Northwest Petroleum Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"The CFO is the nephew of the CEO. The CFO is lucky that nobody has reported him to the SEC for tax evasion and insurance fraud. The CEO doesn’t have the heart to let him go. Instead, the audit firm (not independent at all since the owner of the firm is close friends with the CEO) has made it a requirement that the CFO stay away from the company’s accounting department. The company has a reputation for not paying their vendors and trying to scam or find some justification for not paying as agreed upon. It’s a family business. The CFO thinks he’s still in Pakistan and treats accounting employees miserably even though he’s not allowed to have any of them report to him (for obvious reasons). He makes it impossible for people to make progress. He plays games and sends employees off to research or Carry out tasks, either already knowing the answer he sends them searching for, or setting the groundwork so that they can do something that he can berate them about later. It’s his playground and he’s a big bully. Nobody can stand him. If you answer his calls he will continue to call incessantly. Everyone is just a little slave or someone to harass. Fortunately, I never reported to him, but that just gave him more incentive to make my life hell, and everyone else that has to deal with him (vendors, bankers, auditors.., you name it)."

"Super low pay, long hours, no overtime for anyone, bad benefits, managers never support you and high performers are never rewarded. Any complaints about work conditions you officially report to your boss or even HR are ignored and they move on while you suffer. No career growth at all either. HR perpetuates bad behavior and encourages gossip. HR is also extremely unprofessional no matter what happens. I do not recommend working here."

"Northwest Petroleum is a very strange place to work. If you're intelligent, innovative and actually want career growth and really want to do the right thing in general, this isn't the company for you. If you're willing to follow orders, even when it's counter productive, a detriment to you and others and if you're willing to go against your own moral compass, you'll fit in/be applauded for being unethical. There's absolutely no direction across the board and competency is lacking from the top down. Preferential treatment is given only to certain employees even when it goes against company policy/state/federal laws. Because of the above, turnover is extremely high and happens every 1-3 months (at the corporate office and among retail personnel); in terms of filling these vacant jobs, the hiring process lags beyond the norm causing many to take on two and sometimes three roles until the jobs are filled but naturally it's cyclical; employee morale and satisfaction is consistently low; complaints to HR are never addressed; many employees who actually actively avoid standing up for themselves for fear of retaliation from upper management. Pay is low, health insurance is low tier and bizarrely, employees never get any paid sick days no matter how long you've been with the company. When change for the better is suggested by anyone, resistance from upper management is strong, serving absolutely no purpose besides solidifying the work culture that can only be described as toxic. If you stand up for what's right and ethical, upper management will make it a point to alienate you from your coworkers by forcing them not to associate with you. Your long standing positive relationships, even your friends within the company end up complying out of pure fear. Leadership lacks focus and empathy leading to poor employee engagement. Since the company is privately owned by one individual, accountability is non-existent, resulting in leadership taking advantage of employees."