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      NOV

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      NOV reviews

      3.5

      64% would recommend to a friend

      (3,248 total reviews)

      Clay C. Williams

      71% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

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      NOV has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,248 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NOV 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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      3K reviews
      1.0
      Jul 13, 2014

      Stay away from Hydrarig/Enerflow divisions.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Since each division of NOV operates independently there are going to be a wide variety of everyone's experiences. Some divisions are quite well run.

      Cons

      In the Hydrarig/Enerflow division (Calgary, AB): -Communication down from management and between departments is lacking -Lack of training -No performance evaluations or wage review processes -IT is understaffed -Hiring office staff for hourly jobs at low wages and expecting people to make up the difference in overtime. -managers (claim to) lack the authority to adjust wages in their own division, requiring authorization from Houston

      1.0
      Jul 8, 2014

      The crappest company I've ever worked for in my life !!

      Shipping
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Truth is if you're not white, you're not right. No growth within this company not less you kiss butt. It's not what you know, it's who you know.

      Cons

      The benefits are great. 401K, Heath, Dental and paid vacation time. There's no chance of growth within NOV. This company sucks big time

      3.0
      Jul 8, 2014

      NOV is great to jumpstart your career but definitely not a long term opportunity

      Manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Work- life balance - this is a place where you can definitely leave by 4:30 - 5pm and there aren't any late night conferences with other parts of the world although this is a global company Accelerated Career (first few years only) - if you make the good connections with the leadership team and they see how hard you work/value produced , it is easy to make to a manager level in 5 years. Although quite frankly your title sounds more awesome than your actual job. I was a manager for 3 years but never had any direct people reporting to me. Health Benefits - Wow seriously this company has amazing insurance benefits, your co-pay with health providers are low and I remember going to the doctor every time I even had a sneeze! LOL!

      Cons

      This place still has the "good old boys" mentality going around where I found people in a leadership team asking me to order in lunches because I was the only female in the meeting. Using terms like "he" for engineering jobs, operation managers was so common! Getting people to change here is ridiculously difficult! I graduated with an MBA and wanted to proposed changes to the leadership team and was basically told to "shut up and do your job". The pay was so low, they definitely believe in low cost and high volume. Last but not least, NOV acquires so many "mom and pops" and never ever streamline anything so it is typical to find a "mom and pop" out of Louisina/Texas operating under an S&P 500 header! There were things the company I worked for were doing that I felt like screaming because it was so backward!!

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