NOV reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,244 total reviews)

Clay C. Williams

71% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

NOV has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,244 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NOV employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Sep 5, 2013

Dysfunctional

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Pros

There is not much good to be said other than NOV is the biggest kid on the block (about 90% of the drilling rigs in the world has at least some if not all NOV equipment on them) and it has very deep corporate pockets. It has grown in part by buying out its competition.

Cons

NOV-PCG is the most dysfunctional place that I have ever worked at. There is no true communication and coordination between different functions. Business in the oil patch is so good at this point in time that the most mismanaged company can make money. Millions of dollars are lost every year due jobs being lost in process and parts rusting .... and nobody is held accountable. Missing parts are robbed from one job to ship another. When the oil patch slows down and customers can shop around for goods and services instead of a quick one stop shop that can provide everything, NOV, with its bloated corporate overhead and losses due to mismanaged manufacturing, will crash.

4.0
Sep 3, 2013

Great Engineers, good tools and lab space, poor leadership,

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Pros

Engineering team was very talented and willing to put in extra time to make the project succeed. Tools and lab space to perform tasks.

Cons

Poor technical and budgetary management of the projects left engineers performing work-around and hacks rather than addressing the issues. Solid products, but could be so much better.

3.0
Sep 1, 2013

Review of NOV

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Pros

Great locations. Good people. Lots of opportunities if you are willing to search for them. Ability to get hands on learning as an intern. Benefits are the industry average.

Cons

Company hires people at low wages and is surprised when the leave for a better wage. Needs to integrate units better to act a large company. This would help reduce cost. Act like a large company not a bunch of small ones.

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