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low oil prices seem to be driving a lot of changes to organization where the strategy is very short sited and focused on cost reduction and no growth

Sickening to see just how much money is wasted. They may as well be lighting piles of money on fire around here. Even with strides made towards promoting women, nepotism and good ol' boy system is alive and well. Hiring and promoting other minorities has clearly fallen short. The only real reason to come to work is the pay. Spineless, boot-lick middle managers report to type-A bullies. Even the simplest decisions get passed up to the second line and VP positions. Pretty sure you need to murder someone before you get fired. Seriously. Incompetent people get passed around group to group (sometimes even promoted) for years. Showing up for work, doing your job and trying to protect the business is often under appreciated. If you really want to go places with this company, be prepared to cultivate personal friendships with managers. Company coddles new engineers, the 'challenge' program is a joke. Process, process, process. BP has a sick obsession with paperwork, checklists, creating do-nothing middle management positions and other non-revenue earning paper pushers. The company is like a wounded animal slowly bleeding out after Macondo. They don't seem to understand there is no reward unless you take risk.