wow! thank you so much for this info. help me a lot. I'm going for SI this 10th April. wish me luck

my section is 12pm, how bout u ?
maybe we will meet on the same day

Hi Guys,

I passed the SI back in May '09.
But till to date (10 months ardy) still no offer..

Helpless.
Must have cable uh?
Don't know what to do..
HRM says 'll contact me when there is a relevant position.
My degree in Chemical

Look for oher job lah..
i passed interview and everything,even when i call to confirm they said my interview was recommended.
now 2 years already, still no hope but still every year i sent resume online.
luckily after 6 months no job offer from petronas i manage to secure a good job from big ong construction n commissioning.

now thinking to jump ship already...

Actually, the waiting moment was the hardest part.....i experienced it before.

And the Petronas HR also really suck..I already passed the SI and got the position for me.
Just waiting for them to prepare my offer letter. After few weeks follow up back and then they told my position already given to another candidate.

How come that happen if not using SUBMARINE CABLE.

That make me didn't respect HR Petronas anymore. Really not professional for a big company like Petronas.

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Added on May 3, 2012, 10:02 pm

Happen to me also.

I also trying to call and email directly to their senior exec HR. And until now still no news.

Below is my email to them...

As per tele-conversation just now, please be inform that i already attended the Structural Interview(SI) dated 29 July 2011. And few weeks after that, Ms. xxxxx (xxxx) from HRM & Capability Division, PETRONAS D&P,PCSB  informed that i passed the SI. She also mentioned the position that will be offered to me (PMU, Project Development, Shallow Water & Acid Gas). And also mentioned that she will prepare the offer letter for me.

After few weeks, I tried to call Ms. xxxx back, and sadly she mentioned that other person already fill in my position (PMU, Project Development, Shallow Water & Acid Gas). And until now, i still didn't receive any news and waiting for the placement with Petronas.

Regards,

Engr.Jamaluddin Bin Abu Bakar

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Added on May 4, 2012, 9:09 am

on 29 July 2011. I already give up with this company and luckily i got another offer from UK based company.
Thanks God.

the HR that called me to attend SI is from downstream business unit (PETH). does it means that I'm interviewing for a downstream position?  I'm more interested in upstream.. 

This is terrible, my friend.

To Pandikar : i've waited for 4 months........

yes.

Haha, its ok la. I'm not that kind of person. Maybe TAKDE REZEKI la.

I didn't want to make any noise since i want to apply back in the future. Takut blacklist ma.

just curious, do petronas consider grads who took UK 3 yrs degree program?

Sorry have not been reading the thread. My office here now blocks access to any message boards or forum so have been using my iPhone to surf which is not as often la.

Didn't know that Jamal had this issue. I think I know the SM for that PMU unit.

You guys realize I hate HR right? Heh heh. What I do know works is that if you can send or if you know someone who knows the head of the units, then you can send it directly to them and they will ask HR to arrange for an interview. I hate giving HR any power.

HR in PETRONAS are the slimeballs of the company. They think they control everyone and this was due to the previous president who gave too much power to HR. They are extremely secretive, use the processes and procedures for their own advantages (like jumping queues for the promotion discussion where they will put in the proposal for HR people ahead of the technical people this delaying the promotion of those people) and so much more.

My company now only have personnel dept. They don't do anything other than doing support. Most of the task are automated via the SAP system anyway. Can you believe it that asking for a employment certificate (those letter that says you are working with the company with this amount of salary, you know for loans etc etc) takes a minimum of 3 days in Petronas? Over here, I go to HROnline, click on employment certificates and a PDF file is generated which I can print. 2 minutes tops.

I also have full access to the Industrial manual where I can see all rules/regulation/entitlement which is updated every 3 months. Full transparency. Ask any HR PETRONAS staff if they know when the last time the executive handbook was updated. All those memos, the HR keeps to themselves. They prefer the staff do not know what they are entitled because it gives them power.

I put 90% of the blame why 2500 technical staff who left PETRONAS on HR. if ever I return to Petronas as the president (day dreaming lah), the first division I would scrap is HR. 

Sorry for the rant.

Don't get me wrong. I love Petronas but I hate the HR department. There's a difference

I try as much as I can when I was in PETRONAS not to deal with HR. If I had to deal with them everyday, sure pendek umur one.

The previous president has done a lot of good thing for PETRONAS. There is no denying that. Credit should be given where it is due, but he is a well known stingy miser and also keras kepala. He strongly believe that everyone contributes the same amount for the company and therefore, everyone should be treated the same, compensation wise. That was why he put so much emphasis and power on HR.

The thing is, since he came from an accounting background, those with chartered accountancy certs, are immediately given the senior salary grade SG23 at the time. So talk about hypocrisy.

Technical people such as geologist, petroleum engineers and drilling engineers are the bread and butter of an OIL & GAS company. They are the one who decide where to drill that 30 million USD well, they are the one who decide what kind of deep water platform is most economical/technically feasible but they are the one who are the worst treated. No promotion, gaji sama macam those HR and finance people. PETRONAS seems to think that everyone are the same in the company.

I'd like to ask him how many middle east or European company are willing to headhunter PETRONAS' HR people? How many Finance staff are being poached by the same middle eastern or European companies?

I can write a book about why I think the previous president is responsible for all the staff shortages in PETRONAS right now. It was him and HR.

HR had once told all of us that our salary was competitive. When asked with which company this was compared against, the shyly said TNB and Telekom. What a fuc**in' joke. When asked why the salary of PETRONAS geologist/petroleum engineers were not compared against ExxonMobil/Shell etc (let's not even go to overseas), they said those companies were not willing to share their info.

I hate HR in PETRONAS with a vengeance. I love the company but I think it was seriously undermined by HR. I am happy that the current president is serious about stemming the brain drain but I think the boat have left the harbor. So many talented (those who were responsible for so many of Petronas successes in the past) have left the company. Disillusioned with the treatment that they received.

A lot of my friends who are still in PETRONAS still tell me that because so many of us have left, the company finally changed the remuneration scheme. Sekarang semua gaji tinggi but they are struggling because so many projects to deliver but so many young staff and so little experience staff are left.

I would not be where I am if not for PETRONAS, and for that I am eternally grateful. Maybe one day I will return and hopefully join PETRONAS again. Who knows.

Don't lose hope, it is an excellent company to learn the trade an maybe to climb the corporate ladder and it has changed for the better.

Thanks Azraeil for the explanation. Its ok la Panikar, just forget about it since i already got another offer from other company. Will start there by early next month..