The game playing overshadows all else. The "legacy" employees who were with either Conoco or Phillips66 prior to the merge and then split still hold onto their former companies "values" and mentalities. This is evident all over the spectrum. the longer you work here and deal with other departments throughout the company you begin to pick up on the divisions and egos. Even after the split in 2012 there are still many area of the process where there are no standards set for process control and it's left up to local operations to come up with something. This would normally be fine, except that a corporate audit will come through and nail you, which doesn't even make any sense.
the company operates like a dozen sailboats in a harbor, each sailing without regard for each-other, yet somehow narrowly avoiding collision. If a sailor falls overboard, the blame is found ASAP and someone is roundly sent to the brig in short order. It's a place to make good money and hope maybe you can move up but good luck because the "career paths" are not defined, and there's nepotism hurdles to jump over. You try to blow a whistle on an ethics violation? You might as well be back on this website looking for a job at another company because you will are expendable. Seen it happen right in front of my eyes, and this person had a supervisory position. I would never recommend someone work at this company. Planning is scarce on projects, departments fight each-other and are all on defense, all the time. People look over their shoulders constantly, afraid that knife is there to get them. Maybe a few years from now when the "legacy" dead wood has all retired then some fresh blood can inject some ideas and energy into this...energy company it's be a place you might enjoy being. But for now, it's still a good-ol-boy(and girl too!) run company because they have been around since the Conoco days and they are trying to hold onto something that doesnt exist anymore. It isn't only men, there's women who are involved in the backstabbing as well in the field. They have been around for 20-30 years also and they have the ear of higher ups that they were once peers with. It's a dangerous situation. Watch your backs.
