bp reviews

This company has too many mid-level managers. Everything decision or action takes 3 meetings. There are managers, directors and VP's that have managers or team leads just to go to meetings. The ethics and management approach to Macondo Well disaster is indicative of how this company runs day to day. This company always operates in the grey area of ethics. The attitude is not what is right, but what can we get away with and what will it cost if we get caught. Most of the top talent leaves after vesting because of the toxic atmosphere. This is a company living in the old world of cronyism. It is not what you know, but who you know.

Morale is currently very low. Most people appear to be staying only because the pay is so good and opportunities in the oil industry scarce at the moment. Opportunities for advancement very scarce and promotions process appears to be entirely arbitrary - no clarity or guidance from management on career progression. Very old fashioned company - currently focused on modernizing but held back by an aging, mostly British management.