Good company to start and finish your career, in the middle not so much - ICT Senior Officer Saipem Employee Review

3.0
Mar 2, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You will have steep learning curve when you arrive there. Technology and tools used are falling behind a bit from the trends but still are on a good level. Medium - medium high with the latest trends I would say. Generally ppl are ok but frustration level do tend to be high with older employees. Salary I would put somewhere in the middle also. Good enough for low performers, not enough to keep high performers.

Cons

Frustration level with older employees can be high so you can find yourself in almost meaningless discussions with Italian managers about nothing because he is actually just frustrated. Withholding the information in this company is the biggest issue I faced. To find latest info that is current to some of your tasks is really hard, sometimes deliberately hidden from you so other party can feel like they have power over you. Management is really scared of making decisions that have some wight so most of the time they are all full of words but are uncapable of taking responsibility. This is big issue as tasks gets delayed for unreasonable amount of time while they try to find million and one informal approvals for the decision they would like to take. Phrases like "I do not want to sign this, it should be signed by someone else" are often heard like said due to fear of responsibility. On the opposite side, meaningless decisions for which no one even cares can require you 10 meeting to discuss it over and over. Your career will usually get you somewhere within first couple of years and then rarely will it move from that point forward. There you find yourself stuck in one place indefinitely where we get back to frustration level of seniors in the company.

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3.0
May 8, 2026
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Pros

Great responsibility for offshore operations and quay-side mobilizations. Less technical role (no direct engineering performed), but more so, practical experience-driven when executing onsite.

Cons

Lots of reading and writing (Purchase Requests>Purchase Orders>Final contracts). Bureaucratic procurement (SAP and Word/Excel heavy) and poor interdepartmental follow-up: you have to do the follow-up when the assigned project inspector and expeditor (POSE) don't follow up on your PO. High workload.

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