ExxonMobil reviews

If you're not in the top 20% of the ranking and more specifically the top ranked individuals after 5-10 years your career slows down very quickly as do the raises and promotions. The ranking system is not perfect and management perception can carry more weight than performance, even though management says that's not the case. Folks have been held back from promotions that are ranked at the top due to lack of visibility (visibility is position dependent and not due to lack of performance or capability, and can not easily be factor into the ranking system. Or a manager 1-2 levels above has no real direct experience with an individual yet discredits them for some small reason hurting raise/promotional opportunities). It is very hard to advance on a technical career path, and many technical folks become frustrated when their management development peers quickly accelerate through promotions and raises without much differentiation in ability or contribution. Work life balance is not encouraged or rewarded. It's considered normal to work 10-12 hour days. Many employees feel that this leads to folks who can stay at work that many hours regular get promoted faster. Folks who are not placed into high visibility roles can often be prioritized resources, development, and oversight from management leading to a sink or swim environment. Leading to a lack of visibility and resources to accomplish work which is then unfairly reflected in the rankings. With the great diversity every year of the incoming hiring classes, it's interesting to see a serious lack of diversity in the site management team (mostly white men, a few women, and slim to no minorities). No internal job postings. You're held responsible to drive career discussion with your supervisor. Then job moves are generally communicated to employees less than 2 weeks in advance, and if they aren't align with the employee's desires there's very little time time to work alternatives without a feeling of that potentially hurting your career.

This used to be a good to place to work, not the greatest company for innovation, creativity or teamwork but the trade off was a stable “hire to retire” culture with solid business fundamentals, focus on safety and the chance of working with experienced and solid professionals. Yes you had to deal with a ranking system that destroyed any attempt of having a collaborative environment, and culture was focused on following procedures and working for complying with internal audits instead of fostering new ideas and teamwork, but working hard was typically rewarded and you could count on a long term career… Everything dramatically changed the last couple of years, ranking system was redesigned to make it easier to place employees at the bottom, you could be a sustained good performer for 5+ years and suddenly end up being offered a 3 lay off package for having had a “bad year”. There have been layoffs all across functions and affiliates, and the company demanded employees to return to the office back as early as May 2020, when pandemic was still at its peak… Environment became toxic and morale is at its lowest, and key benefits also took a hit. This has been a fundamental shift away from what used to be company core values, and a real shame. Unless this is your only option, I would discourage anyone to join EM at the moment.