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www.adco.ae Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 5000+ Employees
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Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

Current Employee – been working at ADCO full-time for more than 10 years

ProsSituated in excellent country, good for those who have family with smaller children

ConsNo salary increase, limited career for expat, No (or extremely low) field allowance for office based employees

Advice to Senior ManagementLearn from other big companies how to handle company and their employee, ADCO has unused potential to be the best employer, just need willingness.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Former Employee – worked at ADCO

Prosnot very heavy work load

Constoo low not very comfortable medium

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Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

Current Employee – been working at ADCO full-time for more than a year

Prosno work if you can rate that as a pro

Consliving in the prehistoric ages. Huge differences between what you are offered and what you get. Discrimination between employees belonging to GCC and other citizens.

Advice to Senior Managementembrace modern management techniques and overhaul the whole system.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

Former Employee – worked at ADCO full-time for more than 10 years

ProsLarge enterprise , In demand product ( Crude oil ) , Reputed operations , Progressive

ConsHas the usual public sector connotations :)

Advice to Senior ManagementWorth acting on knowledge shared by your best

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Crystal Lake, IL (US)

Current Employee – been working at ADCO full-time for less than a year

Prostip's are sometimes very good

Consas an employee you are looked over for things that another company would really appreciate... Management is out of touch with the job and its employee's that its hard to communicate things without being reprimanded for something that may not be your fault

Advice to Senior ManagementHappy employees are hard working one's

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

Current Employee – been working at ADCO full-time for more than 10 years

ProsIn ADCO, you will feel at home with your colleagues and the good environment.

ConsIf you're working in ADCO and away from your family, then only homesickness is the mean problem that you can encounter.

Advice to Senior ManagementAlways check the welfare of the employees to meet their basic needs.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at ADCO full-time for more than a year

ProsBenefits
Work timings
Latest technologies
Good facilities
Environment protection
Health and Safety
Medical benefits
Accommodation benefits

ConsInternal Politics
Communication gap between teams
Recognition of efforts
Visibility of work to higher management
Tussles between various groups leading to low productivity of organization overall

Advice to Senior ManagementImprovement of transparency between groups and teams
Culture of knowledge sharing
one group does not know what its sibling level group is working on.
Eliminate silos of individual projects

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

Current Employee – been working at ADCO full-time for more than 7 years

ProsMajor Employer in Oil & Gas

ConsHot Climate and cultural difference

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Former Employee – worked at ADCO

ProsTop exec team, UAE CEO one of the best in the world. ADCO has the potential to be the best but some of its people stop that.

ConsSome of the workforce, expat control of departments and UAE managers.

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