netrashetty
Netra Shetty
Leadership Style at Bechtel : Bechtel Corporation (Bechtel Group) is the largest engineering company in the United States, ranking as the 3rd-largest privately owned company in the U.S. With headquarters in the Financial District of San Francisco,[2] Bechtel had 49,000 employees as of 2010 working on projects in nearly 50 countries with $30.8 billion in revenue.
Bechtel participated in the building of Hoover Dam in the 1930s. It has also had involvement in several other high profile construction engineering projects, including the Channel Tunnel, numerous power projects, refineries, and nuclear power plants, BART, Jubail Industrial City, the largest Airport in the world by land area King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, and Kingdom Centre and Tower in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong International Airport, the Big Dig, the rebuilding of the civil infrastructure of Iraq funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the hauling and installing of more than 35,000 trailers and mobile homes for Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi.
The Bechtel family has owned Bechtel since incorporating the company in 1945. Bechtel's size, its political clout, and its penchant for privacy have made it a constant subject of scrutiny for journalists and politicians since the 1930s. Bechtel owns and operates power plants, oil refineries, water systems, and airports in several countries including the United States, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
Pros
-Awesome work/life benefits (Most employees get at least 4 weeks PTO regardless of length of service; some projects offer option to purchase an additional week of PTO to total 5 weeks)
-Excellent training opportuntities
-Open door policy with leads and most managers
-Great mentoring program
-International travel opportunities
-9/80 work schedule in town. This means we work Monday thru Thursday 7am to 430pm. Every other Friday is a day off. Working Fridays at 7am to 330pm. It rocks!
Out of the construction site the schedule is Mon thru Thursday 630a to 5pm. Fridays off.
-Projects all over the world. There was a minor layoff last year on our project and several people were placed on different projects. Bechtel is also diversified and involved in many industries - so if one sector goes south, there are other opportunities.
Cons
-OLD SCHOOL mentality (no flex time, military style mgmt, big time generational gaps)
-Encourages "questioning attitude" but when you exhibit questioning attitude, you are put down and mgmt retaliates.
-Very high turnover due to disatisfaction with mgmt. Yet mgmt continues with crappy practices. The problems not addressed.
-Have to get overtime approved in advance. Sometime unforeseen circumstances cause OT and then you don't get the OT because it wasn't approved in advance.
-Extremely UNFLEXIBLE mgmt. They do not allow deviation from the set schedule of 7am to 430pm. If you are just one minute late, some mangers really come unglued. One mgr does a "walkaround" at 7:02am to see who is at their desks and takes roll. Hello we aren't 5 years old. However, if you stay 1-2 hours late, no one notices or says thank you.
-Babysitting environment = very rule and procedure oriented
-Cronyism. Good ol "boys" club and heavy politics govern promotion rather than hard work or compentency. One person keeps getting promoted over and over and over and no one understands why. They are very incompetent, lose documents, forget deadlines, puts people down. Whenever they are in charge of a department...turnover goes through the roof. YET they keep getting promoted. Many HR complaints have been logged against them but they keep getting promoted.
-Slackers seem to get away with chronic lateness, long lunches, and not pulling their weight...and get rewarded with promotions and praise. The hard workers are harassed and bullied out of their jobs. Many hard working competent people have left because of this!
-Published company policies and procedures are applied in an inconsistent and variable manner
-The company pigeon-holes you into where they think you fit instead of where you want to go
-Lots of promised opportunities that don't come to fruition.
Bechtel announced today that President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Adrian Zaccaria will assume the role of vice chairman, and Bill Dudley will succeed him as president and COO.
Zaccaria joined Bechtel’s Power & Industrial Division in 1971. He was elected to Bechtel's board of directors in February 1989 and was named president of Bechtel Power in August 1989. In 1994 he was elected president of Bechtel Global Energy, where he had responsibility for the company’s power, petroleum and chemical, and pipeline businesses. In 1996, he was named Bechtel’s president and COO. Zaccaria will remain a member of Bechtel's board of directors.
Dudley joined Bechtel in 1981, serving in project controls on Petroleum & Chemical projects. In the mid-1990s, he served in management roles in Asia Pacific.
In 1998, Dudley relocated to London as general manager of Bechtel's energy business in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia, and within a year was named the region’s president. In 2000, he was elected to Bechtel's board of directors. From 2001 to 2007, he served as president of the company’s Oil, Gas & Chemicals business unit, which has led the company’s performance for the last several years. In 2007, Dudley assumed the role of Bechtel executive vice president.
"Adrian has brought extraordinary performance and leadership to Bechtel and we will continue to benefit from his great talents," stated Riley Bechtel, chairman and CEO of Bechtel. “Bill has been a leader since his earliest days at Bechtel. His exceptional knowledge of our business and his years of experience have earned him the respect of colleagues and customers alike. Under his leadership, I am confident that Bechtel will continue as a global leader in engineering, construction, and project management."
