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      Petroplan Reviews

      4.2

      89% would recommend to a friend

      (77 total reviews)

      Christopher Honeyman Brown

      89% approve of CEO

      86% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.4

      Work/Life balance

      4.3

      Diversity and inclusion

      4.2

      Culture and values

      4.1

      Senior management

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      Petroplan has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 77 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Petroplan employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human resources and staffing industry (3.8 stars).

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      77 reviews
      1.0
      17 Sept 2018

      Plan to leave

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Been in industry for a while. Easy work environment. Good work life balance. If you like meetings, this is probably the best place to work, you can spend hours every week in meetings pretending you are busy, this is a win.

      Cons

      Regional Managers constantly moaning about CEO but not speaking up. Backstabbing and political moves for people to obtain their positions within the company and that is part of business and the environment at Petroplan. The frequent changing of CEO's/Managing Directors that only last a short while until, a new move is played by someone wanting to take the mantle. The aging owner is still with the business today, happily taking his cheques and no recognition of the hardworking employee. The business will always stay the same and the company will not progress any further, staying still and recycle the same plans again and again but being branded as big changes, dejavu, year after year. Town hall meetings - led by the CEO who doesn't understand what EBITDA is, using analogies that do not make any sense even though it has taken alot of time and effort to put together but ends up being waffle, spending so much time on details that are meaningless. A HR led business which is constantly sending out surveys about surveys. Not playing to strengths / position - A HR manager that is now CEO, for a recruitment agency I think it's ironic that they can't get the right people in place in their own business, so what chance do they have of getting right for clients.

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      Petroplan Response
      7y
      We share your disappointment that things did not work out for you at Petroplan. The issues now being tackled by the new CEO reflect the lack of attention which previous senior management paid to the essential elements of good practice in a strong business. These are strategy, cash, performance, profit, the importance of our people, compliance and risk. The pace and manner in which these issues are being dealt with has quickly resulted in extremely high levels of support and trust in our new CEO. In particular an 81% positive response rating from employees in a recent survey, the highest level recorded since the survey began, 3 years ago. Petroplan is moving forwards. There is good growth in key markets in 2018 and more to come with an exciting new global structure to drive client service and growth into 2019 and beyond. We are proud of everything that has been achieved in such a short space of time and are grateful and highly appreciative of everyone who currently works with us and contributes so much.
      1.0
      22 Dec 2018

      Problems stemming from CEO

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Some lovely people who do a good job. The flexibility is valued by many.

      Cons

      I worked closely with the CEO who is reasonable when things are going her way. However, when they aren’t, values go out the window. Her own progression appears far more important than corporate progression - I (and others) found this very hard. This - coupled with her limited experience of company leadership - is the reason why so many senior people have left in recent times.

      5.0
      17 Oct 2018

      Thanks for the last few years!

      Recruitment team leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Petroplan and the management team have been nothing but great to me. I joined as a Recruitment Consultant and worked my way up to Team Manager. Career progression is available for those that want to work hard and I believe that the managers genuinely want to promote within. Petroplan are a top company that like to put industry specialism and client service as their two main aims…. not KPI’s and/or aggressiveness! This creates a good working environment and provides clients with a better delivery function. Overall Petroplan punches way above it's weight in the industry and the improvements needed are not down to the current management team. In the last few years I strongly believe that the current CEO (Philippa Barnes) has the best understanding of the business and vision for the company. I have attended client meetings with her, sat in on business reviews and she is head and shoulders above previous employees at the same position. If anything I wish that she had taken over the business sooner. The directors and owners of the business are nothing short of amazing. Two ex O&G engineers who have actively stayed involved with the business and host an annual BBQ for workers. Can’t say enough about Graham, John (both owners), Jos (Operations Director) and Pauline (Client Director). My direct manger and EMEA Director Jon France supported me throughout and I'm very grateful to him also. International travel is supported and there are incentives in place for top performers. The international presence is great with offices in many regions making it easier to support clients. Our middle eastern client development managers bring in a lot of business for the EMEA team which really helps. Options for relocation are supported and a number of colleagues left to leave to our U.S, Oman or Canadian office. 12pm finish on Fridays were great as well (it will be hard to adjust back). I would highly recommend Petroplan to anyone looking to join this business if they have a real passion for the Oil & Gas industry and really want to be part of a company that is on the way up!

      Cons

      Some of the support teams need work, however I do feel as though most are being addressed: - I.T who refuse to accept any criticism and pretend like everything is ok despite daily issues with emails and being blocked out of the system. There is a new I.T project in that should see to this but the I.T team need to take responsibility! - The finance team has not been the best since big changes made by the previous CEO. This is improving with the new strategy but still needs time. - The HR team in London should look to build more of a relationship with the sales team who drive the business rather than trying to penny pinch at every corner. Overall HR have been fantastic in 5 years, however the last 9 months in London have been tough. There is a risk of it alienating the sales team if it continues.

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