Trafigura FAQ

Pros

Bonus was good, medical insurance , transport facility

Cons

work pressure , less man power

Advice to Management

Listen to the teammates

Pros

Good benefits and exposure to various tasks

Cons

High stress environment and competition

Pros

free drinks, employee benefits program with Apple

Cons

OT, below average salary, not much career prospect

Pros

Benefits like transport home drop facilities), free food and pantry.

Cons

CTC is lower than the market standard. Contracts team has very school like vibe where your breaks and working hours are monitored stringently (like a BPO). Trusting your employees will go a long way in building trust within the team. Employees don’t like to work in fear and worry of being watched. HR needs to take a note of this as this is not what is being followed in other teams. This is creating resentment among all employees.

Advice to Management

Work on trusting employees more who work for your company

Pros

-World wide offices, working with coworkers across the world.

Cons

-I’ve seen a few of trafs offices around the world, but nothing comes close to how bad Houston’s is run. From HR to the traders it is the most pretentious environment I’ve seen and they think they’re too good for everyone. - It’s normal/expected of you to work outrageous hours and frowned upon if you leave on time. Unless of course you’re a senior trader or HR, that doesn’t apply to them here! -Severe disconnect between internal departments and management. -Turnaround is the highest I’ve ever see compared to all other trading houses. Either being fired or leaving on their own, you will have a new team every couple months. Then when someone leaves or gets fired it’s up to the rest to keep up, until the next one leaves. It’s one revolving door. Which management/HR can’t seem to understand. Impossible to work efficiently under these conditions. -The money you get at other traf locations makes it ok to put up with all this. But when you’re in Houston, you have unlimited other options in this industry, go elsewhere, which is what I realized.

Advice to Management

There’s a reason why so many people leave here. Keep teams together and make it a normal place to work. This isn’t the 80s anymore.