Phillips 66 reviews

- There is no credible development plan in place for junior staff. A high proportion of staff are not motivated, and most of those who are high calibre and want to develop end up leaving for development opportunities after a few years. - Everything moves at a snails pace (another reason why ambitious staff tend to move on), and even once a decision is made it can take months to get head office approval or budget. It is a VERY corporate/bureaucratic culture. - There is no credible plan to deal with the impending decline in petrol/diesel cars, which gives the feeling of a sinking ship. The company is betting on renewable petrol/diesel, which there will not be demand for once petrol/diesel cars are banned in 2030. - There is a very outdated approach to flexible working - even in the middle of the pandemic the company started to bring staff back in 5 days a week and only backtracked when it went against government guidance. We will all be back in the office with no wfh at the first opportunity. - Starting salary is good if you are just starting out, but as with development you soon hit a ceiling. It is also notably below industry competition.

Benefits package has been significantly de-valued in real terms over recent years. Operations shift staffing levels always at minimum, significant amounts of extra hours expected to be worked at the drop of a hat to cover sickness, holidays and training needs due to minimum staffing levels, often making a working week 84 hours of 12 hour shifts , the final 5 (going into 2 days off) being 12 hour nights. Working week is 40 hours, not the usual 37 hr average now recognised by most employers. Square pegs often expected to fit into round holes. Training is often rushed due to low staffing levels, as long as the trainee knows the answer to the question on the competency sheet they are deemed competent to operate a refinery. Staff who say the right thing to the right people are promoted, not the staff with the most experience or ability. The company has a great business philosophy / charter but it is significantly lost and followed less and less the lower you get within the business, shift operations are at the bottom. The new buildings at Humber make a great impact to visitors and staff who work in them but once you go out onto site the environment including offices and welfare facilities are very dated, often filthy and badly maintained. Often told that there are things going on in the background that we do not know about. Union membership discouraged.