bp reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(7,127 total reviews)
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Meg O’Neill

63% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

bp has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,127 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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3.0
Aug 21, 2023
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, decent salary, reliable income and longevity/retirable employer if you are content with just making a paycheck

Cons

Few opportunities for advancement, assigned to a role with wrong fit after reorganization, poor work life balance due to too many lay offs and not keeping critical people (this is a safety issue in several ways), work location changed for no good reason, manager did not listen to above concerns which led me to look for a new job, ghosted during last week of work despite always having good ratings for entire time at the job (network and email access deactivated prematurely, exit interview not conducted by HR), unnecessary micro management, felt forced out despite them acting surprised when I left

2.0
Jul 14, 2023
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits package is decent - medical/dental/vision, 401k + match, paid vacation and sick time, medium base salary compared to other major Oil and Gas companies, pension (if hired before certain dates and grandfathered in, however beware of ongoing pensioner issues and company betraying its ex-employees who built the company up years ago).

Cons

Bad pension scheme for those who didn't roll it out when leaving the company. Empty slogans and company values that are no longer principles by which the company operates. Diversity and inclusion before merit-based placement resulting in team productivity suffering. No longer a "speak up" safe culture. Severed too many employees, leaving current staff overworked and understaffed and undervalued.

5.0
Jun 9, 2023
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great company culture, huge emphasis on care for others due to fatalities and accidents that could unfortunately occur at work sites - Great opportunity to learn, grow, network, and learn the energy industry - Forward thinking company due to European management not American, focused on being ahead of the curve for renewables - Pay is extremely good for new hires, especially in IT department - Flatish hierarchy, actual executives are open to feedback from junior employees and will actually listen, are definitely the type to sit down with you for a coffee if they have time with the exception of EVPs and CEO - Manageable office politics, healthy amount even but your mileage may vary depending on group, office location, role, and which part of the business you're in - YMMV again but people I've worked with have been spectacular, no egos, only focus on getting tasks done and celebrating small victories. No finger pointing or blaming others. People take ownership and responsibility - CEO always repeats himself so there's never a miscommunication/misunderstanding about his plans, agenda, or overall strategy for the company

Cons

- No room for long term growth or promotions, many people stuck in their roles for years, especially true for those working in P&O side where people are stuck as engineers for 10-15 years before getting opportunity to move up to management positions. Less wait time for IT (I&E) or trading side (T&S), but still all leadership roles are filled and won't vacate for a long time - IT upper management are deluded into trying to turn an Oil and Gas company into a tech company. Nothing wrong with pushing for better standards and increasing digital capability, but having leetcode style interviews and exams that don't test skills actually used on the job is just very dumb and a huge waste of resources - Highly disorganized and very chaotic at times when it comes to getting administrative action done (this is negated by whole org being understanding and working to resolve issue) - Company touts ethics but energy is a dirty business wrought with geopolitics. You can't claim to be a moral and ethical company yet does business with anti Western governments. Should just accept that we are here to make money by providing the world with the energy it needs and are playing in a very complex geopolitical game where there is no black and white.

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