Great for technical training, but sad and cold environment for Contact Engineers
Pros
Salary was great! It was the highest offer I got. Training was top notch. I was groomed to be a senior technical in a refining technology. The brand is respected on a resume. Also, you work with some of the sharpest people in the game. Very structured training, practices and procedures.
Cons
If you’re a contact your will work long hours and be stressed. Cold and impersonal environment. The ranking system still exists but it is called assessment groups or something now, same forces ranking. You will be ranked amongst your peers so the environment is sort of a pressure cooker at all times. You do not control your career. You go where you are needed. When things are bad, the bottom 10% gets laid off. Anyone can be in the bottom 10% regardless of your performance, it is a combination of luck, experience, who likes you, your group, what good project falls on your lap, etc. if you are less than 5 years, and you’re in the bottom 20%, then you’re out.
