Pros
The refinery itself is incredible (huge, many processes to choose from, tons to learn). 9/80s is a huge plus. Benefits are decent. Corporate is great. Everyone I met at corporate was supportive, happy, and cared a lot. Work life balance isn’t terrible, but depends on what units you’re assigned to.
Cons
Pay is lower than competition. Harassment at the refinery is rampant. Harassment is constant, often sexual and includes managers/supervisors. Other forms of harassment include spear campaigns, gossip, aggressive yelling, etc. Management is either involved or will not support you and will gaslight you if you bring it up as a concern so they can avoid responsibility/confrontation. Witnessed many safety concerns including managers overriding stop work authority, almost causing massive explosions, biased investigations, and pressuring their employees to hide recordable injuries. HR there to protect the company and management, not help you but that’s honestly normal for any company.