It has been a learning experience with willing teachers and semi-patient supervisors - Anonymous employee NOV Employee Review

4.0
Jan 25, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great opportunity for advancement if you are willing to move around or get in the right place at the right time as they are a multi-national company and prefer to advance from within.

Cons

So far they seem to pay on the low end to begin with and many sites are semi-remote due to the nature of the field. In addition, while you get 12 paid holidays a year (on top of your vacation days) you rarely get them off as the oil fields are still working and they are a service business; so expect to work at least half of the major holidays if you wrk rural and get them off if your corporate.

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