SM Energy Reviews

Terrible managers. Managers got worse and worse each year. Wasn't uncommon for managers to belittle people under them. Several managers were involved in sexual activities with other employees. Micro management was common and it got worse and worse. I felt like I was back in the 3rd grade. If you had a problem with a manager there was nowhere to go for help. Contacting HR was a sure way to be fired. They were more like the SS in WW II. You couldn't trust anybody because there was so much cut throat going on by people trying to get ahead. Managers seemed to do whatever they wanted and seemed to answer to nobody. You weren't even allowed to have another part time job on your own time if you needed it to help get by. If discovered, you'd be fired.

I know it sounds like a lot of great Pros, but the Cons outweigh the Pros fifty times over. The land department is like a high school lunchroom and when you start you are the freshman. The upperclassmen pick which freshman they like within the first few months of hiring. Nothing is contingent on ability, knowledge or potential, just who likes to chat in the common areas the longest or who pawns their work off on others because they are too good for it. After that, rumors are spread like wildfire for the people who were not "the chosen ones". If someone said you were texting all day because they saw it once while walking by your office, that is it. You will be know as a slacker and someone who does not care to advance. You will never move up. You will never get training. College interns will come in and get all the training you have been begging for for years. They don't have time to train you, but with the interns it's a different story. They will hire outside no matter what. They don't give lower levels any consideration. New hires are brought in with little to no experience. The department heads don't even know how much you have learned or what experience you have achieved. They make you fill out goals, but when you are concerned about reaching these goals, they will not help. They will then use it against you in your review. HR does not want to hear your issues. They do not care about you. Everything is swept under the rug and no one in mid level will ever get demoted no matter how many "future lawsuit-worthy" issues they cause. They no longer ask for a exit interview from employees moving on because they don't want to hear what you have to say. No matter how many times upper management "restructures" the department, the same people who were a problem are in management positions, and the problems are still there.