Good for the chosen few - IT Project Manager ExxonMobil Employee Review

3.0
Dec 21, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-competitive starting pay -great 401k matching (7%), great pension for those that stay 15+ years -generally high caliber of coworkers -good flexibility for families -easy to coast through a long career with minimal work effort

Cons

- years of managers gaming the ranking system with all the retiring employees has led to 80% of people in the "middle 1/3rd" grouping and 5-10% of people are in the "top 20%" -the only ranking that really matters is your very first one at year 2, all future reviews only result in small movements, and only if your manager has "points to give"

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5.0
Mar 15, 2026
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Pros

Great people and culture - Everyone is nice and wants to do good work.

Cons

Lots of security and locked down tech and hard to find what's available.

4.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great all around compensation - from salary, benefits (401k & pension & flexible work], medical [fantastic] Great people - at the company you understand everyone around is came from being one of the smartest people at their previous job/university. Within IT the overwhelming majority of people really care for you, this feels way more collaborative than competitive. Career Development - lots of opportunities to grow in breadth of experience to get deep in your skills and grow in leadership skills

Cons

Work Politics - being such a large corporation with a lot of history there is a tendency to be work politics/red tape sheerly because of the size of the company. However, it is not really bad if you are willing network , put yourself out there to talk with leaders, and be a normal hard-working enjoyable employee. If you do these two things you will succeed at ExxonMobil.

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