ExxonMobil reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(8,433 total reviews)
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61% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

ExxonMobil has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 8,433 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ExxonMobil employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Dec 21, 2018

Good for the chosen few

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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"

3.0
Aug 9, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

You get a lot of really great experience. You meet a lot of very intelligent people. You get to travel quite a bit if you're willing to do so.

Cons

Exxon Drilling expects a lot out of you if you work there. If you are not a white male with a stay at home wife, it will be very hard for you to succeed specifically in Drilling. None of the minorities stay longer than 5 years and very few females stay in drilling. It's seen as a nuisance if you take time off to have kids or need to pick up your children because you're in a dual career relationship. All the men I worked with had stay at home wives that took care of all personal things while the men could dedicate themselves to their career. Most of the men then don't know how to work with women in the office because fundamentally they believe women should be at home caring for their men and children. It's very frat boy mentality. I was once told to be more "vanilla" at work. Majority of "drillers" are going to be hardcore Republicans that expect everyone else to be as well. Don't even think you'll get 9/80's or 4/10's with Exxon Drilling US. They may have that in Canada or other parts of the world but if you're based in Houston, you will NEVER get that. Bottom line: drilling is an operationally driven department and if you're not willing to dedicate your life to working long hours and relocating your family every 3-5 years to different parts of the world, you should go somewhere more work life balance friendly.

2.0
Oct 19, 2015

Bad Culture

Recommend
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Pros

- You get paid very well - You can usually stay employed there for life if you want to and are competent in your job - The medial and 401k benefits are hard to beat.

Cons

- Very hostile workplace culture. The ranking system for engineers makes everyone very competitive and unwilling to assist their coworkers. - Your coworkers don't feel "like family". People don't look out for each other. - You are expected to work ridiculous hours in most engineering positions. If you have endeavors outside of work that take up significant amounts of time, this isn't the company for you.

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