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Oil Price Information Service (OPIS)

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Takes heroic efforts to get even the small tasks done in IT. - Software Developer Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) Employee Review

1.0
23 Nov 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Open leave. Casual dress code. Fun parties.

Cons

The tools and applications in use here are poorly designed and very difficult to maintain. It takes heroic efforts to make any changes. Don't expect to get a positive rush after a successful release. The entire IT department is run like a support group. Very reactive not at all proactive. The IT department is hiring but they may or may not be hiring qualified candidates. Half of the DBAs hired recently in IT are right out of college without any programming. Our group has almost as many project managers as developers. The project managers don't have any experience managing IT projects. The developers have do more than their share of work with the inexperienced DBAs and project managers. There are too many people that don't pull their weight.

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5.0
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Pros

Above average work life balance

Cons

Not a clear path for growth

1.0
28 Feb 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It's a decent place to start if you don't have any previous work experience. The work is not hard and it's nice to have funny and lighthearted conversations with colleagues. Job stability is also pretty strong so it's pretty hard to get fired unless you do something really (and I mean really) wrong...

Cons

This is not the place for you *if you have any ambition as it will limit your growth in a pretty substantial way. What you put in is not what you will get so don't think for a second that significant amount of effort will make an astounding improvement to your salary. They are also okay with letting go of folks with a significant number of knowledge and experience in exchange for fresh grads willing to take a low salary (< $70k - although I've seen lower). When I interviewed for this company, one thing they said is that they didn't want us to use the work opportunity as a stepping stone. But that's exactly how you should treat it if you really want to thrive. Do your job well, learn from it and if you have more time, spend it to improve yourself in every way. Don't drink the Koolaid!

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