Good employer, awful pay structure. - Anonymous employee Halliburton Employee Review

4.0
Feb 18, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Hourly employees in oil will make more money than almost any other sector.

Cons

Once you switch over to salary, you simply don't get raises. It doesn't matter if you're the single best employer in your category in an entire region. It's gotten so bad that promotion and increase of responsibility for no raise is becoming the norm. A good place to build a resume, but don't build your 10 year around Halliburton.

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Pros

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Cons

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