ExxonMobil is a good place to start in the oilfield. - Rig Supervisor ExxonMobil Employee Review

3.0
Nov 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good training, decent pay, good travel benefits, good time off, rigs all over the world. The benefits are also great in terms of insurance, 401k match, and pension.

Cons

Very political system; your job promotion depends more on brown nosing to your boss than reaching TD. Also, it takes an act of God to vary from the drilling program. The only way to get anything done is to keep it quiet. There are WAY too many rules. The US military works because they empower their sergeants. Exxon pretends to be the military, but they just managed to get the bureaucracy part.

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5.0
Mar 15, 2026
Recommend
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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
CEO approval
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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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