In March, Bechtel released financial results for 2007. Revenue was $27.0 billion, up 32 percent from $20.5 billion in 2006. New work booked jumped 38 percent, rising to $34.1 billion from $24.7 billion in 2006. It was the fifth straight record year for revenue, and the second straight record for new work.
Bechtel participated in the building of Hoover Dam in the 1930s. It has also had involvement in several other high profile construction engineering projects, including the Channel Tunnel, numerous power projects, refineries, and nuclear power plants, BART, Jubail Industrial City, the largest Airport in the world by land area King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, and Kingdom Centre and Tower in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong International Airport, the Big Dig, the rebuilding of the civil infrastructure of Iraq funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the hauling and installing of more than 35,000 trailers and mobile homes for Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi.
The Bechtel family has owned Bechtel since incorporating the company in 1945. Bechtel's size, its political clout, and its penchant for privacy have made it a constant subject of scrutiny for journalists and politicians since the 1930s. Bechtel owns and operates power plants, oil refineries, water systems, and airports in several countries including the United States, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
Pros
-Awesome work/life benefits (Most employees get at least 4 weeks PTO regardless of length of service; some projects offer option to purchase an additional week of PTO to total 5 weeks)
-Excellent training opportuntities
-Open door policy with leads and most managers
-Great mentoring program
-International travel opportunities
-9/80 work schedule in town. This means we work Monday thru Thursday 7am to 430pm. Every other Friday is a day off. Working Fridays at 7am to 330pm. It rocks!
Out of the construction site the schedule is Mon thru Thursday 630a to 5pm. Fridays off.
-Projects all over the world. There was a minor layoff last year on our project and several people were placed on different projects. Bechtel is also diversified and involved in many industries - so if one sector goes south, there are other opportunities.
Cons
-OLD SCHOOL mentality (no flex time, military style mgmt, big time generational gaps)
-Encourages "questioning attitude" but when you exhibit questioning attitude, you are put down and mgmt retaliates.
-Very high turnover due to disatisfaction with mgmt. Yet mgmt continues with crappy practices. The problems not addressed.
-Have to get overtime approved in advance. Sometime unforeseen circumstances cause OT and then you don't get the OT because it wasn't approved in advance.
-Extremely UNFLEXIBLE mgmt. They do not allow deviation from the set schedule of 7am to 430pm. If you are just one minute late, some mangers really come unglued. One mgr does a "walkaround" at 7:02am to see who is at their desks and takes roll. Hello we aren't 5 years old. However, if you stay 1-2 hours late, no one notices or says thank you.
-Babysitting environment = very rule and procedure oriented
-Cronyism. Good ol "boys" club and heavy politics govern promotion rather than hard work or compentency. One person keeps getting promoted over and over and over and no one understands why. They are very incompetent, lose documents, forget deadlines, puts people down. Whenever they are in charge of a department...turnover goes through the roof. YET they keep getting promoted. Many HR complaints have been logged against them but they keep getting promoted.
-Slackers seem to get away with chronic lateness, long lunches, and not pulling their weight...and get rewarded with promotions and praise. The hard workers are harassed and bullied out of their jobs. Many hard working competent people have left because of this!
-Published company policies and procedures are applied in an inconsistent and variable manner
-The company pigeon-holes you into where they think you fit instead of where you want to go
-Lots of promised opportunities that don't come to fruition.
Bechtel announced today that President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Adrian Zaccaria will assume the role of vice chairman, and Bill Dudley will succeed him as president and COO.
Zaccaria joined Bechtel’s Power & Industrial Division in 1971. He was elected to Bechtel's board of directors in February 1989 and was named president of Bechtel Power in August 1989. In 1994 he was elected president of Bechtel Global Energy, where he had responsibility for the company’s power, petroleum and chemical, and pipeline businesses. In 1996, he was named Bechtel’s president and COO. Zaccaria will remain a member of Bechtel's board of directors.
Dudley joined Bechtel in 1981, serving in project controls on Petroleum & Chemical projects. In the mid-1990s, he served in management roles in Asia Pacific.
In 1998, Dudley relocated to London as general manager of Bechtel's energy business in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia, and within a year was named the region’s president. In 2000, he was elected to Bechtel's board of directors. From 2001 to 2007, he served as president of the company’s Oil, Gas & Chemicals business unit, which has led the company’s performance for the last several years. In 2007, Dudley assumed the role of Bechtel executive vice president.
"Adrian has brought extraordinary performance and leadership to Bechtel and we will continue to benefit from his great talents," stated Riley Bechtel, chairman and CEO of Bechtel. “Bill has been a leader since his earliest days at Bechtel. His exceptional knowledge of our business and his years of experience have earned him the respect of colleagues and customers alike. Under his leadership, I am confident that Bechtel will continue as a global leader in engineering, construction, and project management."
In March, Bechtel released financial results for 2007. Revenue was $27.0 billion, up 32 percent from $20.5 billion in 2006. New work booked jumped 38 percent, rising to $34.1 billion from $24.7 billion in 2006. It was the fifth straight record year for revenue, and the second straight record for new work.
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