Santos Project Engineer reviews

Lack of Strategic Direction: The absence of a clear long-term vision has led to confusion, instability, and inefficiencies across teams. Without unified goals, efforts are often misaligned and reactive rather than proactive. Poor Communication: Decisions are largely made in a top-down manner, with minimal consultation, transparency, or engagement from frontline and operational staff — who are often the last to hear about changes directly impacting their work. Toxic Culture: A blame-centric environment has taken hold, discouraging open dialogue and constructive feedback. Visibility is often rewarded over meaningful contribution, eroding trust and morale. Limited Career Development: Career progression appears driven more by politics than performance. Training is scarce, and mentorship is inconsistent, leaving many employees without a clear pathway for growth. Work-Life Imbalance: A culture of consistently long hours and unrealistic expectations prevails, with little consideration for employee wellbeing or sustainable workloads. Chronic Under-Resourcing: The company’s "low-cost operating model" has become counterproductive, forcing staff to cover multiple roles without adequate support. This has resulted in widespread burnout, increased turnover, and significant operational inefficiencies.

The worst management I’ve ever experienced from the top down. I mean who listens to the CEO of this company and thinks that he’s either telling the truth or anything he says is worth listening to, he’s so obviously full of it. And then the guy running WA is so full of rubbish, he just does what he’s told and is generally hated by every person who has to deal with him because he’s too busy brown nosing the CEO