Bought my company, only to gut it! - Anonymous employee Wood Mackenzie Employee Review

1.0
Nov 25, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Can offer big salaries, but only in time of high oil price. No due diligence performed, they purchase companies just to spend capex and fire staff to protect senior managements opex.

Cons

Departments do not communicate, so often 12 people are working on the same thing. Agendas matter more then the correct solution

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Wood Mackenzie Response
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We are very sorry to hear your concerns and appreciate your honesty. We'd be keen to discuss the issues you have raised further. You can get in touch with us via hrenquiries@woodmac.com or your local HR Business Partner to request a confidential discussion on this – we look forward to hearing from you.

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