Marathon Petroleum reviews

Poor leadership from the very top, very paternalistic and even dictator type leadership. Very basic decisions have to be made by the highest ranking employee in the company, which is scary at a Fortune 50 company. The company has survived off its size and favorable market conditions the last several years. They are one downturn from being in serious trouble because there is no focus on process improvement. Very much a “because this is the way we’ve always done it” culture. Lack of efficiency has lead to over staffed administrative functions. Problems are buried by management when brought up. There are way better options out there if you are looking at Marathon, run the other direction as fast as you can.

Marathon has failed to adapt to the post-COVID workplace expectations and the expectations of new generations joining the workforce. Unfortunately, much of leadership remains out-of-touch with what other industries are doing, as they have historically only benchmarked with other oil and gas companies. As a result, really talented people are leaving and it didn't feel like leadership was concerned or that there was any action planning for improving culture and morale. Promotions and compensation are based on years of service/tenure, not necessarily performance. Still a feeling of a good ol' boys club in many areas of the company