BHP reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,595 total reviews)
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Mike Henry

83% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

BHP has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,595 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BHP employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Feb 4, 2012
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Pros

- Good salary, bonuses and benefits, significantly better than peer group - Good office location in the Galleria area of Houston - Workload is light: you will not be expected - or empowered - to achieve very much

Cons

- Extremely bloated process-driven bureaucracy where you need to ask several layers of management permission to do anything - No pretence towards merit-based performance management, everything is politics - Dissatisfying work environment: unless you tell your managers what they want to hear, you will be punished (i.e. "perception is reality") - Lack of diversity: women and minorities are under-represented and under-appreciated - Unhealthy obsession with budget activities and managing earnings, surprising for a company with such a large market cap. - Petroleum CEO is a micro-manager who insists on seeing and deciding on every little thing, no matter how trivial

4.0
Feb 2, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

I've never before worked at a company that does more to show that it cares about its people, the communities it operates in, and the environment. I'm proud to work here because they make an effort to treat their employees fairly and compensate them handsomely. They don't cut corners or put profit ahead of safety.

Cons

Despite being one of the world's largest companies, it seems like hardly anyone (in the US at least) has heard of them. I have to constantly explain that, no, we're not BP. Sometimes, I feel we need a little more PR.

2.0
Jan 12, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

multiple commodities, large long life deposits, money spent hand over fist to develop up and coming opportunities. Highly profitable and great learning ground.

Cons

Company is very concerned with risk; has not make an aggressive acquisition in quite some time, shale gas being the one meager exception. Lots of systems that leave not scope for employee initiative. Absolutly no consideration for people and employees, turn over in professional roles is very high. "leave your brain at teh gate" mentality fostered by multitude of procedures and systems.

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