an externally hired mid-career foreign engineer do the same kind of work as you but get they paid 30 to 40% more. - Internal promotion is rare. It seems like the management enjoys hiring senior positions from outside (mind you from distantly-related industries) - Layoffs happen like annual D&Ds. Some years you have it more than once. - In a nutshell, the old and the new management have gotten most things wrong since 4 years ago. - Company is leaning towards hiring contractors to replace full-time staffs.
