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Same with DW
I know of some folks that married into xom, most are subpar. You can tell why the uni recruiter skipped them.
That guy was an @$$#0LE when he worked at BTRF
I just hired on. At a company that has really good policies against nepotism. They even talk about it openly so it is not a shunned topic like at the dinosaur xom
Really shouldn't matter much longer.
Recruiting your own children into ExxonMobil - isn't it called Munchhausen Syndrome?
Did you give them the Kool-Aid too?
Definitely a problem. I have personally seen family ties used in hiring decisions.
We live the dream of meritocracy in America and most of us believe in it. Yet all around us we see the exceptions. We see it in college legacies. We see it in the politics and even WH.
It kept on happening in EM and still is. There are leadership teams with almost 1/3 “legacies”. All these must have the oil gene. Who knows?
One more bubble to break like the “best and brightest”!
We have a married couple working with us. The female was a contractor and worthless but the manager had a hard on for her. Even with her flaws she was hired with objections by the interviewers. fast forward one year later and she was bugging the new manager to hire her husband. Next thing the husband is hired. He was a firecracker rude and aggressive. I was not fair to the other hires because the female helped her husband with training and support. The other new hires were left to their own to learn the exxon ways.
In the past few years, nepotism was alive and well in Baytown. Several kids of executives are fast tracking through the complex. A couple of the kids are good but several are undeserving and should be purged as NSI. One was notorious for breaking down in meetings but it didn’t stop her progression to supervisor and then an advisory role at the campus.
This is a Layoff board, OP.
What does nepotism have to do with that?
If you got a gripe in that area and you think it cost you a job, then come out with your story.
Maybe one of many lawyers reading all this will get the scent.
How about all the married couples? They are everywhere!
If you had to power to save your sons or daughters job, wouldn’t you do it? That’s what I thought so stfu!
@1htu+17laMhvJ is sonny boy riding his dad’s coattails or daddy propping up his son.
Either way an axxhole.
Whether promoting blood relatives or just proteges - management seems incapable of making an honest appraisal of what is good for the company vs what is good for their empire building.
@1htu+17laMhvJ - family tradition? Inbreeding of ideas and culture is a better way to describe it. This is one the reasons XOM is in this pitiable condition today.
I agree with @1htu+17laMhvJ.
The company considers the 'legacy' aspect for faithfulness points.
I've known several 3rd-generation field folks, for example.
For the tech/desk jobs, it's a little more sketchy, but even then only counts for some points overall.
I don't think it will continue much longer in either ops or thems.
If I ever have children, this is the last place I'd send them for shelter.
Have to admit also - my dad help get me my first job with his company.
He was a latex salesman for VanDerLay Industries.
Thanks, Pops!
I dont think this is an issue. It is actually good to have family tradition. Yes, there were a few cases where father helped his son but for this big company it happens. Lets be fair and not blame everything