Pros
The size and scope of Exxon's operations make the opportunities to work on leading edge technologies unparallelled. Compensation is generally very competitive with the aim for salaries to fall into the top 25% of comparable jobs in industry. With the strong financial performance in the past couple of years most projects will move forward with cost not being a big obstacle. The international aspects of the work can often be very fascinating. Many projects involve bringing together employees from around the world to accomplish global technology deployments.
Cons
The size of the company and the obscene number of levels of management often make it incredibly difficult to get even seemingly simple tasks accomplished. The ranking system where all employees in a group are ranked from best to worst can often be very political and in a group where all of the members are strong performers inevitably there are staff who