Pros
1. Great benefits, decent pay (albeit behind tech salaries) — the money goes far in Houston. 2. A nice campus.
Cons
1. A complete lack of leadership. ExxonMobil’s “leaders” are “managers” at best, but not leaders. 2. A catastrophic history of multi-billion dollar investments that all failed, one after another. 3. A general unwillingness to change due to an arrogance of “being the best in business” — even if that was 10+ years ago. Even then, ExxonMobil was mistaking correlation with causality — their success then was despite their actions, not because of them. 4. A culture of fear. 5. Stacked rankings. 6. Overall, the work is mostly entirely meaningless and without any impact. This is not something you’ll want to tell your grandchildren about. 7. 90% of decision are made in Dallas, Houston and all other small offices are just there to push paper. 8. Technologically, the company is stuck in the early 2000s.