Cased Hole Wireline Field Professional - Field Engineer - Cased Hole Halliburton Employee Review

4.0
Sep 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company has great benefits. Management does a pretty good job of making sure you get your allotted time off. That is not the case at many competitors. The training you will receive is top-notch. Your job is typically pretty secure since the company is so large and they do their best to not have to lay off workers. Sometimes it is unavoidable, however. Should you stay with the company there are many opportunities to advance and move up. Engineers get their own company vehicle, laptop, and smart phone.

Cons

Too much bureaucracy and micro-managing. Top-level managers in Houston will be making work decisions for you, which is usually not a good thing. The amount of paperwork required for the position can become borderline ridiculous. The company is so large that you are just another employee number to them. You can make more money elsewhere. This job is very demanding. Hard labor, long hours, long drives, away from home for days or weeks at a time, irregular schedule, and working with hazardous equipment (explosives, radiation, high pressure). The oil and gas market is very volatile, there are booms when everything is good, and busts when you will probably be looking for a job.

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* Strong brand recognition and opportunity to work on large-scale marketing initiatives. * Exposure to technical subject matter and cross-functional collaboration. * Good place to learn how large enterprise organizations operate.

Cons

I joined in a hybrid role where flexibility was an important factor in accepting the position and making personal life decisions. Within about a year, the organization moved to a full return-to-office model. While companies can change workplace policies, the transition felt abrupt and inconsistent in practice. A recurring challenge was that expectations around in-office presence did not always appear to match day-to-day reality. Remote participation still occurred for meetings and operational needs, which created confusion around when flexibility was acceptable and when it was not. Within my department, I also experienced challenges around communication and collaboration. Feedback on projects sometimes arrived late or only after priorities had shifted, and in some cases work was reassigned or substantially changed without clear involvement from the original contributor. Public criticism of work product without prior coaching made it difficult to improve or feel ownership over deliverables. Leadership communication during organizational changes often felt more focused on compliance than employee concerns. Employees raising questions about work arrangements sometimes perceived limited space for open discussion. Over time, the combination of reduced flexibility, inconsistent application of expectations, and limited recognition of specialized contributions negatively affected morale and trust.

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