Vantaggi
Benefits, benefits, benefits. Very generous 401k and pension. BP also offers health club subsidies and a lot of other small benefts. Vacation is average (2 weeks to start, 3 weeks at 5 yrs, 4 weeks at 10 yrs etc.) and they USED to offer a flexible 9/80 work schedule but this is being eliminated as of the first of the year.
Svantaggi
It is an extremely large company and its easy to get lost in the mix. There is also a lot of rotation among the higher ups and most of the higher ups are from overseas, leaving little chance of an American making high up in the company. They also do a poor job of communicating details among the ranks. The "Forward Agenda to 2010" was a giant sham of smoke and mirrors. Senior management will look like a geniuses in a couple years primarily due to market timing. They appear to have done very little to change things and don't do a good job of sharing it if they do.