So many challenges. Where to start. For one we are a union facility which has bred a culture of Us vs. Them. Conspiracy theories regarding the company's seemingly nefarious actions towards represented workers makes interpersonal work relationships difficult. New jobs and responsibilities with little on-boarding or training is commonplace. Because the Refinery Leadership Team is constantly changing we struggle with creating a sense of "self" or culture. The butt of the joke is the people whom we should respect as the leaders are considered nothing more than "short-timers" who have neither a sense of the field nor care about the people who work there every day. On a more personal level, supervisors tend to be micro-managers, possibly because they are trying to prove they are worth their pay. I am constantly being asked to update at least 3 different priority spreadsheets/word documents/databases to track my progress on responsibilites. Meanwhile, real progress is hindered. Do not expect to spend much time at home. Depending on your department you will be on-call all week including weekends about once every 2 months or more frequently. No drinking whatsoever during this time. You might consider this a small sacrifice, but when your group is running lean and you have a social life it can be frustrating. Even during normal work weeks the work/life is a little off. My boss will text me during off hours about trivial things. Again, that is probably not a P66 exclusive issue but it remains a product of the demanding work expectation. We have recently revamped our goal setting process to a more complex system (facepalm) that now asks us to post action items and track progress(again with the tracking!). Overall the P66 mentality is "if it ain't broke, fix it". We do not devote nearly as much time to our people as we did as ConocoPhillips.
