Senior Project Manager - Senior Project Manager Baker Hughes Employee Review

Competent management, excellent benefits, competitive pay, and a work life balance that is impossible to compete with

The totem pole of management is so monumentally tall that the mid and upper management make decisions affecting those on the bottom with no real understanding of what the consequences of their decision are.

Not many pros. The only one would be the pay, it's slightly above market value. This however is a con in the sense that once you determine you're leaving, you'll likely have to take a pay cut. Fortunately for me, that wasn't the case, but for many people I know, this has been the reality.

There is really nothing but cons. Management, especially at the senior level (Director, treasurer, etc...) could care less about their direct reports. One particular manager on the treasury team, he was the manager in FO and EM (risk) now leads treasury, and he is one of the most toxic people I've ever had to work with. Good managers will work to pull their up, his focus is to gossip, escalating constantly, and perpetuating the bad corporate culture. Work life balance is nonexistent as most people are expected to work global hours and respond while on leave. My first direct manager seemed to get pleasure in firing people and then claiming she "works so hard" and is always "tires" because she has to carry such a workload. In reality, if she simply trained people and didn't micromanage, all of the processes would flow smoothly. She was perpetually absent from being involved in the processes to the point that she didn't even understand the process and would call meeting to have us walk through our day to day. These day-to-day meeting happened far to often and if became evident she was out of touch. Unfair reviews. In 2025, I didn't have a mid-year review yet my manager reported up they she conducted all reviews, unclear what she passed on as nothing was in workday and no one I spoke to had a review with her. In 2025, I successfully led the MO desk and surpassed all KPIs in every measurable metric, yet my year review was nitpicked one off moments during a chaotic disposition project I was dropped into halfway through resulting in a less than favorable rating.