If you had known what it was like to work for ExxonMobil, what would you tell your younger self? Would you have accepted the offer? If no, what did you learn from the experience?
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Yes, because my first 10 years of experience were amazing. However, I would have managed my finances such that I could have left after 10 years to do some thing else.
Always have a plan B and be ready to commit to it.
Maybe it’s the same troubled Malaysian woman that likes to change results and time sheets to bolster whatever half truths she likes to feed up the chain.
@1anj+1uBlXPJk - hey! The guy you’re talking about didn’t come from Dow Chemical did he? And then become the manager of Applied Research in Lubes R&D in Clinton? Because he certainly fits the profile: takes credit for all of your work, su-ks up to management, and contributes nothing except fancy PowerPoint presentations and unworkable “plans”.
I think he’s something big in Fuels and Lubes R&D management now. Just another symptom of how the mighty ExxonMobil has fallen.
It is sad, but what I learned is to watch my back. Trust no one. Some will try to “friend” you only to use you as a stepping stone for their career. “Colleagues” will steal ideas and other’s work with little to no credit given. One of my former boss literally copied my accomplishments even when he had nothing to do with the work. Co-workers are not your friends and a company is not family.
Would not have taken the offer. Thought is was the beginning of something good, turned out to be the end of my career.
Run Forest Run
The company in the 1960's and 1970's was a dream-come-true place to work. It was respected by other companies, employees trusted one another in the workplace, and hard work was recognized and rewarded. The company was full of people who carried forward their values and morals from earlier eras, survivors of the Great Depression and WW2. Many cultural changes and shifts since then find us where we are today, with leaders who place a higher value on greed and selfishness versus trust and respect. When basic trust disappears, it's not hard to understand why no believes what the leaders tell them.
I can't complain. I've gotten everything I wanted from this company. But the good times are over and I must move on. There's no future here. But I don't complain about my stay at Exxon. I've learned a lot, I've made good money, I've profited from Exxon as much as I could. Now I need another job. But no complaints from my side.
No way I would have come to Exxon. At first it was great until they assigned a troubled narcissistic Malaysian woman as our manager. It then became a he-l hole
It was fine when I first joined except for a few toxic individuals. Then they brought in this external hire who promised a lot of things. They gave him his first management job to supervise me and others. Told lies and embellished information. No clue of what he was doing. He would throw his mother off the bus and sell his soul to the devil to get his promotion. But always his best face on to execs that he should be management material. I sold have quit once he was assigned as my supervisor. That would have saved me the mental stress and the damage from all the lies he told.
Company doesn’t care when they assign unqualified individuals to jobs. There is no mechanism to report on dirtbags. It’s all about politics and they move them around to do more damage.
Company was a great place to work for a while - great people, interesting assignments, fun to sell or be on campus, etc. The merger changed everything (I am hMobil) as we became a risk averse, command and control, ranking and rating dominated culture. Covid was the final tipping point for me with management making a lot of stupid, short sighted decisions not to mention the shift to woke culture about the same timeframe. I would not join today's ExxonMobil, but I really enjoyed the 90"s and 00,'s version of the company. Final thought ... Darren is a dxxk and makes life miserable for all
I would have left in the COVID Exxodus as soon as they gave the lump sum pension option for non retiree resignations. Leaving and cashing out on a years worth of vacation and lump sum at a time of low interest rates and low stock prices with a hot job market.
I would decline my offer.
Everything @1vtt+1uBlXPJk said is true. They dump insane amount of work on experienced hires. Then gaslight you into believing you are not good enough. Su-k you dry and sp-t you out. Even after 10 years they still call you an experienced hire like you don’t belong.
If you are not careful, this place can damage mental health and ruin a career.
First of all, XOM was a different company before 2020, I would be more than happy to join that XOM. For the XOM after 2020, no thanks. I wouldn't even apply
No, I would have declined my offer
Used to have work life balance
Well recognized in my previous job
Good raise
Move to a different job was a challenge so I thought at Exxon I would have a world of opportunities
This is wrong specially my case that I was experiencing hire
I left as soon as my 401k vested
Experience hire will never be a “real” employee. Even after 10hrs people still care if you experience hire or not.
Culture can be good for the brainwashed people but for anyone coming from outside you figure out very fast that this place is not healthy
Yes, I would take the offer again. However, as an experienced hire, I would negotiate my salary more and I would have heavily questioned and challenged my incoming CL. Your incoming CL is critical as an experienced hire.
I would have taken the job offer from Apple, even though they were being cheap with relocation.
Your network is sometimes more important than your accomplishments so make an effort to attend events, mentor programs, and do coffee chats.
XTO here. If I would have known my XTO peers were going to sacrifice me after the buy i would have been gone!