bp reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(7,128 total reviews)
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Meg O’Neill

63% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

bp has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,128 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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4.0
Feb 22, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Flex fridays and casual office environment and culture generally live up to warm and fuzzy, good work life balance image, although flex fridays have been taken away from some groups in other areas of the company. Vacation time relatively weak compared to competition, but management in generally flexible if there are family issues that limit your work availability. Salary is reasonable, but much better can be had in industry, new bonus structure is good (if you have a good relationship with your supervisor), disappointing otherwise. Benefits are solid. Worldwide work locations with opportunities for advancement if you toe the company line and keep your opinion to yourself.

Cons

Alot of processes and red tape, trumping common sense more often than not. It's often unclear who is accountable and who makes decisions with constantly shifting management priorities. Too many layers of management that are reorganized and shuffled every 12 to 18 months and regularly roll out non-value adding initiatives that create a ton of work for technical staff, get some manager a promotion, and leave unrealistic expectations for the next manager. Internal job postings are "just for show", new roles and promotion opportunities are largely pre-determined and based on diversity and politics rather than merit. Alot of dead weight across the org charts, with several good people having left recently.

4.0
Feb 21, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flex Fridays. Fair treatment. Try to do good. Environmental practices are great.

Cons

A perception that BP undervalues technical employees. Seen as promoting folks that toe the company line, but aren't good with technical knowledge. Processes are so many that can't seem to make value driven decisions.

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