Apache reviews

2.7

26% would recommend to a friend

(107 total reviews)

John J. Christmann, IV

12% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

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3.0
Jul 7, 2015

Oh, Apache.

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Pros

You will get lots of good experience in many aspects of the industry. Seemed like Apache at least attempted to be ethical in their business relationships, for part of the time I worked there.

Cons

The reason you get so much great experience is that you will do the work of 3 people. The San Antonio office is the Golden Child of the company, they can do no wrong. Work in some other office and you will find out San Antonio speaks poorly about the other offices when they are about average themselves. I routinely worked during vacation, not just phone calls to ask a quick question but I was expected to take my work on vacation with me. Zero training. None. Zero functional mentoring. They kind of have a lukewarm mentoring program, but every time I found someone and started establishing a mentoring relationship they would leave and I would be back to square one. Apache doesn't attempt to retain good employees, and they pay fairly low. My manager was put into his management position when he apparently didn't want to do it and had no relevant experience. I can't fault him personally, he tried to make the best of it, but why he was ever asked to be a manager is beyond me. Despite that he hammered us into a good team, and the second he had a well-oiled and knowledgeable machine they closed the office and let most of us go.

5.0
May 16, 2015

Analyst

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Pros

Recent company and management transition is a huge positive. New executive is a breath of fresh air. Asset base is now stable and viable for the long-term success. Company is taking much better care of its employees.

Cons

New management requires hard work from its employees. This can mean long hours at times. Compensation can be greatly tied to equity performance. Oil and gas business is very cyclical.

2.0
Mar 5, 2015

Poor Upper & Middle Management

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Pros

A good place to start a career with great benefits. They will train you well, but you will need to jump to another company to get paid a base salary on par for the industry.

Cons

Upper management moved from a conservative company to a shoot first company when it came to making acquisitions which lead to them divesting them only a few years later at major losses. Middle management frequently broke their promises and swept problems under the rug instead of solving them. Unfortunately, HR believes it is too difficult to get rid of problem employees so they hang on to them which leaves the good employees frustrated. Politics frequently played a role in hirings and promotions. It wasn't unusual to hear about recent college graduates having a path carved out for them from the beginning only to find out their dad played golf with someone important at Apache. This only discouraged the veteran employees who knew they would always be stuck in their current position.

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