For a large corporation exxon is the run worst. I truly hate the place and people at exxon. The toxicity, gossip, underhanded backstabbing, favoritism,neopotism and extreme bureaucracy are impossible to tolerate. Promotions are based on who you are and how much the supers and managers like you. If you are a snitch also helps with promotion as well. Employees who move up on the backs of others. I have never worked at such a vile, disgusting and evil place in my life. I am on the way out as my ranking is dropping but I don't care. I was constantly told I needed to work harder or longer hours so I did sometimes 60 hours per week. It was never enough though. Meanwhile other employees only worked 35 to 40 hours per week. These others were protected individuals. I was given a good rating while the protected got excellent. It is a totally unfair and rigged system that I am sick of. I am leaving to join a smaller company at 2/3 the pay off exxon. The insurance is better and I get the same amount of vacation. The working environment is not toxic and the employees are happy. There is no forced ranking or pds system. I tolerated 8 years at this he-l hole and cannot take one more day at it.
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@d9 AC is that you?
You have 2 types of people here. Petty and spiteful . They are all mixed with laziness.
@d9 There’s no such thing as a “high performing environment” in the offices of a large O&G company. It’s mediocrity and nepotism all the way up to the C-suite.
Whenever any of you are actually put in a situation where you can’t hide behind bureaucracy, the bubble pops pretty quickly.
It would be less toxic if the people who have titles like VP or LCM or similar would actually take action on removing the toxic managers in their organizations. They are scared to do anything about relatively few individuals making everyone else’s lives miserable. They say they’re leaders but leaders actually take action and make decisions in interest of their organization not just themselves
@OP let me summarize your somewhat longish rant. You are neither smart nor willing to work hard and thus can’t compete in a high performing environment like ExxonMobil. A job as an Uber driver is likely the better option for you.
Never work long hours. OP is right. No one will notice and the hipos don’t work long hours so why should the rest of us!
@br It’s always the pay.
There is no other reason to show up to any job unless you or a family member owns the business.
If you can’t get your brain around this, you will be both miserable and conflicted for the remainder of your working life.
It is not the pay sometimes. It is the mental agony and distress working for a rotten company. It is the fear that you will pi-s the overlords off and be piped out. The toxic environment at exxon is the single most problem. I was once asked by a nameless kiss a s supervisor what motivated me at exxon. They asked was it money,promotion, or the fact that I worked for such a large prestigious company like exxon. I told them the truth that I was motivated by doing great technical work and the ability to improve and innovate. I also said exxon was a joke and totally toxic dysfunctional sh-t hole. I was never really appreciated for the improvements I made at exxon. I was stuck in a section that did not allow innovation or improvement. Everything was this is the way we have done it for years. The process engineers held a tight reign on everything. So I learned to do nothing learned helplessness. Everyone was in cahoots and out for themselves. The company I work at now allows me to innovate and improve processes. I use ideas and solutions I have used at several other companies I have worked at in the past for my new company. Remember one companies trash is another's treasure. i guess was exxon 's trash although baytown smells like a trash heap with lots of rat employees running around the pile. Exxon is a toxic he-l hole evil to the core.
@OP This is every company based in the U.S.
Go where you’re paid well.
You're definitely doing the right thing, too young to keep losing skill opportunities and accept the "golden handcuffs", which are tarnishing now. I see many executive level employees with over double the years you have making exactly the same decision for the same reasons. That is truly telling of real career opportunities going forward. Good luck!