Sinking Ship - Mechanical Engineer NOV Employee Review

3.0
Oct 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

When business is good, working here is good. Friendly coworkers, very good benefits, competitive 401(k) matching, and a real feel of being appreciated.

Cons

When business is bad, working here is *really* bad. Every day feels like it could be your last (until it actually is), unnecessary corners are cut to appease stockholders, and, once the dust settles, instead of qualified, promising employees being promoted to open management positions, existing management's buddies get them. Then, they pretend to be bewildered when business continues to be bad. Business has been bad for the better part of the past five years.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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