Exxon Mobil Reviews

Pros

Good compensation and benefits
Intelligent, driven co-workers
Can work in a variety of fields relatively early in career
Strong dependency on company systems leads to predictability

Cons

Long hours for most engineering positions (50-60 hours weeks are the norm)
Poor people management
Entry-level supervisors can be very poor leaders - these are often people with a strong technical background but no leadership skills. Managers above entry level are generally better.
Limited upside for promotions for employees not interested in moving to Houston

Advice to Senior Management

Exxon Mobil clearly values its strong management systems - and it has reason to do so. However, the company does a poor job of managing people. Focus on the future of the company and learn how to manage people, especially entry-level employees.

Pros

welfare giving employee education, medical claim and home loan

Cons

routine works which require no new methods and ideas for work

Advice to Senior Management

find new ways of operation

Pros

nice people
nice work environment and work schedule

Cons

too much politics and suck ups get promoted

Advice to Senior Management

no

Pros

- Comprehensive development career path
- Very well structurized compensation scheme
- Big corporation with broad opportunities areas
- Excellent and well implemented Work and life balance program

Cons

- Limited chance to reach senior management opportunities is you are from a small affiliate
- Restricted communication from management when it comes to rummors or major future desitions

Advice to Senior Management

Support open communication among all employees from upper management when it comes to major Company's strategic desitions that affect all employees

Pros

Great Pay, and the ability to manage over $20 million dollars worth of inventory and over 70 employees.
Very challenging, however very flexible.
You manage the buisness as though it were your own, as long as your sites perform above plan, everything is fairly smooth

Cons

Promotions are biased and are not based on performance
Ability to relocate is very limited
You are as happy as the relationship and management of your OM

Advice to Senior Management

offer salary increases to TMs based on performance.

Pros

Largest Oil company in the world, so there is job security. Great Pay but no Profit Sharing or Bonuses, Good Benefits, 401k,etc.

Cons

Little space for advancement, once you're in a position it is really hard to move out depending on your work area. Management isn't that great, expect a job, not a career.

Advice to Senior Management

Great company to work for, more POSITIVE interaction between employees and management is needed. General environment regarding safety is outstanding, and it is a great pace to work for once you get past the politics.

Pros

Hire only excellent engineers from top schools. Intelligent colleagues, promoting good collaborations. Senior technical engineers are helpful, willing to help younger new hires.

Cons

Very rigid and conservative. Poor performance feedback. Few opportunities to grow in the company. Everyone cares only about his/her career. New employees (<10 years) carry no weight in the company.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to employees. Take more managed risks. Better career development plan for younger employees. Better appriciate technical experts. Provide more diverse oppotunities to employees.

Pros

i def. like the culture. people.

Cons

it is the work life balance

Pros

- Excellent career path communication
- Good work life balance culture
- Excellent Corporate Culture

Cons

- Very subjective annual employee performance evaluation program
- Some senior managers do not walk the talk of the corporate ethics
- Limited growth opportunities for small countries
- Very secretive attitude toward changes and key corporate issues

Advice to Senior Management

- Keep with the excellent work regarding work and life balance.
- Open the communication with all employees to avoid expeculation regarding future strategic changes.

Pros

salary, compensations, carrers, locations, movings.

Cons

low carreer proyection in the field

Advice to Senior Management

increase the oportunities to some engineers