Good place only if you want to do nothing and plan retirement - Engineer bp Employee Review

2.0
6 Feb 2020
Recommend
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Pros

fitness center on facility is great. Decent pay for Houston (industry average).

Cons

Terrible place for engineers in the beginning of their career (0 - 5 years). No engineering or real work done. Most employees are pushing paperwork and project scheduling. People that remain are milking pension and looking for retirement, or are content doing nothing new for the rest of their career. Extremely bureaucratic and incompetent managers talk about the buzzwords like data science, renewables, Agile, impact-from-day-one, and engineering but have little understanding of what these actually mean and lack the technical foundation. Very little vacation (even with the new policy) and expensive cafeteria.

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5.0
16 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Awesome pay and housing provided nearby the office. Learned a ton

Cons

I wish there was more technical training prior start

4.0
23 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are better than most companies - great matching, HSA, pensions, and bonuses. The culture was great too, middle management was a pleasure to work with.

Cons

It’s easy to get stuck in one position if you’re a high performer. Seemed like if you’re good at your job you get stuck there while others get a lot more mobility. The options I had to move were all within the same sphere, great if you like what you are currently doing but not so much otherwise. Also, expect a re-org every 2-3yrs, change can be good but it was often disruptive during my tenure.

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