Baker Hughes Incorporated Employer Reviews

A great company to work for. I wasn't in the office but on the field, so I worked 12 hours and this is expected of anyone on the rig.

Baker Hughes is a great company to work for just dont like the cold and the district i am working out of.
Working is good when you are busy.
I learned how to operate some machines.
Management sucks in my opinion.
Not having any time at home.
The people i met through work and rigging up jobs.

very stressful job with long hours but you make a whole lot of money.

Only reason I left was location and lack of professional growth opportunities which I was interested in.

I worked in the internal audit department for about a year before I found a better job at another company. The department is run by a director with no audit background that handpicks the managers and supervisors. That is why job openings are always for senior level and not supervisor or manager. The department is more about form over substance and who – more... you know and not what you know. Examples of this are that management is intimidated by employees with certifications like CPA or MBA. Employees are also expected to stay at least as long as their manager or director or they are looked on as being lazy. Travel is intensive so do not expect to have much of a life. The work experience I had there was useless as my supervisor and manager did not understand basic auditing principals. Oftentimes I had to mentor them to help them understand audit issues. Audit report ratings were often changed based on political reasons and issues deleted by managers so they could secure a position in the business after their two year audit tenure was completed. – less

I worked on Land Rigs as a Directional Driller. I had a really bad experience with management. They only believed in on the job training and they would only send a trusted few to the same rigs to run jobs. The biggest problem was the good old boy mentality in the oilfield and management’s lack of courage to go against the grain. Most of the MWDs and – more... DDs complained about the work life balance because there is no rotation. If they like you, the will use you up but you will make good money as long as you can stand it. – less

At Baker you work harder not smarter. Management has degrees, but no experience, expect unrealistic expectations, don't appreicate the good employees, or hold the bad ones accountable.

I work here for 7 months. The first 4 months I had no training, no employees talk to me, everything they did around there was to cover their own butts and would throw sombody under the bus. in the next three months I got a new Supervisor, he lied to me constantly on a daily basis, yet should I SAY NO TRAINING RECIEVED YET.I was told I was doing a great – more... job and was going to get a raise in mid year also. I had to learned how to do this job myself and always did my job and on time. Then one day they gave me a letter for termination. I was released there reasoning could notbe stated cause they had nothing to back it up with. They will lie to you day in and day out. Worst company ever. Plus, the guy that handed me my letter never discussed any issues with me in my performance. My Supervisor could not even hand me the paper or look me in the eye he was a coward and let some one else do it. Cause he knew I did nothing wrong and he screwed me. – less

Great opportunities for growth, just decided to re-locate and try something else out.

Baker Hughes was an enjoyable place to work. My coworkers where great. I got to meet many new people. Hardest part of the job was the drive
The most enjoyable part of the job was everything

Working at Baker Hughes was a wonderful experiences. Working offshore and traveling to work at other locates was something I really enjoy. Also traveling twice a years for training classes.

Baker Hughes has a great environment for a workplace. The people are friendly and the culture is inviting and challenging. Working here has taught me many things about what it means to be a professional. Through working on projects with a manager to playing golf with customers, you learn how to work and enjoy yourself in a professional mannner.

A typical day was spent working with internal and external clients from working with field personnel to resolve disputes to approving credit for potential clients. Contacted customers for payment managing a portfolio of clients from $8 to $16 million. I learned how to improve company cash flow by working with customers to effect payment in a timely – more... manner. I was involved in various projects that improved processes, cash flow, and building team skills. I had great managers and my co-workers were very professional and hard working. We worked together for common goals and our work / life balance was great. The hardest part of the job was learning that not everyone pays their bills. I learned the art of give and take in the sense that at times credit was suspended to effect payment or after all avenues were exhausted sending an account to 3rd party collections. It was not hard like it was challenging that not all businesses are run with integrity. I loved the job and work experience overall. It was a fun and positive work environment. I loved working independently and yet having leaders that were willing to help when needed and a team that worked together toward common goals. – less

No longer there due to layoffs after the downturn of the economy.

Good environment

Learned more about safety

familier about Oil FITTINGS and connection machining

how to handle and load long round turning parts in to machine and machine .

It is good place to work but there is luck of management some employee come work 2 to 3 hours a day, and work their personal business on the company time no integrity in the work place.. Somebody have to work of his butt to cover for these slackens. I think some of the managers need management training, HRs and managers need to wakeup. It is very frustrating – more... for the other employees – less

Very helpful learning environment. They make quality products, and encourage great work.

Currently as a contractor, company is very fair to employees and contractors

When I got hired on full time I was pretty stoked. I had heard a lot of great things about Baker. However, either a lot has changed since the "glory days", or people were being slightly misleading. The health/dental/401k benefits are awesome, as well as being able to balance work and home life. Management is generally willing to work with you so that – more... you can get on a shift/schedule for you to take care of your family. All of the co-workers are pretty easy to work with as well and your day is planned out for you when you get to work 90% of the day. That's all they have going good though. When you're trying to find better job opportunities through Baker (via another plant or department in the plant you're at) they play a bunch of political games and block you. Regardless if you're moving up in shift (such as 3rd to 1st), or if you're getting paid more, or both. And to top it all off, the raises are pathetic. Unless you get into the "inner circle", as it's known at Baker, you're not going to get to advance unless you've been there for 20 years. Also, Upper Management has a bad habit of straight out lying to your face about job opportunites/compensation. – less

Mangement worked very close with the co workers. All co-workers worked close as a team together to ensure that every task was completed.
I didn't look at any task as being hard I took it as a challenge that kept me motivated. The most enjoyable part of my job was looking forward to the next assignment and completing it. My experience from working with – more... Baker Hughes is that I were able to learn how to operate a nitrogen-pumping unit. – less