Currently contemplating applying for a role with NOV. Going on the brutality of these threads, it gives me the impression working for NOV will be a career destroyer. Anyone enlighten me?
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I would have to agree with the lack of college degree and giving good jobs to friends and family being rampant. It seems that people without a degree scoff at the need for having one, but little do they know that a business degree teaches one to have analytical skills with numbers. There are mathematical formulas that are taught in college that give those answers of how to arrive at cost-savings. Those types of skills are crucial when making decisions of how to save money for the company.
A manager with many years of service literally laughed in my face when I mentioned education. I knew her mindset was that she had connections in the company and she didn't need to actually technically know how to do her job. Smiles and kissing a-- were going to keep the gravy train rolling. Well I wonder how far that attitude will get her now that she is also laid-off with the rest of us when the office closed.
One poster has it right, "nepotism at its finest." NOV is the biggest little company around. If you've got family or a friend(s) who's in a position of power, you have a chance of moving up. Otherwise forget it. I've seen people with far less qualifications and education than some of my former coworkers move up and become supervisors, etc. But instead of having a college education, they had a friend/family to help them along. That culture runs deep within that company. It doesn't seem too surprising that they can't seem to figure out how to turn a profit in these recent times since they only promote their buddies vs. the right man for the job. Oh well, I say let the place burn.
If you are a well dressed white man, NOV is the place to be. If you are Latino, black, Asian, or any other minority group look elsewhere. A woman, keep moving. A white man who likes too much beer and doesn't shop at Brooks Brothers or Jos. A Banks, keep moving. If you value getting decent raises, keep moving. If you don't want to bang your head against the wall because the people around you are mediocre, move on.
And the and lost the skills you went in with????
Having been recently laid off from NOV, I would caution you on joining NOV, if they are hiring. I joined a few years ago thinking of it as my long term career and place I would remain at.....now I am out looking for a new job.
Join if you have a god father... or pray for better oil price so all god fathers can play golf and you can do your job
NOV is nepotism at it's finest.
So that's why Eloy flourished.
if you are, lazy, incompetent, unskilled and a lying two faced bastard who is prepared to stab your own grandmother in the back, then welcome aboard.
The worst oil company I have ever worked for in 10 years .
Elroy is working on a big old root. Where do you work at Elrod?
Yes buddy come work at NOV ive had so much success here my family has been at Nov for 25 yrs plus... Never worked less than 19hrs ot weekly
If your inept but s--- a-- or slurp jizz you'll go far.
Remember this place is like a review site. If you are a happy NOV employee then you are unlikely to post here!
I wouldn't worry about working there destroying your career, I would worry more about having a job there in 6 months time.
As previous post said, no one drilling, no orders, no work, layoffs a plenty, facilities being closed. I am amazed you have found a vacancy!
If this is early in your career or your skills are not primarily Oil and gas related, keep looking.
So you want to apply to a company that is a major supplier of items to businesses that cannot afford to use buy these items and have a significant overhead of these items they can't use? Sounds smart.
Think of this like investing, if you hit the absolute bottom of the market and the company you invest in survives there is no where to go but up. But can you call the bottom? Industry experts and major players (CROs/COOs/CFOs) have called the bottom several times only to see a slight rally and a subsequent plummet in oil prices.
Apply at your own risk but know you are entering a company that survives on drilling and currently no one is drilling. If they are there certainty isn't room in the budget to purchase lavish upgrades in equipment.
Will the market stabilize and increase? Perhaps. Will we see the boom where everyone was making an insane amount of money seemingly over night? Not likely. If anything it will be a gradual climb while companies assess the damage and keep expenditures low.
In the long run this could work out for you but in the near term you are looking at stagnant growth (no raises or bonuses) and a possibility you could be laid off months or even weeks into your new job.