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4.1
Average Rating
(based on 117 Baker Hughes Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.9
Growth Opportunities
3.6
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
4.1
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
4.0
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"I have worked with Baker Hughes for a couple of years and this being my first professional job out of school, I have been able obtain great exposure to the Oil & Gas industry. I enjoy working for Baker Hughes and would recommend the company to a friend."
Posted 10 years ago in Houston, TX
Principal Engineer

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"I like the company diversity of products and high technologically demanding futures and requirements."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Understand it is about low volume and high technologically demanding products."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"There were too many and fast structural and managerial changes in a short time period."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should receive and accept 360-degree feedback from all employees."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Field Drilling Engineer

"It is a great and unique, well-paid life experience."

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"I love the challenge, as well as the opportunity, to work with cutting-edge technology and remote locations around the world."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest as to who you are. If you are working in the field, you will be living in really close quarters with different personalities, and the manager really needs to know if you would be a great fit for this job."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"I don't like the uncertain working hours. I also feel as if the company is beginning to feel a little too corporate."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide employees with more consecutive days off, with advance knowledge of when you will get these days off."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Sales Representative

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"I enjoyed the high salary and the great company benefits."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be willing to deal with a bunch of good old boys and that type of setting. It is not for the timid."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"The sales academy was viewed as a joke company-wide, causing all the professors to not want to spend the time with you to educate you and help you learn."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would make changes to the sales academy, which would include more on-the-job training and not so much classwork."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Equipment Services Project Manager

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"I like the great people and great work environment. Management seems to care about you."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Show your talent and you will be rewarded. Be confident and know what your skill set is."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"Most of the positions here are contractor positions. I would like to be full-time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get a canteen installed at the CTI office. We also need a coffee shop."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Geotechnician

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"I like the multicultural environment and friendly managers and coworkers. We learn from each other."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest. Don't talk big; nobody knows everything. Teamwork and being a quick learner are important factors."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"I dislike talking too much but doing nothing, selfishness, and looking blue every day."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I suggest equal chances for every employee, respect, and making friends with employees."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Field Service Technician

"Not good."

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"I am no longer employed. While I was employed, things were very disorganized and unstable."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The best advice would be simply to stay away. They lay off frequently. You won't have a job after 6-8 months."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"They moved work locations from one state to another with very little notice."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop sugarcoating how promising and long a career here will be; it won't."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Dimensional Inspector

"I enjoyed working for the company because it provided a safe and friendly area."

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"The company allows room to grow and offered opportunity to do so."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself, and be as honest as possible when interviewing with an agent."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"The people who worked there were grounded and offered help if needed."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Warehouseman

"It is a great company to work for."

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"I like the people there. It's what makes this company move forward."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Express your work in detail, and tell them what you can do for them."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"I dislike the manager, because he didn't listen to the employees but acted like he did."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should listen to the employees. That way, they will work for you, and not against you."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Warehouseman

"Baker Hughes is a great company to work for."

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"The people working there made this company great, but also the pay did too."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Express what you can do for the company in great detail."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"I dislike the manager because he never really listens to the employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the people, because if you have a positive team, then they will work for you, and not against you."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Designer

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"General working conditions were good. There were a number of possible professional avenues available because of being a large corporation."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be aware that this is a large division of a large top-town organized corporation with a political climate. If you're not someone's golden boy, don't expect to be productive."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"Political top-down culture made it very difficult to be an individual contributor."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit telling everyone what a wonderful job you're doing, and make some real communication changes."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
MWD Engineer

"Baker Hughes is a great place to work."

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"Baker Hughes offers a lot of advancement opportunities and great benefits."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Research the job online and have an understanding before you apply."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"I dislike the long hours for long stretches of time. Most of the time I spend 30 days in the field."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Spend a little more time listening to the field workers."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Trade Compliance Manager

"It was a good learning experience."

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"In general, the people were a pleasure to work with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Keep an open mind, and try to take advantage of every learning opportunity available."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"Too much political wrangling was necessary in order to get resourced adequately. The work load was too heavy, which made balancing life and work difficult."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take better care of the workers. Don't just look at the bottom line as a basis for every decision."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Electronic Manufacturing Technician

What do you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"The company was top tier tool and services. I liked the new technology and good support from manufacturing engineers and managers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared for the interview and possible questions that might be asked during the interview."

What don't you like about working at Baker Hughes?

"Engineering methods were not up to date, but it's not an issue that can't be resolved over time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Know your workers. Don't ignore your workers' concerns. Provide feedback on company growth directions and customer feedback."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Developer
Rewards You Receive 3.6 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5 Company Culture 3 / 5
Way You Work 4 / 5
Technical Writer

"It was an opportunity to gain experience to complete my resume."

Person You Work For 3.1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.4 / 5
Company Culture 4.3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

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Is Baker Hughes a good company to work for?

Baker Hughes has an overall rating of 4.1 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 117 Baker Hughes Review Ratings left anonymously by Baker Hughes employees, which is 5% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 96% of employees would recommend working at Baker Hughes.

Does Baker Hughes pay their employees well?

Baker Hughes employees earn $61,000 annually on average, or $29 per hour, which is 8% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 72 Baker Hughes employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Baker Hughes Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Baker Hughes?

96% of employees would recommend working at Baker Hughes with the overall rating of 4.1 out of 5. Employees also rated Baker Hughes 3.9 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.1 for Rewards You Receive, 3.6 for Growth Opportunities and 4.1 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Baker Hughes?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Baker Hughes is a Director of Sales at $215,000 annually. Browse Baker Hughes Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Baker Hughes?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Baker Hughes is a Equipment Technician at $20,000 annually. Browse Baker Hughes Salaries by Job Profile.

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