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      3.8

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (7,133 total reviews)
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      Meg O’Neill

      63% approve of CEO

      45% positive business outlook

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      bp has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,133 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The bp 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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      7K reviews
      3.0
      Jan 14, 2011

      Not particularly dynamic, but great training and worldwide opportunities

      Geologist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      You get to work on projects with real scale, e.g, Rumalia, Iraq and Azerbaijan - that are not available outside the supermajors (Shell, Exxon etc). People are willing to teach / mentor junior staff, and the work / life balance is excellent. Pay is okay but not as good as small oil companies.

      Cons

      It takes a long while to get anywhere, with little opportunity for rapid progression. To get on you've probably got to spend some time working in some fairly unpleasant places. In recent years you get lot less control over what type of jobs you want to do than you did, say, 5 years ago.

      4.0
      Dec 28, 2010

      Doesn't value its real assets - people

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - The best group of people I have ever worked with in terms of intellect, capability and ambition - Really good work-life balance; in effect you work your own hours and can flex as required, can work from home 1 day a week as long as you deliver how you do it is of minimal importance - Autonomy in role - Transparency of Senior Management in comms re: Deepwater Horizon

      Cons

      - BP's performance management leaves a lot to be desired. No feedback culture whatsoever. - Set on hiring at Senior levels so very little if any succession planning means that top talent gets frustrated and leaves - Fairly low morale post Gulf of Mexico incident; BP doesnt seem to be acknowledging this either

      2.0
      Dec 22, 2010

      Fun for a while

      Business development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      autonomy, given space to do your job The travel is good, nice benefits, before the GoM incident BP did have a good reputation

      Cons

      BP reputation is bad du eto GoM incident in April. meritocracy -- people get promoted more by who you know rather than what you know.

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