operations intern

senior operations technician

engineer

senior developer

electrical engineer

Williams

- Typical day of work insists: Showing in between 8 and 8:30 a.m., talk or say good morning to my co-workers as I make my way to my desk, sit at my desk and unload everything from my bag while my computer turns on, check my emails and any other things that may need to be checked, take green folders (pipeline agreements) and scan/upload them to my email, enter the documents into Williams websites (Flairdocs & Livelink), lunch is usually an hour long and taken any time between 11 and 12, after lunch I get back to scanning and uploading pipeline agreements until I leave in between 4 and 5 p.m.
- I have learned a lot about the oil & gas industry, especially working with pipeline legal documents. I learned how Pipeline Easement Agreements and Pipeline Right-of-Ways work. I have also learned how to work independently and self-motivate myself to work hard everyday. The work I do is individually done and is mostly repetitive. So, self-motivation is something you must learn and I have been able to adapt and work hard each day.
- The management here is great! Everyone is very nice and helpful. Most of the day you are working on your own, so you don't run into management often.
- My co-workers are very nice and have helped me with training and perfecting the job requirements since the first day I arrived. They are willing to help me anytime I come across a problem or question I don't know.
- The hardest part of the job in my opinion is the lack of face-to-face communication that goes on throughout the day. All of the work is individually done and I am in my own cubicle, so there isn't much talking unless you pass someone in the hallway or have a question for someone. Although I like communicating and working with people more, I do work just as proficient and hard by myself. Like I said before, this particular job can get pretty repetitive, so self-motivation can become the most difficult part of the job sometimes.  
- The best part of my day consists of the times when I do socialize with some of my co-workers on breaks or if I go to their office with a question. Also, I like challenges and learning new things, so when I get new stuff to do I enjoy every bit of it.

*****Cons *****


***HR is bought and paid for, dont count on them for anything. At the local level or at the corporate level. Invetigations dont follow through and no one in upper or middle management gets punished. Corporate does not care about the little people who do the work. 
***Passive agreesive retaliation
***weak hearted management /no direction
***most managers are very poor leaders
***Dont trust or count on upper managment to back up you up in a tight spot. They will try and push you in front of the on coming train to save themselves. 
***pay scale is lowest in the san juan basin
***benefits are low overall
***Drug / steriod use is done by some managers. 
***bribes : with upper management, from middle management : elk hunts, water hauling contracts, IF you doubt start looking at how many team leads got their jobs under which upper manager and what they all have in common: they are Yes men and bribes. 
***NO CAREER opportunities, the developement plan is a joke! A person has to get signed off by someone higher and the they are usally managers that are bitter, sullen, and angry people.
***Annual reviews are time for mangers to retaliate and "get even" 
***Annual bonus = those are tied to the annual ratings and they are lowered to adjust how much money tulsa / corporate sets aside for annual raises and bonuses. Tulsa sets aside very little money for the san juan basin/ Bloomfield FCA and so the ratings are lowered to meet the low money. = you can work your heart and be an AA+ rarting, and at the end of the year get AA regular to match the money that is for bonuses.
***Annual raises = dont count on even 3% raises. 
*************Core Values and Beliefs are dead and lost in this company!!!!

Most (80%) in the Bloomdield office should be fired for: retaliation, Personal agendas, bribes, unable to lead, or being angry and hateful to employees. Some should have crimnal charges brought on them for bribes and FERC violations. 

OR better yet they should all be put back in the field or plants and have to do the same jobs and be treated how they treated others and be forced  to do the job up to impossible standards that they expect everyone to do.


A typical day is meeting scheduled with the project developers to go over projects that have changed or to announce any new projects that need to be developed. Working closely with the project developer I will get to develop the project schedule that will be used to convince the company to go forward with the project.
The fun part of my day is actually getting to develop the schedule. It gets more interesting if we get to develop something that hasn't been done before of if the project activities are going to be done out of their usually sequence of events. The not so fun part is if the project developer is expecting to see something and is not clear on how they are explain what it is they want. After the work is complete they tell me that is not what they wanted. Rework is not fun!
I take a break about mid morning and go to the gym provided to get away from my desk and get in a good workout.
Afternoon is a time to make sure the project schedule meets the needs of project developer. If it is a big project will spend the second half of the day continuing on with the project I started in the morning.
Note: the hardest part of project development is putting lots of work into a project and sitting on it for a long time or having the project go away all together. That is the function of project development however sometimes it feels like your hard work is wasted!

What is the best part of working at the company?
The overtime was good , plenty of overtime , the benefits were good .

