Interesting Experience - Anonymous employee ExxonMobil Employee Review

3.0
Jul 28, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Extremely competitive pay, opportunity to work with some very smart people, constant flow of challenges

Cons

Very political, Very cut-throat, high-stress/pressure work environment, diversity is not valued what so ever. ExxonMobil's culture is not for everyone, did not meet that many friendly people, it's all about business 24/7. They stress the importance of work-life balance, however the amount of work and hours required does not align with this claim at all. Additionally, favoritism is extremely high. If you are in the out-group expect to leave shortly. Finally, there is absolutely ZERO tolerance for mistakes, which places heavy restrictions on comfortable growth and learning opportunities. Best of luck if you decide to pursue a career here.

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5.0
Mar 15, 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

Lots of security and locked down tech and hard to find what's available.

4.0
Jun 30, 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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