Worley reviews

3.8

79% would recommend to a friend

(3,324 total reviews)
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Chris Ashton

82% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Worley has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,324 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Worley employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energie, Bergbau, Versorgungswirtschaft industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
May 19, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Generally great people at local group manager level and below, although many have been made redundant over the past few years. Pays well, compared to other similar companies.

Cons

Managers further up the food chain seem completely out of the loop with what's happening on "the floor". Double standards abound. Relentless push for 100% chargeability - if you're not, then take leave without pay (even if you're on a full-time contract. No investment in training, along with other insane cost cutting to try to preserve margins. Morale is obviously poor as a result. No push to diversify service offering - instead, waiting for the (oil and gas) market to "come back"....... A bit of a dinosaur, mired in outdated processes, eg. Hard-copy forms and the need to fill in the same details God knows how many times.

2.0
Apr 27, 2016

Look elsewhere if you seek a good work culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Local teams are great as they all work under the same unknown cloud that hangs over you every day.

Cons

No work on the books, making redundancies every week, no budget for staff training, no loyalty from Management, definitely an 'us and them' between boots on the ground and senior personnel. No communication.

1.0
Jan 22, 2016

It used to be a great company, not anymore.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Coworkers, 4 day work week, remote access, fast paced environment.

Cons

The founding CEO retired and the one in place now continues to support outdated business strategy's that have failed the company, the customers, the employees and their families. There is zero accountability at management level. They have no ability to observe where others have failed, they simply repeat the steps and wonder why it isn't working for them. The current CEO has even acknowledged that they can't react quickly enough to the market changes. Some high profile jobs have been PR disasters regarding lawsuits, and they think outsourcing will save the company even though that has already proven wrong. But, the senior management in Australia always knows better than everyone else. As long as their friends get the new jobs and they keep getting their bonuses, they are happy to keep preaching the company line that this is to be expected and everything will be OK. Too many long time employees have been let go only to be replaced by "outsourced personnel" that management hand picks. IT is a shining example of that along with accounting, payables and even a lot of HR. Disaster! The operations are run horribly, the environment is now work double hard for no recognition and no pay increase. Management wants you to sit back and watch company money be spent in a wasteful manner, while you never get a raise.

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