Nexen Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Nexen as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – The car pool facility and the working envoirnment is awesome.

Cons – The driving distance is the only con.

Former Employee – worked at Nexen full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – I gained alot of valuable experience from working at Nexen

Cons – Not sure how the most recent takeover by Cnooc will affect the company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nexen as an intern for less than a year

Pros – - the people: though there is a recognized management system, everyone is treated equally
- company safety policy: 12 rules that are followed very strictly!
- exposure: being at the Long Lake SAGD & Upgrader facility allowed me to witness the process first-hand. It is a completely different learning experience as compared to looking at a textbook or computer screen
- the facility had it's first major turnaround begin in Aug 2012: this allowed me to get up close to vessels and machines and learn much more about the way things work

Cons – - this could be viewed as a pro too, but there was quite a bit of change in the company in my short time there. The CEO got fired the morning of my first day of work (Jan 2012), my own boos got fired 3 months after that, and the company was bought out by CNOOC in Aug 2012.

Advice to Senior Management – - to continue to put safety and people ahead of production, as this will ultimately lead to better production and profits

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Nexen full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good Group of People, which are very welcoming and friendly. The new Chinese company that is taking over hopefully improve the way the place is run.
The benefits and bonuses offered are one of the ways to forget about the problems.

Cons – Many individuals are in positions they are unqualified for and because of that work processes/ procedures are horrible.

Advice to Senior Management – Get fly in/ fly out, you may be able to get qualified people on site that way.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nexen full-time for more than a year

Pros – They have many of the right programs in place.
The people hired are top in their fields.
Great team members.
Good compensation, average benefits in comparison to large producers

Cons – Management does not always support or backup their employees.
Management rarely follows through on Ethics complaints although they have a great program in writing.
There are few balance and checks in most of their programs, so allows leaders to run their own "companies"
Do not do work load manage, so no work/life balance and excessive overtime involved, no reward but is an expectation.

Advice to Senior Management – Make every manager accountable to their employees and the corporate programs.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nexen as an intern

Pros – - Very intelligent and helpful people to work with
- Freedom to pursue projects as you like (depending on your manager of course)
- Fantastic culture
- Great work/life balance

Cons – - Very disorganized operation (difficult to get the info you need, backtracking, etc.)
- Unstructured student work term
- Super high turnover (so loss of expertise was common)

Advice to Senior Management – More strategic alignment between business areas will make for a smoother operation. Define your objectives clearly and specifically, and be sure that these are communicated through the corporate ladder.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Nexen full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great benefits, decent base pay
Good career advancement opportunities
Great at giving back to the community, and offers employees days off to volunteer

Cons – Very top-heavy and far too high of G&A for the production levels
Unmotivated employee base now (that 5 years ago was much more satisfied)
More concerned with appeasing the masses than in retaining and rewarding the top performers
Fairly uptight environment

Advice to Senior Management – Too top-heavy -- too many VPs for size of company

Current Employee – been working at Nexen as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Great people to deal with, very selective in getting the best people into the organization and that makes you deal with the best people in the industry. No micro-management and management is supportive.

Cons – I couldn't find any so far!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Nexen

Pros – Good Experience and People, Paid Well

Cons – Too many layers of management

Current Employee – been working at Nexen full-time for less than a year

Pros – Tries to be environmentally responsible... gives back to the community.. my team is a bunch of young engineers.. all great to work with

Cons – CNOOC take over means uncertain future..aslo your experience depends a lot on your team and manager

Advice to Senior Management – take a second look at the org chart..

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company