Company Culture and Workforce Diversity
At Oil States, we cultivate a culture that focuses on core values and embraces diversity as a key business strategy. Our operations are global and result in a diverse workforce, which gives us a competitive advantage and allows us to better understand and communicate with a diverse population of constituents. Our strong focus on innovation necessitates an equally strong focus on diversity which we believe creates diverse teams that can arrive at better solutions to problems.
The diversity of our work force encompasses a mixture of differences and similarities that include gender, age, race, nationality, education, religion, working style, expertise and a wide array of other characteristics and backgrounds that make each person unique. We embrace individual differences and leverage those unique capabilities and perspectives to help us fuel our growth.
The culture of our company focuses on core values. Some of the common traits that reflect our values and make Oil States a great company are:
- Recognizing that our employees are our greatest asset.
- A sense of urgency and purpose in meeting customer expectations.
- A source of innovation encouraged by career development and utilization of technology.
- Ethical behavior- doing the right things in compliance with the law and policy.
- Teamwork- working with others towards a common goal.
- Always striving for safety- achieving the common goal of our employees, their families, our customers and other stakeholders by providing a safe environment to work in and to visit.
- High standards of consistently providing a quality product as well as quality service for both internal and external customers.
- Communications - fair minded, open, and honest.
- Mutual respect - treating others the way we want to be treated.
- Valuing the input of others.
- Being considerate of the environment and of communities where we work.
- Keeping our commitments.
- The importance of work-life balance.
- Striving for excellence and improving personal performance.