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ConocoPhillips reviews

3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,482 total reviews)
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Ryan M. Lance

67% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

ConocoPhillips has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,482 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ConocoPhillips 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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1K reviews
3.0
Oct 17, 2008
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Pros

OK pay & benefits - most of the managers I've had have been easy to get along with

Cons

OK pay & benefits - you can go to just about any independant and get better pay. Mulva takes his $50 million but certainly isn't spreading it around any. A lot of my peers (in other companies) have been getting 30%+ bonuses while COP was giving 7-14%. Recently a 20% retention bonus was given to some engineers in some BU's and not others and a 5% raise given to US based employees but not to expats. It certainly upset a lot of people - not that it mattered to me, techs never get anything anyway.

3.0
Oct 2, 2008

Just The Facts

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

ConocoPhillips is an ethical oil & gas company with a demonstrated commitment to innovation and the environment. ConocoPhillips values safety. ConocoPhillips is a large global company with opportunities all over the world. ConocoPhillips pays their employees very well compared to non oil and gas companies. ConocoPhillips offers a very nice benefit package in terms of time off for vacation and in flex days. ConocoPhillips values and supports work/life balance. Because ConocoPhillips is a more conservative company the risk exposure is lower which (should) contribute to a higher return for shareholders and a more secure job environment. They should also be able to survive in the long run through these conservative practices and by being innovative leaders in the energy sector.

Cons

ConocoPhillips shoves the United Way fundraising efforts down their employee's throats and does not respect people's decisions to support other causes. People often feel harrassed by the yearly campaign. ConocoPhillips will let you overwork yourself, they do not enforce the work/life balance. ConocoPhillips does not always promote the right people. ConocoPhillips does not do a good job of identifying who the right people are - often times it's the person who got the job done, not the person who got the job done right. ConocoPhillips is often trying to implement change but is very ineffective in doing so. ConocoPhillips employees get frustrated with the same reinvention of the wheel that actually needed to be fixed or replaced. ConocoPhillips does not proactively respond to employee feedback. ConocoPhillips stifles and discourages creativity by their conservatice approach that they take in everything. ConocoPhillips is way too beaurocratic and wastes a lot of resources due to this beurocracy. ConocoPhillips has too many employees that do not perform well or care about their jobs or their co-workers (they're "mailing it in" to get the paycheck) and managers don't deal well with these performance issues. ConocoPhillips does not always treat people equally and many decisions regarding performance and bonuses are based on the managers discretion. ConocoPhillips has a lot of bad lower level managers. ConocoPhillips Canada is to ConocoPhillips USA what western Canada is to Ontario; at election time our votes don't really count. ConocoPhillips requires that you take global assignments to progress within the company. It is very difficult to move up in ConocoPhillips and they almost always under value employees in their pay grades and in salary increases. Many people will leave the company to increase their work station because they can not do this within the company.

4.0
Sep 24, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits package, very nice people and comfortable office.

Cons

From what I have heard, career advancement may be more subjective depending on how well you fit in to the culture instead of being based more on individual performance.

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