Pros
Smart People Collaborative on the technical level Variety of projects to work on in one role Role movement is common - good experience Challenging projects to sharpen those engineering skills High value projects, lots of money on the table
Cons
Management tends not to be technically knowledgeable but yet still tries to manage - frustrating for technical people who have to deal with their manager's two cents. Lots of paper pushing especially with safety system. The amount of hours and brain power spent on filling out a form with the right jargon and stewarding the paperwork is mind boggling. The ranking system both old and new. Always "relative to peers" meaning even if you achieved or even surpassed your goals for the year, it means nothing if you are not as good as your peers in xyz (typically means you need to be very politically savvy and highly visible to management to be ranked/bucketed well). Lack of transparency. We were told there will be no lay offs multiple times. Yet, the sudden large wave of performance based staff cuts that happened in July 2020 seems an awful lot like a lay off... Benefits are eroding away. No more 401k match. Next to go is probably pension. The company business strategy is to focus on and double down on fossil fuels. The few renewable projects are really small compared to the fossil fuel work and honestly feels like they're just for show. The hope is that the oil cycle will go up in the future and that will be when we're rolling in cash again...feels like management is in denial. After the oil down turn that was already happening in 2019 and then COVID 19 in 2020, it is very apparent this company is reactive, not proactive.