Pros
Nov is a good place but all of the business groups it has have wildly different degrees of quality. -One great thing is NOV and its companies are a safe place to park your career before you retire -The benefits, though not as good as they were 5 years ago, are still decent -Big company with a lot of the small company feel -Some things have been made easier but it’s only because of cost cutting measures
Cons
-You better be happy with where you’re at because you will be there a while. The pro of, no one getting pushed out or people leaving in general, is the stagnant progress your career will go through while in most units -Hopefully you can convince your manager to allow you to be trained because otherwise you will fall behind the curve of what the industry wants for qualified hires and you will get stuck -Pay is below market value for almost every position by almost 25% in some cases -Good luck if you see another job in the company you like, requesting to transfer or even getting more information about it is heavily looked down on and will only hurt your career -You will get new things added to your job title, which expands your work requirement, but you will not be compensated for it -Very clicky, many many good ole friends clubs -Culture is fairly toxic with every talking about leaving for something else. Few actually do it