Lacking efforts in retaining employees - Mechanical Engineer Halliburton Employee Review

2.0
9 June 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Supportive teammates who are willing to teach and share information, and help one another. - Company provides 2-way transport. - Plenty of career opportunities within organization. - Minimum-to-zero politics within department (probably because there is no performance/variable bonus for this role). - Decent insurance benefits - Cheap canteen food

Cons

- No variable/performance bonus or profit-sharing regardless of the work you've contributed to the business, only 13th month (AWS) for this role. - Low increments every year, such that fresh graduate new hires' remuneration can easily catch up with engineers with at least 2 years experience in the company. - Depending on project, may need to stay up for night calls to collaborate with US folks due to time zone differences (same for our US counterpart). - ZERO effort by senior management to retain current employees. Current junior to mid-level engineers are leaving the company before they reach senior level, this led to a concerning gap in knowledge between the junior- and senior-level engineers. - Excessive processes in place that can hinder project delivery on top of unrealistic project schedule committed. Need a proper balance between business needs, internal company processes and project timeline.

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5.0
12 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Teaches the fundamentals of the oil and gas industry.

Cons

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2.0
2 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great experience, especially if just starting out in oil and gas industry. Lots of industry-leading equipment/tech/etc.

Cons

If you can't handle long hours, harsh conditions (at times), and being away from home for long periods of time, this job isn't for you. My experience at Halliburton was also that many people feel like they're just a number in that management will make frequent (and often sweeping) changes to processes, workflows, engineering schedules, etc. Lots of bureaucratic hoops to jump through in order to advance through the three levels of Field Engineer before you can "break out" and really make good money.

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