Marathon Oil Reviews
Updated Dec 10, 2019
"Work/life balance was fantastic" (in 48 reviews)
"They pay well and have a 9/80 work schedule" (in 37 reviews)
"Company needs offshore exploration success" (in 9 reviews)
"The new management does not value works done by geo-scientists" (in 7 reviews)
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"Marathon oil are not 23rd best employer in top 100 Times review for nothing"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI have been working at Marathon Oil
Pros
Good people to work for !. Enough said.......
Cons
None so far. But need to be competitive salary wise with other similar employers.
Advice to Management
More feed back about what's going on future wise at staff level would be nice.
Marathon Oil2008-08-31 "A good company with a bad rota"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Marathon Oil full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
A great crew and a great management approach
Cons
3/3 shift rota. Poor offshore facilities.
Advice to Management
Change the rota
Marathon Oil2019-07-15"Aging platform"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Marathon Oil full-time for more than a year
Pros
On the rig there is a good bunch of guys, great banter
Cons
Find the accomidation old and tatty due to them being old platforms, bad food.
Marathon Oil2019-06-14"Offshore Production Tech"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Marathon Oil full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Money and time off. The people I work with are a great bunch of blokes. Very friendly.
Cons
They changed rota from 2 weeks on 3 weeks off to 3 on and 3 of. Very long time away from family. We had no choice. This is extremely tiring and there is a lot of depression out here. People getting very down.
Advice to Management
Move back to better rota. As is has caused 2 people to be sick due to mental health problems, and countless others to have extreme family problems and divorce. Moral is terrible here.
Marathon Oil2019-04-30"Marathon Oil offshore"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Marathon Oil full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great salary and benefits package
Cons
Have a tendency to overcomplicate the job at hand and expect too much from their employees
Advice to Management
Have a more active role on the ground
Marathon Oil2019-04-06"Overall a good employer"
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I worked at Marathon Oil full-time
Pros
Good salary, bonus, and benefits
Cons
Poor culture at times from Corporate management
Marathon Oil2017-10-21- Helpful (8)
"Amazing company ruined single handedly by CEO and CFO!"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookI worked at Marathon Oil full-time
Pros
Great people - except new senior leadership team that new CEO brought in to surround himself with self praise.
Cons
It really was an amazing company, but the CEO has destroyed it by his incredible decisions to focus only on the US shale play (great job Lee!). You used to be able to speak up and give opinions, you now lose your job for doing so!
Advice to Management
Change Lee and JR, but I really think that too much damage has already been done for the company to survive. They can and do blame the oil price, but just look at how we compare to our peers - although we really don't have any peers anymore!
Marathon Oil2016-01-15 - Helpful (1)
"oh no"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookI worked at Marathon Oil full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
the management changes over the past 5 years have not benefitted the company it seems to have lost it's directions
Cons
To much experience and knowledge has been lost in such a short space of time.
Advice to Management
all new systems are not always the better ones
Marathon Oil2015-11-30 "Mixed experience"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI worked at Marathon Oil full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Work with some great people on interesting projects, value driven, - small enough company to 'get involved'.
Cons
Do not handle change well especially in terms of communication, as well as great people there are some non team players who are difficult to work with, a US focus means international often gets ignored.
Advice to Management
Communicate and listen!
Marathon Oil2015-04-28"Drilling Engineer"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI worked at Marathon Oil full-time for more than a year
Pros
Pay, opportunities, internship & recruiting program.
Cons
Cyclical business that layoffs are a regular part of.
Marathon Oil2019-12-10