Job Title: Engineer
Location: Houston, TX
Submitted on: 13-Jun-03
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Prior to the merger between Exxon and Mobil, I worked for Mobil and
absolutely loved my job. The pay and bonuses were good, the flexible
work hours were great (including 9/80 work-week), and I had a lot of
freedom in how I did my job as well as a lot of responsibility. All
that changed once Exxon showed up and we were forced to adopt Exxon's
bureaucratic culture. Everything became rules, forms, and politics.
The most commonly heard phrases were "you'll just get fired if you
ever..." and "you have to do things Exxon's way now." All that said, I
actually came into the merger as optimistic as I possibly could have
been - after all - merging 2 companies the size of Mobil and Exxon, you
would think the opportunities would be endless. However, what I found
is that with Exxon's very formal evaluation and assessment process, you
are pre-determined with regards to your ultimate potential and you
raises, promotions, and opportunities hinge on this perceived potential
and ranking. What we found was that by introducing all these Mobil
employees into that system, most were placed in the bottom. I have
seen little promotion of anyone who worked for Mobil. In fact, if you
look at the upper levels of Management, including the board, you will
see that essentially all the former-Mobil employees have retired or
moved into other positions. Obviously, all this doesn't directly
affect prospective employees coming into the new company now, but it
does reflect on the way ExxonMobil treats its employees. I think this
system is purposefully in place, it assures that there will always be a
high-level of attrition and less need for periodic lay-offs. If you
want to come to work for ExxonMobil and be successful, you must be a
type-A aggressive individual. If you are not, it's like driving 35 in
the left-hand passing lane - you're going to get run over.
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