1. Evaluation System
Each year you must bring 3 major achievements and your performance is classified in a non transparent ranking system.
Management has to give negative evaluation to bottom 5% performers in given category each year. If people in your category perform great, someone still has to receive negative evaluation.
You can be evaluated by someone who is not your supervisor and get high rank because of visibility or projects you were lucky to join although your contributions was small, while ither who are amazing at their job could get negative evaluation due to lack of visibility.
2. Layoffs, uncertainty & propaganda
As of 2024 things changed sharply and although management praises itself and the amazing working culture, mentoring and career opportunities in ExxonMobil:
- there is hiring freeze;
- management prevent people from moving depending on their department;
- you do networking and people decides that they want to get you in their team but management won’t allow it;
- moving to other positions is only possible if management finds someone coming back from maternity or within the company willing to move to your entry level position nobody wants;
- you are being told that you are negative or not good enough for other roles, while in reality there is a plan to not move people in your team;
- cringe activities like branding fridays & fake loyalty matter more than actual work;
- there is no room for opposition or different ideas;
- everybody knows that new made decisions will have negative impact on either business or people’s career or both but no room for negative talks;
3. Office drama, misbehaviours and unprofessionalism is willingly unaddressed by the management. In most cases, toxic people even get promoted while you will be stuck in your role for ages.
4. Management style
Management is definetely inspires by soviet leaders. No opposition, no room for different ideas, only room for praising management decision, even layoffs are good if you listen to them.
Supervisors are puppets of the management and midgets compared to managers, which are far more competent and aware, although they are sharks.
