DON'T WORK IN THE OPERATIONS ACCOUNTING (E&P accounting) GROUP - Anonymous employee SM Energy Employee Review

1.0
Nov 29, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are great and Tony Best is a great CEO.

Cons

The accounting group, specifically the assistant controller is very unprofessional. While I was there he created a lot of drama, hired and then fired 5 very qualified supervisors in less than a two year period. His group had the most turnover by far in the company. When I left there were 3 lawsuits in the works directed at the operations accounting group. SM Energy is a great company, however, I would advise that job seekers stay away from the operations accounting group. I was very embarrassed to be a part of that group while I was there.

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