systems administrator

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inventory control specialist

Cactus Wellhead

Probably the most toxic work environment that myself and many others have been in. It stems from management and works its way down. The quality manager plays the favorite game and it just so happens the favorites were the general manager’s son in law, a guy that knows nothing of quality but is a slave driver and literally works to stab the guys under him in the back, and the best friend  of the general manager’s son in law. Pay was ok. Several good people that work there, but the people in the leadership positions are idiots that are simply on a power trip. For crying out loud the quality manager didn’t even know how to use ball mics. In the end, an entire shift threatened to leave over a leadership position change, we wrote letters to corporate speaking of the dealings we had with said person, and they didnteven slap the guy on the wrist and made him a “leader” anyways. They would have rather replaced an entired shift of experienced quality technicians instead of simply not putting the guy in that position.

After working 5-6 months I was laid off.  My supervisor was impossible to get a long with.  She kept her headphones on all day and would never talk.  I was always told no when asking to help her.  She had no time to train and did not like when I found her mistakes.  She was not open to any ideas that would make processes better.  Heard employee bashing from her and her friends daily.  I can go on and on.  But bottom line, do not work here.  Offered severance that I never received.  With my supervisor, there was no way I was going to be able to succeed there.  I was never including in anything and did work for her only to send off to others.  Never was able to prove my skills nor would anyone know what I did to help her.  She does things backwards and the long old school way.  Again, not receptive to new and better things.  And always upset if I found a mistake she did.

Great company to work for, even at the Odessa branch, if you're capable of keeping your head down and nose clean of the office politics.  There's never any real interaction with management, actual management and not dispatch, unless you've worked with them at a previous wellhead company (which is always changing, considering they can't keep ANYONE at the Odessa branch for much longer than a year, dispatch included; except for a select handful).  If you're able to do the job, there's plenty of hours to be had.  Able to play the game of politics? Even more, easier, hours to be had.  For the pay and the rotation? It's not the worst place on earth (unless you get attached to Odessa.  Then it feels like you're living the show House Of Cards while trying to earn an honest wage at a blue collar job.)

Politics, politics, politics, plenty to go around would match that of D.C. Job is as safe as companies you work for will allow and culture the same. Make a lot of money with overtime and sleep very little. Will push you to your brink of max capacity as far work before punishing you by not working you if you complain of needing sleep. They are in it to make money and that they do not that they’ll share any with you. Bonus is around a thousand dollars a year and they act like it’s going to break them when one branch may pull in 12 million a month. You will have “work” acquaintances but nobody is your friend everyone is out for themselves as well as management don’t think differently. Pay averaged around 160-230 gross a year.  Good Luck

work wasnt bad as long as you had exlerience and could handle your business. I enjoyed working with the production guys even though it was hard work at times, we made it fun. The bad part about cactus is is you get hurt and need time off they want to act like youre faking it just get a disability check. so the whole time youre at home tryinv to recover they are basically harassing you asking when youll be back. And knowing darn well how long certain injuries take to heal. And if they dont know all they have to do is google it. 

The place is very poorly managed. My manager wasn't there half the time and left early almost daily. And if you ask for time off your denied or they make it a big deal, but my manager took more time off than anyone.  My job was threatened everyday! The only way to move up is your name. Most people are related up there and there is heavy favoritism. Management gossips about their workers to other coworkers.   Everything is very one sided! Management talks terrible to you and act like you owe them something. Never knew when you would be getting off and it never depended on workload. It was how the manager felt that day. I was very poorly trained. Everyday we were ripped and called idiots and wrote up daily for the dumbest things just so they had write up's on everyone.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Terrible management, no training programs, worst wellhead company ever to work for

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management. They just hand you a procedure and briefly explain the job. They never come out in the field to train

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Terrible, they make you practically live in your truck with no proper down time rest

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I worked in the field and it sucked every day. Over worked an under paid with Terrible management

I liked most  of the guys I worked. But then you had the favorites. Management had no problem with let people know they had favorites.  But they paid well enough I put up with it. But many others did not. The men in charge would overwhelm you with work and just be jerks till you quit or did something stupid to get fired. So they could hire friends. Example the man in charge tells us to bring in rifles so we could go hunting on our lunch break management include and when the ones they didn't like went hunting they got fired for bring in a weapon and having it on company property.

The management seems to have no foresight or concern about the overall success of the daily jobs. No appreciation for a job well done but quick and fast retribution for small mistakes. Expect to be on edge constantly about job security.  One mistake and the head honcho will want you terminated.  Expect to work with very few tools and/or basic safety equipment.  Service success is based purely on good service techs who care about the customers and not on company policies or procedures. Sales staff in under staffed and over worked. No time or encouragement to procure new work.

Aside for some other management which were promoted due to necessity rather than accomplishment, and hand with a general lack of work ethic. The job was a learning experience which taught me more in my profession, and helped me grow as a manager.Once we found a work cycle that actually allowed employees to have time with their families and didn't cut to much into their paychecks, every employee with cactus seemed to be more knowledgeable and happy with the job they were doing.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Systems administrator 2 salaries reported	$83,813 per year
Quality manager 1 salary reported	$80,231 per year
Quality control inspector 1 salary reported	$21.50 per hour
Maintenance technician 1 salary reported	$19.00 per hour
Inventory control specialist 1 salary reported	$19.50 per hour

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