Repsol reviews

4.1

86% would recommend to a friend

(616 total reviews)
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Josu Jon Imaz

88% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Repsol has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 616 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Repsol employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energía, minería e infraestructura pública industry (3.8 stars).

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616 reviews
2.0
Feb 4, 2018

Hubris

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits. Opportunities to learn new things.

Cons

Set in their own ways. Resistance to change often veers into xenophobia or racism.

1.0
Jan 26, 2018

Grim

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If they are about to foreclose on your house, sure work at Repsol

Cons

Culture from Madrid is terrible. They do not value employees and it is run like a true dictatorship with obedience to whatever is dictated downward as the full expectation. The staff that is in North America is primarily carryover from the takeover of Talisman, are towards end of career and 90% only staying hoping to be packaged by layoffs. Have to be Spanish to have any career potential.

1.0
Jan 24, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Good 401k (6% match + 6% profit sharing). -Great office location in the Woodlands (for those that live there). -Great work-life balance (definitely work here if all you care about is collecting a paycheck). -Good young talent (for now). -A lot of activity (for exploration side only).

Cons

-As others have said, noncompetitive pay for non manager/higher up levels (who were hired from other companies since nobody who started at Repsol stays). -Non-existent career progression (whole "new model" was revealed early 2017 and quickly hushed because people starting figuring out it was just for show). -If you are not a native Spanish speaker, unfortunately you will miss a lot and this is not the place for you. (career progression now also depends on Spanish ability) -"Transparency" and "Respect", two of the company motto's are nonexistent, literally the most secretive and condescending company you could work for. -Difficult to have continuation of ideas/projects when technical staff is leaving (or looking to leave) every week, some of whom are key people. -Huge barrier between exploration and business unit, no cooperation. -Some technical staff are just quitting, without a a job to go to, showing that they would rather not have a job than work here. -P&O (HR) has all the control, leaving managers and team leaders unable to make any sort of personnel decisions. -Employee climate surveys are very bad, so much so that the company has quit showing the results. -Young professionals have received ridiculous "raises" the past 5 years, 1-2% increase in base pay (while cutting bonus by 5% gross pay) is NOT a raise. -Would be careful about accepting a management position here, the people below you are just waiting for when they can leave. -Company promotes based on your connections, if you do not report to someone in Madrid (or from) with some pull then good luck.

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