Management is really inept - Process Operator ExxonMobil Employee Review

1.0
Jul 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Salary is good. Bonus is more or less fixed. Benefits are good. There is a lot of emphasis on safety.

Cons

Management at the lowest level at least is generally inept, especially at managing the people they oversea. The ones promoted into management from NMPT are mostly yes-men, who don't rock the boat at the expense of the staff they oversea. The ones who do challenge the system to improve the workings of the company are overlooked for protons and kept at the bottom where they will "cause the least trouble". Impossible to plan and take leave due to shift schedule, and there is no room for negotiation, even when there is a surplus of staff, leave will only be approved at the last minute in case anyone takes medical leave. Non- management staff are treated like children and are punished freely using warning letters, delays in promotion, withholding pay increments, performance bonus. Frequently non-management staff are made to take the fall for plant failures. Safety is encouraged but are too stifling, making it difficult to get any job done. At the junior management level safety is only implemented as a farce and not believed in by lower management who push such initiatives by higher management just so they don't seem to be troublemakers. Bad place to work, all the good staff leave.

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5.0
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Pros

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

Cons

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4.0
Jun 30, 2026
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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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