Everybody should join Exxon right out of school and stay here for a couple of years just for a chance to live out in person all the bad management decisions they've learned about from business books. Then they can move on to a place where they can actually see how a company with good management functions - because they certainly won't see that here.
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@1ahp+198igPsM Says who? What.......
Have you worked anywhere else for comparison? This is not my experience. I would say exxon is middle of the pack and some cases perhaps lower because the risk adverse behaviors.
As someone who did just that (joined ExxonMobil out of school, worked for them for about 3 years, and then moved on to a better employer), I agree with this statement 100%. I was grateful I had the initial experience with ExxonMobil that I did (worked for them at a time when they were still top of the industry and the culture wasn't completely toxic) and still keep in touch with many of my colleagues from there. That being said, my last team there had very poor management, and it was clear that it wasn't worth the misery to stay around for the duration of my assignment. Leaving was one of the best personal and professional decisions I ever made.
I've moved around in multiple assignments with my current employer, and I've always found it very valuable to have my initial ExxonMobil experience to reflect back on as a comparison point for new roles and situations (particularly situations where I'm faced with political obstacles or poor leadership/management behaviors). In almost every case, it allows me to see the "grass is still greener" with my current employer and to recalibrate my perceptions.
It used to be very good in the past but it has deteriorated over time. I used to ‘lived’ during the good old days and we worked with pride and recognised by the public. I recalled, during one of few business trips to US then, when the Immigration Officer at the US airport asked for my purpose of my trip to US and I mentioned that I am here for a meeting as an ESSO employee, he gladly stamped my passport without any further question and gave me a friendly smile. I am not sure, after all this episode, will it be the same.
Further more, it was unheard off, any employee spoke bad about the Company. I hope for the company to engage a “ESSO” historian and analyse what has gone wrong and correct it to it’s glorious days of the past. I certainly wish well for the Company, even though I have being ‘forced’ out of the Company after 40+ years with the Company and I have lived through the good times and the really “bad” time of the present. I am thankful for the good time and feel sad for the present ‘bad’ times, especially for the current batch of employees where there is so much uncertainty about job security. So much said, take care and if you have any say in the Company, I hope you will stand up and ‘helped’ the Company back to it’s glorious days..
😦 it is hard to believe even an xom manager would make this comment. Emotional Intelligence? Score through the roof? Clearly this is not true.
“They are very insightful and score through the roof when it comes to Emotional Intelligence”
Hahahahahahaha
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Exxon Management is in a Best Anywhere Quality Class. They are very insightful and score through the roof when it comes to Emotional Intelligence. The speed at which the management responds to marketplace conditions is unparalleled in the industry. The management can only be described in the most reverent of terms.
Work at some places in ExxonMobil or its CSR facility in Clinton NJ.
After this inhumane experience, any other job will make you happy and every human you work with will seem more intelligent, sincere and honest.