Good, but going downhill - First Line Corporate Manager Noble Energy Employee Review

3.0
18 Aug 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Decent salary, half day Fridays, fancy new building, flexibility on schedule, management open to new ideas, lots of talented people.

Cons

Used to have good bonuses until oil price crunch, now nothing. Moved HQ to middle of nowhere; 1-1/2 hrs from downtown. Company spends money wastefully on frivolous, non-operations-related SG&A- art, cafeteria, charities, ads, a consulting co called GAP that bilks the co for millions. Company values going downhill. Too many contractors; poorly tracked. IT is incompetent and has too much power. HR is the least competent group of the bunch and completely apathetic. Layoffs in April included mostly staff level, a few managers, no directors or above. Surprisingly, no contractors were let go. The layoffs were cancelled out with # of people added in the recent merger, so expect another round. To get promoted you need an executive sponsor; even then you might not get a market based salary with the promo. No training for managers except generic online self serve courses.

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5.0
6 Jan 2025
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Pros

Noble was small enough to allow for many different jobs in any given position.

Cons

Upper management was not good after Chuck Davidson retired

4.0
24 Sept 2025
Recommend
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Pros

great company overall with great management

Cons

Work life balance sometimes is hard.

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