ExxonMobil reviews

Low uptake of digitalization, new technologies, or new ways of working. Forced ranking and firing of bottom-ranked persons. Ranking includes a "potential" metric, which declines with age and is detrimental to older workers. Technical positions terminate at a much lower seniority level, and there are few options than management track positions. Internal job roles and assignments are assigned behind closed doors. Employees have a "choice" to accept the new job role presented to them, or refuse and face measures designed to force compliance or resignation. Inability to relocate for family reasons will result in feedback that the person is making a "career-limiting move". Not accommodating of dual careers where one spouse works outside of ExxonMobil. Not open to outside ideas, and therefore it is very difficult to integrate mid-career hires Hiring on mid-career is rare and has very limited role opportunities. Likely to get stuck in the same role for a prolonged period of time. Extremely secretive. "Conflict of Interest" compliance requirements are onerous to the point that it's almost impossible to work at ExxonMobil and have a family member who works for any company that happens to be on the vendor list (which includes 1000s of companies) or in any field related to the company's business interests (which covers a staggering number of professions in the modern digital age). Lots of unwritten rules. Officially there is a "Flexible working arrangement" policy that allows remote work, but unofficially it is frowned upon to use it.

Short-sighted top management that decided - to use low crude prices and one year of negative earnings in 2020 as an excuse to lay off tens of thousands of workers worldwide in order to maintain dividends to shareholders (ie, themselves and other middle to top management positions in the company that have share options) instead of thinking of other ways to save more jobs in the company - the removal of coffee machines, free drink vending machines, other employee benefits, and even plants in order to save opex and maintain the dividend - Unequal treatment of employees, keeping mainly supervisors and managers who they like, and asking most working level employees to pack up and go - This resulted in significantly more attrition than expected from the employees who were spared from the knife - Remaining employees now have to cover the jobs of 2-3 people as many teams are now severely depleted - Many supervisors have been demoted to become individual contributors and doing working level jobs while receiving the same high salaries and benefits - Some supervisors have to cover 2-3 other job scopes as there are simply not enough people in the company now to cover the base load - There are still many deadweights in the company drawing big fat salaries and not doing anything to improve the business but they were retained due to favouritism - Now that crude prices are up and the company is in the black, they are thinking of ways to retain talent, this shows the short sighted mentality that the top management has - There is no longer job security at this company due to see-saw management decisions