Number of employees: Pre Exxon & Mobile merger - Exxon + Mobile 123,000/Dec 1998, reached low 69,600/2017, rebounded 74,900/2019, then, 72,000/YE 2020 (continuing 8-10% PIP in next few years). Do the math. I can imagine the restoration of the good old Standard Oil. Would appreciate if anyone can offer a different picture.
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Out of curiosity, I took the time to check OP's numbers. The numbers are publically available and consistent with the post. I'm mighty confused that OP's post got -16 net thumbs down. Could any of the down voters enlighten me with your reasons, pretty please?
@1jfh+1cySPjbT You are the wiser. Love your phrase YOLO (you only live once). LOL
潜水的来说几句，看看这帖子底下的回帖就知道这公司有毒，还年轻的赶紧刷题转码吧，算法题比高考、申请、读博简单多了，别浪费生命。
Long time lurker here. One can easily tell how toxic the culture is by reading this thread. If you are young, practice solving problems on leetcode and switch to tech. Life is short and you only live once.
The Upstream part of the merger was a positive experience. Sounds like your part was not. And I am on earth- spent 40 years of my life learning all about it and exploring it!
In which universe do you live? Joined EM after merger, one could tell (90% of the time) who was what heritage, Mobil people always complained about work processes, were trying to sabotage them, and kept telling how wonderful Mobil was. Exxon technical people were always resentful of Mobil people having higher CLs (gift of the merger) and certain companies - like EMRE- being run by Mobil people like a high school clique (last year there was even a post naming names)
I disagree with your interpretation of a great divide between h-Mobil and h-Exxon. The one thing the company handled well was the merging of the two companies. Technical folks really enjoyed working with each other and the different perceptive that each brought to the table. Since the great PIPs of 2016-2018 and 2020-2021 there are not many people left in the company who were h-Exxon and h-Mobil.
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It's entertaining to read the reactions. Seems more people care about the spelling of "Mobil" vs "Mobile". Next up is Exxon "bought" Mobil. Would be a fail not to mention ra*ial profiling by one person. There are a few well respected factual responses. I can imagine that the OP simply posted factual numbers for all to interpretate on their own as to where EM is heading into. The responses seem to indicate - 1. More people still can't comprehend the future of EM (and what their "career" at EM entails); 2. There is a great divide between h-Exxon and h-Mobil (consistent with what I've observed); 3. D&I has plenty work to do (am not taking sides). Best luck to all!
The right spelling is Movil.
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Ha! So what. It’s called Capitalism. Take a class.
ExxonMobil.
What a dump.
Are you counting maggots, here, or people with a future?
I got 200,000 maggots on BBQ leftovers in my fine tx neighbor's backyard.
And what those numbers don’t show is how many have been moved overseas to low cost locations in the name of saving money.
For those of us who were around in 98-99 Raymond et al were very clear that they wanted us to think of it as a merger. Try to respect both h-Exxon and h-Mobil labels. Unlike BP and Chevron we still have Mobil in our name. I agree that it became apparent as time went on that it was the old Exxon in charge but there was an attempt to have respect for Mobil and what it brought to the table. Now there isn't any respect for anything.
Hilarious. Try to spell Mobil right 100 times, or a thousand times for that matter, to see if it'll save your job. LOL
Not sure what the Standard Oil head count was, but numbers were dropping years before the merger from increased efficiency, automation, computers, etc. and the focus on quality. If oil prices continue to improve perhaps there will be an increase in head count for a few years, but I believe the overall slow reduction in manpower will continue for the reasons mentioned.
This thread is full of the toxicity that permeates this company. Is OP’s font wrong, too? Sheesh, cut him some slack. What a bunch of losers.
He probably thought you couldn't spell. Anybody in ExxonMobil should know it doesn't end in an E.
The restoration of Standard Oil would require buying Chevron and BP. Maybe adding Standard Oil of California via Chevron back into the fold. I don't see a path for BP ( Amocco, Sohio and Arco). FYI at merger we were at 100k and by 2004 80k employees.
Fyi, as you now know, it's Mobil. And it was not a merger, Exxon bought Mobil. However, I don't know the answer to your question! :)
Mobile? Really?
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