3 Things Every Job Seeker Exploring Tullow Oil Careers Should Know

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Tullow Oil is one of the first companies to ever focus on drilling and extracting oil and natural gas from Africa. Started in 1986, Tullow first purchased known gas fields in the UK, Spain, and Yemen to build a profitable business. In the years that followed, Tullow expanded into countries like Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda, building oil and gas infrastructure that these countries have never seen before. They are one of the world’s most reputable oil and gas companies and boast employee-friendly work policies to support their growing business.

Company Benefits and Health

In addition to personalized compensation packages discussed in interviews, Tullow Oil guarantees that all of their employees will be entitled to a free gym membership to help keep themselves healthy. Additionally, they offer employees the ability to work a 9-day fortnight schedule, a program designed to allow employees to have flexibility in their work schedule by completing 80 hours of work every two weeks either in the traditional 10 work days, or in 9 days, with one day off on Fridays. Finally, Tullow also offers free medical checkups every 2 years.

Non-Discriminatory

While it’s a given that modern employers shouldn’t discriminate employees based on race or nationality, Tullow makes an effort to hire a diverse range of employees from all over the world. With close to 1,500 employees in both support and drilling, Tullow boasts employing people from close to 50 different countries.

Strong human resources policies and effective training allow employees from diverse backgrounds to work and interact with each other in respectful and productive ways. Tullow has zero tolerance for discriminatory or predatory practices in the workplace and refuses to allow for harassment to take place. Through their Employee Assistance Programme, a 24/7 hotline, Tullow is available to answer questions or hear complaints from employees around the globe so that no employee feels like they’ve been forgotten.

Local Employment

Tullow’s biggest asset is employing people from the local community. Instead of bringing industry to a foreign country and importing labor from outside the country, Tullow employs 90% of its workers from the local community, bringing jobs and income with it.

The company’s largest oil and gas projects in Uganda and Ghana afforded the company the opportunity to partner with local universities to offer job training and oil and gas education programs to help train locals for future employment in the industry. Because Uganda and Ghana have little to no existing oil and gas industry infrastructure, Tullow was able to partner with local governments to open training opportunities to the public to not only employ their company, but to train students for future jobs elsewhere in the oil and gas field.