HR dept needs restructuring..... - Anonymous employee ExxonMobil Employee Review

3.0
15 Jul 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Nicer people compared to other companies - You get to rotate around a lot if you perform well (the same can't be said for all other companies of similar size) - Work/life balance is great for the most part (except for when you're assigned side projects on top of your regular work, for which you don't get extra pay) - Great benefits - Lots of resources for personal/skills development if you know where to look

Cons

- Not able to pave your own career path even if you are a top performer; it's more about work politics than what the employee really wants. - Salary structure is set up in a way where the pay for people in the same team may vary greatly. Feels kind of unfair to see older employees who are not so competent & are assigned less work get paid considerably more - Ranking system allows room for lots of bias on the rankers' part - Most of my managers are more focused on impressing their bosses than actually doing their job well (another flaw of the ranking system). I've seen cases where they don't address major issues (at the expense of subordinates like us) until their bosses take notice of something wrong happening.

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5.0
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Pros

Great people and culture - Everyone is nice and wants to do good work.

Cons

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4.0
30 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great all around compensation - from salary, benefits (401k & pension & flexible work], medical [fantastic] Great people - at the company you understand everyone around is came from being one of the smartest people at their previous job/university. Within IT the overwhelming majority of people really care for you, this feels way more collaborative than competitive. Career Development - lots of opportunities to grow in breadth of experience to get deep in your skills and grow in leadership skills

Cons

Work Politics - being such a large corporation with a lot of history there is a tendency to be work politics/red tape sheerly because of the size of the company. However, it is not really bad if you are willing network , put yourself out there to talk with leaders, and be a normal hard-working enjoyable employee. If you do these two things you will succeed at ExxonMobil.

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