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      3.8

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (7,117 total reviews)
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      Meg O’Neill

      56% approve of CEO

      45% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      bp has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,117 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The bp employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energia, mineração, utilitários industry (3.7 stars).

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      7K reviews
      2.0
      Aug 26, 2008

      BP is (will be) Losing Good Employees

      Senior financial
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Balancing work and life hours is fairly important. But, because BP is based in the UK, we sometimes work on US Holidays (i.e. Labor Day, Indepedence Day). Stress diversity (this can be both good and bad).

      Cons

      Non-competative salaries; slow-moving with everything; poor internal planning. Because many employees have been there for years and plan to stay until they retire, there's no incentive to go the extra mile. Many of the employees with 20+ years are on the average 50-50 years old. BP seriously needs new, fresh ideas from younger people.

      4.0
      Aug 24, 2008

      Best place I have worked

      Process operator
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fair pay for a fair job. Good share scheme and excellent pension scheme. Opportunities to move on. Flexible with regard to time off and they place an emphasis on quality training. You dont feel hounded by management all the time and they give you space to do your job effectively. If you can dodge the bullet til retirement day then you will be relatively well off in retirement.

      Cons

      People have to reapply for jobs every few years. Constant specualtion about breaking up R&M and E&P. Share price is a bit low recently (but then thats a problem people without good share schemes dont have I suppose)

      5.0
      Aug 23, 2008

      A very good company, not perfect, but full of potential.

      Training
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good people. Professional atmosphere. Extremely environmentally and safety minded. BP supervisors treat people fairly. I've not had the best experiences with HR, however. I generally view HR as evil. A lot of us do. BP has great potential. We are at a pivotal period. The next 2 years will be very telling as to whether or not we can become the best, or merely remain a profitable company that continues to stand in the shadow of Shell and Exxon. My hope is on Tony Hayward -- he has a hell of a task in front of him. I wish him the best.

      Cons

      Pay is a bit low compared to competitors. This is evidenced by a high turn-over rate in the last two years as many BP employees have gone to work for better paying oil companies. We have a new CEO (on the corporate level) -- Tony Hayward. He is in a tough position, as BP stock has been seriously out-performed by Exxon and other competitors. Tony is big on making "every dollar count". This is good, but we've also witnessed some sweeping changes that seem to save money up front, but are costing us down the road. Gain share (VPP) is now a forced ranking system. Every year, ten percent of all BP employees will be sh!t holed and receive absolutely no gain share or cost of living raise. I would love to know the Einstein that came up with this idea. If ten percent of your employees deserve nothing, then get rid of them!!! Don't make them disgruntled by keeping them on but humiliating them. One day, someone will go postal over this stupid policy.

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