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The management was HORRIBLE , the put people in management positions that were "favorites" and kissed up , but qualified fotmr the position.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment was that of certain individual(s) were back stabbers to get ahead , certain guys would go behind you checking your work, or reading sheets and often lied about work not being completed &  those guys were the ones promoted to Tech 3 and senior techs . The day lead had NO people skills whatsoever, he would smile in your face and couldn't wait to back stab you . The atmosphere was stressful and the moral amoung operations was bad .More and more work was constantly being Delegated to the operators. The company itself was good, but the individuals put in management positions made the job difficult and not a pleasant place to work.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You would show up for shift change and find out what was done, and what needed to be completed , complaints from last shift and usually a list of medial tasks, extra busy work  from the day lead ..there were ALWAYS changes to procedures, phone apps on a daily bases .

Daily work included receiving invoices for payment from Purchase Orders or Request for Services contacts I processed.  Processing Purchase Orders (Plant parts/Inventory parts) for parts and/or processing Master Service Agreements/Request for Services contracts for work to be performed by vendors at the Plant.  Assist Coordinators of Maintenance at the Plant for contracts, vendor set up information/setting vendors up, checking status of ISNET status in the ISNET guide.  Check office supply weekly and order any supplies needed for the month.  Answer phones to provide information requested or needed daily.  The management recently took a lot of changes and has been working hard to keep work safe and compliant.  Co-workers were my family.  Enjoyed working with any and all of them and learned not only how to deal and manage different personalities but to always keep a positive attitude.  I also learned many programs, how to manage and keep control of paperwork/paperwork trails during shutdowns
The hardest part of the job was the long hours but enjoyed every long day I worked for Williams

The company saves money by hiring 3rd party.
If you had a competent manager who actually knew something about leading people, you may find yourself in a great position. However, after meeting many of the managers/supervisors, this situation is scarce.
I worked 50-60 hours a week, as the newest member of the team handled almost half the workload out of 4 employees, presented structured flow process for future new employees, redid outdated documents, implementing updated formulas to improve productivity, and helped out in other areas besides my own. 
I constantly sought to better myself and was continuously asking for feedback on how to improve. Then one day after work, the day after I was told I couldn't have a yearly review because I was 3rd party, I was called up by my staffing agency and told I didn't need to come back. No reason was given and when I sent my prior supervisor a message thanking her for the opportunity and asking if I could still use her as a reference she did not respond.

Too many people looking out for numero uno and not enough teamwork going on.

my manager specifically wants his employees to be tracked by find friends the apple iphone app. giving him my whereabouts at any given time. this was not mentioned prior to my employment and is a total misjudgment in trust and an enormous invasion of privacy. I could maybe understand that app use if I was on probation or provided had given a reason not to be trusted. He also goes back to it being a safety thing but a phone call would suffice. I am a remote operator meaning I live close to the facility I take care of so that means pretty much every call out comes though me which takes away from my personal time and affects my work/life balance completely. my coworkers are good people to work with but sometimes their joking crosses the line on occasion. the money is ok but not the greatest especially for the energy industry. work days are usually different from day to day which is nice so you don't feel burned out doing the same thing everyday.

The two features that stand out most about the firm were excellent professional development opportunities; reasonable work/life balance; and friendly lawyers and stuff.  In terms of legal work, most of my time was spent litigating breach of contract cases.  I learned a great deal from my experience at the firm, not only about law (and especially the use of procedure for strategic purposes), but also about teamwork -- interacting with intelligent and skilled professionals.  My boss consistently gave me advice on new skills as I developed them, and feedback on projects I had completed, which was always constructive without being unduly harsh.  My coworkers were friendly, and we all had a good rapport (would go out for lunch semi-regularly, etc.).  The hardest part of the job was that the learning curve was very steep, as I was a young attorney when I started.  The most enjoyable part of the job was hanging with colleagues after work.

Williams is in it for Williams.
Previous companies I've worked for understand that they are only as strong as their strongest employees. These companies take huge pride in educating and growing their employees strengths.
Well if you were dumb enough to get hired on here, keep looking for your next opportunity!
Congratulations... You are now a number! That's it, nothing more!

United Healthcare is their insurance provider and it is horrible. One of the most expensive insurances in the region. United Healthcare also provides less insurance for this higher cost, as compared to Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

When it's time for them to start cutting costs, management doesn't account for the $100K you saved the company in the previous year, but you can dang well bet that the managers will cut your throat to protect their own!

I hope you have another place to go... 
Quickly!

In some ways, Williams is a good company, but it is exceptionally biased. I was recently told, by several on a hiring team, that it is nice to have someone "like me" getting the job I put in for. Not so subtly, the point was made that I got the job primarily because I was an "under represented group." Ugh... it's hard enough working for a highly conservative, closed minded company and an even more so group of peers, but to be treated in this way and for the company to be proud of it actually smacked of more than just bias. The pay is decent and actually pretty good benefits, but the culture is very negative and leadership is so blind to what is right and wrong I honestly don't believe they can even see what they are doing wrong. Then again, what do you expect from a company that is based in Tulsa, OK, openly supports Republican candidates with questionable Morales (look at who their PAC provides money to), and who has only old white men with one woman on the the senior executive team.

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