Here the Analogy of What goes on at Exxon Mobil.
A card game Bluff is being played with 1 Card Deck (with 2 Jokers = 54 Cards in total) in the Houston Woodlands Conference Room at the large covet table flown from Fairfax office. There are a total of 9 individuals present on increasing authority, 7 of which are playing the car game, while a low ranked working engineer is asked to vacuum the floor and also make it shine.
A “highly ranked” engineer puts down 2 out of 5 cards face down and says here goes my 2 Aces.
Next his supervisor goes here are mine 3 more with face down.
Next goes Section Head with here are mine 4 more with face down, no one challenges the other party. They are all part of the same club!
Next goes DTL with 5 Aces with face down, when one is impressed that deck is now able to produce 5 Aces (along with 2 Jokers).
Next goes Distinguished Engineer with 6 Aces from 5 Cards! Wow, if any one can do it, he certainly can!
Next goes Chief Engineer with 7 Aces out of 5 Cards dealt to him, on one challenges.
There is HR and pubic relations officer are also present in the room, everyone is excited. The atmosphere is magical. Team collectively is able to do miracle, as they say 2 + 2 can be >4 with reat team. So far, they are able to product (7+6+5+4+3+2 = 27 Aces! out of deck of 54=52+2). They rush and immediately inform the VPs and above the Grand Miracle at the Woodlands. Meanwhile, the working engineer looks under the table and find 4 aces face up lying on the floor, he utters “Eureka, look what I found 4 Aces in a deck! And he put it down on the table!” Everyone is upset and immediately comes to a decision that Aces on the floor with the faces up are fake aces. HR person escorts the sweeping engineer out of the room for dishonest and inappropriate conduct.
That pretty well summarizes life at Exxon Mobil.