Weatherford Employee Reviews about "poor management"
Updated Aug 18, 2020
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Pros
"Good hours when busy, good benefits" (in 96 reviews)
"Good people, good memories to take" (in 81 reviews)
Cons
"Poor management structure in place" (in 49 reviews)
"Upper Management makes bad decisions which is making company suffer" (in 46 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
Reviews about "poor management"
Return to all Reviews"Company on the way out"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Weatherford full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Used to be good pay, great co-workers
Cons
Poor management, profit not safety driven
Continue reading"Team Lead"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Weatherford full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Weatherford's products and services are as good as any other successful service company. The employees executing these services are the best in industry except Wireline services. Very friendly people to work with.
Cons
Micromanagement is the norm in this company where managers lack future vision. Poor management in every department.. Job promotions politically influenced. Buddy system prevails. Very passive HR group with no voice or the ability to guide.
Continue reading"Field Engineer"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Weatherford
Pros
I don't have one good thing to say about the Company
Cons
Bad Pay Poor MANAGEMENT They try to copy big companies like Schlumberger and Halliburton but they are way behind in everything, at leas in Canada.
Continue reading- Helpful (1)
"Incompetence"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Weatherford full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
okay vacation policy, and had a decent salary. was a comfortable stress-free position.
Cons
Very poor management and judgment. kept around too many slackers for too long and only recently relieved them of their jobs. Didn't recognize the actual good workers and kept around the brown nosing slackers.
Continue reading - Helpful (2)
"Senior Chemist"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Weatherford
Pros
Travel coverage. Typical sales oriented, more sales more money your boss will be happier. Knowledge? No one cares.
Cons
Poor management. No smart people here, people are just copying and pasting the old stuffs and make them new again. Don't expect you will grow with the company. No encouragement for employees to further studying. Zero integrity.
Continue reading "Weatherford Lab"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Weatherford
Pros
Able to work during recession
Cons
No growth, low pay, poor management
- Helpful (1)
"Not the best company to work for"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Weatherford full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Good medical benefits, decent company to start with, multinational company
Cons
Average pay, poor management, stressful environment, no work-life balance, no advancement, work load distributed randomly and overloading due to the lack of hiring qualified personnel
Continue reading "Great company, poor local management"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Weatherford full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great people to work with, good compensation and benefits.
Cons
Poor management, inept supervisors, most employees not treated equally.
Continue reading"Oilfield Life"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Weatherford full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Mixture of office, field, and shop work. Worked with good people in the field
Cons
Poor management and long hours. Family time not valued.
Continue readingThank you for taking the time to express your concerns. At Weatherford, we are proud to celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Our Leadership and Management teams strive to provide the coaching, mentorship and guidance needed to setup our organization and employees for success. We appreciate your feedback.
"Weatherford is a great company despite the rumors. Very open and has your back"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Weatherford full-time for less than a year
Pros
CEO actually seems like he cares about being profitable and keeping his team in the loop. Family oriented Great GREAT benefits Good people Lots of product lines
Cons
Poor management Hard to get the tools you need Sales who?? They should be paid off strait commissions I’m not about milking the clock I like to work and work hard if the work is there. Losing customers hand over fists leads to bankruptcy 🤭🤷🏼♂️
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September 13, 2020 – Talent Community Manager