I have just encountered the most incapable employee for a supervisor position I have ever met. This person is a tradesman with no formal education at all. I don't know if they graduated high school but it is apparent they have not. This person cannot form coherent or standard English sentences. Every email from them is like a child wrote it. They like to call and talk and give verbal directions. The talking is even worse with ghetto talk and cursing. Their work plans are a nightmare and there is no order. There is no leadership from this person as well. I guess that is what makes them a good supervisor as they will follow orders blindly. This person doesn't protect their employees and will PIP them at will. Well I was wrong Exxon did pick the best person for the job. This is just one example I have seen many more.
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I was not able to be my best at exxon. I was good at experiment design and process improvements. I was not allowed to do this at exxon. There was another uneducated tradesman that they let do this. The genius had to constantly get help from myself and others in order to do their job. I left exxon after trying to do more and getting told no. I was put in an meaningless position with no career or growth potential. I left after a few years of being passed over. I now work at a different company that values my work and let's me contribute to my full potential. The money was great at exxon but the place drained my soul.
I was the best person for the job. You know how I know? Because I did the work myself and took the time to learn from some of the best. I refined my craft in years and not just in months. The most respected people in the field said I was the best person for the job when I got the job. A few even told me that they were glad they finally have someone competent to talk to. I loved the work and was doing good things for the company.
Only in Exxon would they replace the best person for the job with the worst person for the job. Maybe the person lied about their qualifications? Or the result of a power grab to promote within their in-group. Or the assignment was a stepping stone for the person next career move? At any rate, there was zero interest in listening or understanding.
The company is so steep in office politics that there will never be any recognition of the best person for the job. Politics prevail here. If you are in a similar situation, it’s best to take your skills elsewhere where you are better appreciated for good work. Take control of your career before it’s too late.
It’s every where you go these days in the company. Just matter of time
There was a person hired recently. This person was not supposed to get an interview because they did not have a 4 year degree. We found out they snuck them in under the radar. Several other employees were not hired because of this person. This person was good looking and related to an exxon employee. I was told many years ago I could not get hired until I finished my degree. I left exxon and got an engineering position at another company. I came back to exxon as an engineer. Actually I an more of a project manager than any actual engineering. At the other company I did engineering and fabrication. Not at exxon.
But they ARE the BEST person due to Black Employees Success Team.
The "BEST" person has always been the person that was politically aligned with the message that the Presidents and Vice Presidents wanted to hear.
There are two types of managers and technical staff. The first type always tells upper-level management what upper-level management wants to hear and they always receive the highest merit raises and promotions.
The other type of manager/technical employee tells upper-level management what they NEED to hear and they receive far fewer raises and promotions.
Bottom line: Figure out what upper-level management wants to hear and lie through your teeth if you want to be on the fast-track.
@1srn “Engineering” at Exxon is little more than running basic sizing calculations in static spreadsheets (i.e. without macros) and copy-pasting purchase specs to forward to third party vendors.
I’m sure the OP’s boss is a douche, but the rest of you aren’t exactly gifts to applied science.
It’s all over the company. Most of my former supervisors in EMTEC can’t do basic math much less engineering.
Lots of plagiarism and someone else doing their work for them.
That is CFO qualifications. That person should be moved onwards and upwards quickly.
it's all levels of the company