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At BP, there are constantly too many business and organizational changes, cost cutting left and right (moving work to Accenture in India and Malaysia), divesting businesses just to bring them back after realizing too late they make money, mediocre holiday party to save money, rare spot bonus opportunities, no holiday outing, no team lunches. If you are wanting a career at BP, start at big BP (benefits and pay are much better), rather than BP's Shared Business Services (Global Business Services, GBS). GBS moves work overseas to save money, but does not make the effort to bring more work from BP to supplement the divested activities.

Cost-cutting to the point of foolishness.. e.g. getting rid of the "good" coffee and leaving the bad.. for a whopping savings of $.25 cents a cup??!! Many layoffs currently (2014 & 2015) in the guise of another "reorg" but it's really TONS of offshoring happening to KL, Budapest, BA, Bangalore, etc. Just transferring bad systems & processes to another country.. costs will rise there also and the savings will hence be only short-lived! Not that this matters any to current management.. they will earn their bonus and move on to their next executive role! Reorg's to fix the botched reorg's of the past.. this will continue until the end of time for BP, as management considers that all intelligence lies in the UK so it HEAVILY promotes Brits to Sr. roles (VP's, Directors, etc.). They need to stay busy & build their resume for their next role so every few years it's "reorg's all-around for everyone at the bar"! If you can tolerate that then the benefits can outweigh the pain.. meanwhile I hope you can find time to do you day job and actually enjoy contributing.. trying to make it a meaningful job/career.. otherwise it's just a paycheck.. good luck!