Does ExxonMobil pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ExxonMobil employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at ExxonMobil. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ExxonMobil?

62% of ExxonMobil employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ExxonMobil 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ExxonMobil?

Engineer (355) , Analyst (247) , Process Engineer (195) , Intern (180) , Financial Analyst (152) , Project Manager (128) , Business Analyst (118) , Project Engineer (112) , Analista (111) , Supervisor (102) , Software Engineer (91) , Manager (89) , Process Technician (85) , Controller (82) , Cashier (75)

What are the pros of working at ExxonMobil according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but everything else is meh especially when you have a bunch of Type" ((in 701 reviews)); "Great for people who enjoy structured environment and established procedures (ie military)." ((in 552 reviews)); "good Salary Location is fine" ((in 492 reviews)); "Work life balance and good for family" ((in 345 reviews)); "Colleagues great and very willing to to help each other out" ((in 262 reviews))

What are the cons of working at ExxonMobil according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and to much red tape" ((in 403 reviews)); "Long hours and sometimes get slated into roles you have little interest in due to someone quitting even when expressed areas of interest" ((in 116 reviews)); "inexperience of immediate supervisors and lack of focus" ((in 77 reviews)); "Not good to work as contractor and no career path" ((in 71 reviews)); "Too much fat at the top in the IT org: senior management and leadership are clueless and mostly non" ((in 31 reviews))

What are employees saying about ExxonMobil layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about ExxonMobil layoffs and their outlook for job security at ExxonMobil in 2026.

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3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(8,423 total reviews)

Darren Woods

62% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Culture & values

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.0

Senior management

ExxonMobil has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 8,423 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ExxonMobil employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

4.0

Sep 1, 2016

My Career with ExxonMobil

Senior drilling superintendent

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

ExxonMobil was a great company to work for. They afforded me my challenges during my 15 years with them in both domestic and international upstream operations.

Cons

Forced out due to oil and gas prices and there internal ranking system. The ranking system does not work.

1.0

Jun 14, 2016

Toxic company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Extensive benefits and average salary then most companies.

Cons

A lot of transitioning going on moving business out of Canada. Managers and supervisors belittling coworkers. There is a lot of discrimination, harassment and lack of management care. The Ranking system within this company is not fair. Working at Exxon has been a very toxic experience very bureaucratic.

4.0

Sep 18, 2013

Great Experience with the company

It team lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Global career opportunities, good pay with good benefit

Cons

lost face-to-face contact with the team members. The management may not really care about the team members since they are in different countries.

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