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Updated 3 Dec 2023

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Found 8,556 of over 10K reviews
3.6
65% Recommend to a Friend
ExxonMobil Chairman & CEO Darren Woods
58% Approve of CEO

Found 1,125 of over 10K reviews

3.6
65%
Recommend to a Friend
58%
Approve of CEO
ExxonMobil Chairman & CEO Darren Woods
Darren Woods
2,722 Ratings

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Pros
  • "Good benefits such as bonuses and health(in 634 reviews)
  • "Good pay and ability to move up(in 483 reviews)
  • "Great for people who enjoy structured environment and established procedures (ie military).(in 463 reviews)
  • "good Salary Location is fine(in 396 reviews)
  • "Work life balance and good for family(in 275 reviews)
Cons
  • "Poor management and ranking system(in 319 reviews)
  • "Management promotes a toxic culture(in 226 reviews)
  • "Bad managers who just follows the system or rules to manage its people.(in 124 reviews)
  • "Long hours and sometimes get slated into roles you have little interest in due to someone quitting even when expressed areas of interest(in 99 reviews)
  • "inexperience of immediate supervisors and lack of focus(in 69 reviews)

Reviews about "pay and benefits"

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    1. 4.0
      9 Apr 2022
      Civil Engineer
      Current Employee, more than 3 years
      Houston, TX
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great pay for a civil engineer that can't be beat working for traditional civil engineering companies. Good work/life balance (most people get into the office by around 8am, and the parking garage is cleared out by 5pm). Good flexibility in working remotely if needed for doctor appointments, etc. Great networking opportunities within the company and you can have fun playing the corporate 'game.' You get a new position every 2-3 years so never get pigeon holed into doing only 1 thing.

      Cons

      Everybody in my group quit (a trend these days), so my hours have been closer to 12+ hr days. Honestly I'm just not passionate about oil and gas. The pay can't be beat if you're a civil engineer, which is why I decided to give the job a chance. I'm actively looking for jobs elsewhere now because I can't scratch the itch for wanting to work on a civil infrastructure or building construction project (the reason I chose to get my degree in civil engineering).

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      1. 2.0
        23 Aug 2023
        Upstream Business Advisor
        Former Employee, more than 5 years
        Spring, TX
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        Pros

        Pay is good but everything else is meh especially when you have a bunch of Type-A thinking they are the smartest people in the world.

        Cons

        You have to work for Exxon.

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        1. 2.0
          4 Jun 2020
          Anonymous Employee
          Former Employee, less than 1 year
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          Pros

          Good hours and rate of pay

          Cons

          Treated like your 5, managers think they are gods given gift. Way too many procedure and rules. Have the staff don’t know what they can and can’t do as there are so many conflicting rules. Job role is very boring and not busy!

          1
          1. 4.0
            12 Nov 2012
            Senior Staff Engineer
            Current Employee, more than 10 years
            Houston, TX
            Recommend
            CEO Approval
            Business Outlook

            Pros

            Excellent work volume & work type. Great place to develop competencies & gather industry experience other Oil companies are willing to pay a premium for. Top notch in Operations Integrity & Safety.

            Cons

            Managed from top down. Little room for innovation.

            1. 5.0
              17 Oct 2010
              Financial Analyst
              Current Employee
              Fairfax, VA
              Recommend
              CEO Approval
              Business Outlook

              Pros

              At my location, the people with whom I work are very friendly, helpful, and team spirited. There are a lot more team building activities than I had expected before I started working here. There is a great focus on safety in the workplace, and the company is committed to ensuring its employees' wellbeing. The pay is competitive within the industry and has a lot of potential to grow according to your performance.

              Cons

              The company ranks its employees but doesn't share your specific place in rank to you. They will tell you what bracket in which you fall (top third, bottom third etc), and your compensation is tied to your rank position. (This is only a con for the poor performers!)

              1
              1. 4.0
                10 Apr 2010
                Territory Manager
                Current Employee
                Recommend
                CEO Approval
                Business Outlook

                Pros

                -Solid pay (just graduated school and I make more than any of my friends) -Solid benefits (pension plan...if you can make it that long) -Opportunity to travel and rack up frequent flyer/hotel points -Work from home in this position

                Cons

                -Secretive ranking and promotion process -Not innovative at all -Doesn't foster creativity -Moves you around to different jobs and different cities every ~2 years and you have no say in where you go or what you do. Many employees in their 50s have lived in 13 different cities with XOM...not uncommon. XOM doesn't understand that this doesn't fit the mold of younger generations. -Bureaucratic

                1. 3.0
                  15 Dec 2013
                  Storehouse Technician
                  Former Employee, more than 10 years
                  Baton Rouge, LA
                  Recommend
                  CEO Approval
                  Business Outlook

                  Pros

                  Good compnay to work for..pays very good money..if you take full advantage of all their investment programs you can retire a millionaire

                  Cons

                  Very political, it's who you knoiw, not what you know

                  1. 2.0
                    26 Oct 2021
                    Engineer
                    Former Employee, more than 3 years
                    Houston, TX
                    Recommend
                    CEO Approval
                    Business Outlook

                    Pros

                    culture of high integrity. very competent and smart people who gets things done. great pay and prestige. great Employee Resource group. safety first.

                    Cons

                    the force ranking system creates bad incentives and penalize employees who have a bad year. It also forces people to be the same assertive, A-type personality to climb the ranking. It is also used unfairly to lay people off without calling it a layoff. No work life balance. I quote from a former supervisor "ExxonMobil load up your plate to 120%, and you have to decide is most important to get done". For me that often means stay in the office after hours to catch up. My decision to say no and leave the office at 4 to have more time with the family did not help my ranking.

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                    1. 2.0
                      1 Mar 2021
                      Process Engineer
                      Current Employee, more than 1 year
                      Fawley, Hampshire, South East England, England
                      Recommend
                      CEO Approval
                      Business Outlook

                      Pros

                      Good place to learn & develop. Strong starting salary (although pay currently frozen and yearly increments lower than industry standard)

                      Cons

                      Shocking culture of blaming employees Poor reliability blamed on employees working from home during a pandemic despite years of underinvestment. Actively making people redundant resulting in excessive workload. Minimal plans to address climate change and no acknowledgement of fault in the Exxon Knew scandal. Poor local environmental performance of Fawley site.

                      1
                      1. 5.0
                        25 Oct 2017
                        Anonymous Intern
                        Former Intern
                        Recommend
                        CEO Approval
                        Business Outlook

                        Pros

                        Pays very well and was a good learning experience.

                        Cons

                        I was expecting to get a position more related to my major.

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