3.0
Aug 21, 2008
Former employee
London, England
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Innovation, vision, importance of energy, political importance. The oil and gas industry is at the centre of most things going on in the world. It is endlessly interesting. There is a great can-do mentality in the business.
Cons
size, way company is structured, clientism/patronage, lack of recognition. Since the downsizing of the 1990s the company has been run as a kind of confederation in which busines units have wide autonomy and, from the employee perspective, it is near-impossible to plan a career - so everyone has a short term mentality and they key to success and longevity is to hitch your wagon to a rising star/growing asset