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Working at Occidental Petroleum

Zippia score 4.9

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Occidental Petroleum overview

Industry
Chemical Industry
Revenue
$26.9B
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Employees
11,800
Founded in
1920
Website
Organization type
Public
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Occidental Petroleum Corporation is an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration in the United States, the Middle East, and Colombia as well as petrochemical manufacturing in the United States, Canada, and Chile.
The staff at Occidental Petroleum come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 36.4% female and 48.4% ethnic minorities. Despite its diversity in other areas, Occidental Petroleum employees are noticeably lacking in political diversity. It has an unusually high proportion of employees who are members of the Republican Party, at 68.0%. Employees seem to enjoy working in an otherwise diverse workplace that is dominated by members of the Republican Party. Occidental Petroleum has great employee retention with staff members usually staying with the company for 4.7 years.The average employee at Occidental Petroleum makes $81,778 per year, which is competitive for its industry and location. Some of its highest paying competitors, BP America Inc, Apache, and ONEOK, pay $112,940, $73,122, and $61,457, respectively.
Based in Houston, TX, Occidental Petroleum is an industry leader with 11,800 employees and an annual revenue of $26.9B.

Occidental Petroleum's mission statement

Develop energy resources safely, profitably and responsibly to maximize value.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2023
Pros of working at Occidental Petroleum

Everything

Cons of working at Occidental Petroleum

Lies

Occidental Petroleum benefits

Meeting foreigners to sign contracts and also had alot of friends around the country which made me happy as well I enjoyed working with that company

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2021
Pros of working at Occidental Petroleum

The friendly environment.People of occidental petroleum were very friendly and beautiful

Cons of working at Occidental Petroleum

I love to work there

Occidental Petroleum benefits

Please can I apply for an internship programme in your company. Thank you very much.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Nov 2020
Pros of working at Occidental Petroleum

I worked with exceptional people.

Cons of working at Occidental Petroleum

I enjoyed working there very much.

Occidental Petroleum benefits

Working lunches

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A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2020
Pros of working at Occidental Petroleum

People are amazing and supportive!

Cons of working at Occidental Petroleum

A lot of uncertainty right now but I do know it is this industry.

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2020
Pros of working at Occidental Petroleum

Good salary and benefits are great

Cons of working at Occidental Petroleum

Politics in office

Occidental Petroleum benefits

Subsidized transportation

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A zippia user wrote a review on May 2019
Pros of working at Occidental Petroleum

Pays well

Cons of working at Occidental Petroleum

Lack of ownership for decision making. Fear of making a mistake.

Occidental Petroleum benefits

Every other Friday off

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The team at Occidental Petroleum

  • The key people at Occidental Petroleum is Vicki A. Hollub.
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Occidental Petroleum Corporation is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Middle East and Latin America. Headquartered in Houston, Occidental is one of the largest US oil and gas companies, based on equity market capitalization. Occidental's midstream and marketing segment gathers, processes, transports, stores, purchases and markets hydrocarbons and other commodities in support of Occidental's businesses.

Occidental Petroleum rankings

Occidental Petroleum is ranked #23 on the Best companies to work for in America list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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Occidental Petroleum salaries

Average Occidental Petroleum salary
$81,778
yearly
$39.32 hourly
Updated March 14, 2024

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Occidental Petroleum diversity

9.8
Diversity score
We calculated Occidental Petroleum’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Occidental Petroleum’s workforce.
Occidental Petroleum diversity summary. Zippia estimates Occidental Petroleum's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Occidental Petroleum's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Occidental Petroleum's workforce.
  • Occidental Petroleum has 11,800 employees.
  • 36% of Occidental Petroleum employees are women, while 64% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at Occidental Petroleum is White (52%).
  • 24% of Occidental Petroleum employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of Occidental Petroleum employees are Black or African American.
  • The average employee at Occidental Petroleum makes $81,778 per year.
  • Occidental Petroleum employees are most likely to be members of the republican party.
  • Employees at Occidental Petroleum stay with the company for 4.7 years on average.

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Occidental Petroleum financial performance

10.0
Performance score

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Occidental Petroleum currently has 37.1B in revenue. Occidental Petroleum's most recent quarter produced 6.7b (q2'2023).

Occidental Petroleum annual revenue

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    Zippia gives an in-depth look into the details of Occidental Petroleum, including salaries, political affiliations, employee data, and more, in order to inform job seekers about Occidental Petroleum. The employee data is based on information from people who have self-reported their past or current employments at Occidental Petroleum. The data on this page is also based on data sources collected from public and open data sources on the Internet and other locations, as well as proprietary data we licensed from other companies. Sources of data may include, but are not limited to, the BLS, company filings, estimates based on those filings, H1B filings, and other public and private datasets. While we have made attempts to ensure that the information displayed are correct, Zippia is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this information. None of the information on this page has been provided or approved by Occidental Petroleum. The data presented on this page does not represent the view of Occidental Petroleum and its employees or that of Zippia.

    Occidental Petroleum may also be known as or be related to OXY, Occidental Petroleum, Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Oxy.