Exxon is a dysfunctional hellhole that is like bizarro world. Everything is run absurdly at exxon. Employees that are connected and favorites are given promotions. Supervisors are the types that would ki-l their own mother to get ahead. Think about your true performance compared to others in the company and is it true? Are you truly as worthless as exxon deems you to be? The answer is most cases is no. Exxon tries to motivate and scare its employees by fear tactics and intimidation. Employees are encouraged to outdo and tell on other employees. Gossip is rampant and perception is paramount. The friends and families are all connected and well protected at exxon. Exxon will try to break you down and destroy your self-esteem and dignity. Once you escape and leave this horrible place you can finally see the truth. It is like being trapped in prison or a bad relationship because it is all you know. If you can find a normal company to work for where you can excel and be your best you can see the difference. What kind of crazy company would hold an employee back and not use them to their fullest potential just because they were not a favorite or chosen? Would it not make sense for exxon to use the talents of its employees to their fullest potential? This is the true evil of exxon and the dysfunction. The ranking system is fixed and hardworking talented employees are destroyed and piped every year. Exxon is not a good place to work and is detrimental to your health. Escape if you can before you are in to deep and ruined.
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@OP " ki-l their own mother to get ahead." You nailed it
My point is exxon sux and is not normal. Stay if you like the torture and money otherwise escape and keep your sanity.
And water is wet. What’s your point? 🤣
I knew this in 2013 when they started letting go of USP sites after XTO took them over. Watched fellow coworkers turn on each other. Rather spend hours dwelling on how to control people and their outcomes than growing people and the business. I’m just counting it down. I’m embarrassed to say where I work
I agree with OP. As an experienced hire and former consultant to many different kinds of companies/industries, I can tell you that the ExxonMobil culture is like no other and not in a good way. it's definitely bizarro. Knowledge/skills are seen as threats and the politics are both rampant and toxic. Counting the days until I can leave this pit of despair.
Look, this isn’t some grand conspiracy where the evil management is somehow coordinating a culture of oppression. The culture is the natural outcome of a company that has passed on growth projects as it rests on its past Guyana luck. No good projects in the pipeline, no need to develop and retain a deep bench of good people. Darren decided to harvest the company rather than generate value. That’s all there is to it.