National Oilwell Varco Reviews

Current Employee – been working at National Oilwell Varco full-time for more than a year

Pros – we can work on the latest technologies..

Cons – No proper requirement and planning on the projects

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at National Oilwell Varco full-time for less than a year

Pros – Independent working involving minimal oversight if you know what you're doing to get the job done. Base pay is low, however it is offset by additional pays when going out on jobs, transit time, and per diem with great health/dental/vision benefits.

Cons – Workload changes constantly. Can have periods where you get paid doing nothing and other times when you'll be out day after day getting rigs up and running.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at National Oilwell Varco full-time for more than a year

Pros – Stable company, excellent work environment, lots of opportunities

Cons – Low paying as compared to other employers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at National Oilwell Varco

Pros – Benefits are good. People are ok to work for.

Cons – Lots of work and doing other peoples job. Long hours and with that being said you could have to run to a gas rig at 5:00pm to deliver a roll of toilet paper.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at National Oilwell Varco as an intern for more than 3 years

Pros – Learn a lot.
Each embark is a new challenge.

Cons – Usually there is no scheduled to go offshore.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn how to motivate your team, how to treat your co-workers, how to be a leader..

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at National Oilwell Varco full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Job stability, benefits, 401K matching up to 4% of salary.

Cons – Below competition averages for salary.

Advice to Senior Management – Create pay scales, and conduct yearly industry pay comparisons for common job fields.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at National Oilwell Varco

Pros – A great place to work. Not stressful, good atmosphere and a good buisness to be in.

Cons – I have none at this time.

Advice to Senior Management – Give a little more feedback on our performance.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at National Oilwell Varco as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – While I worked at NOV. I absolutely loved it. The people I worked with were great. My manager was wonderful. The company as a whole was a great company to work for. To bad I finished my assignment so soon because I really did enjoy working there.

Cons – none that I can think of

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at National Oilwell Varco full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – They have excellent benefits. Business always seems good so long term employment is a plus.

Cons – At the Sugarland facility management is terrible. You have to be in the inner circle to advance or be bad at your job. People are viewed as expendable so there is a large turnover in employees. You hardly ever see people smile out there.

Advice to Senior Management – There needs to be a change in management from the top all the way down to the shops. Old leaders with old ideas or ones who just don't care about the people. It's stagnant and needs new fresh leadership who cares about the people who actually make production happen. Without the shop employees this facility and any other are useless.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at National Oilwell Varco full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Major player in the oil&gas with great potential, interesting innovative products, solid benefits and fair job security with very good work/life balance ratio

Cons – My biggest gripe with this company is next to no cross-talk across teams, lot's of replication and redundancy is being done as the company keeps going through one re-org after another. It has some smart individuals at various levels - but the mid level management seems to be the major hand-brake

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company