I recently left exxon after several years of anguish. The last couple of years were unbearable for me. I was on mental health leave for the last 6 months and finally resigned. I cannot get over the persecution and harassment I recieved at exxon. I feel that every where I work from now on will be as bad as exxon. I have not looked for work because of this fear. I have many skills and could land a job easily but my fear keeps me from applying. It has only been about 5 months since I have left and I still have nightmares and bad thoughts about my time at exxon. My therapist says it will take time to heal and forget about the trauma. I recently had lunch with some old co workers and of course they brought up the supervisors and managers which tormented me. I fell into a deep depression because I was reminded of the past. It has gotten better but I still have days where I fixate on the horrific experience. I was advised to find a new job to occupy my mind and this could help my recovery. For those of you who think I am exaggerating I was the victim of s-xual harassment and verbal abuse by a male boss. HR investigated and of course found no hard evidence or wrong doing. It was my word against his and he won. The witness who saw the harassment did not collaborate my story as she feared for her job. This monster is still employed by exxon and probably will retire with a nice pension while I have to find a new career. All of the male supervisors and managers at exxon are perverts. They all want to talk to the young pretty girls and sit on the desks. Pay attention next time a pretty woman enters the room see all the males flock to her like flies to honey. Some female employees use this to their advantage but I chose not to. As one poster said "there is something seriously wrong at exxon".
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The same happened to me. I was scared of reporting my manager to HR. He was management and safe. He was a pl----y and always flirting with female employees
Probably just stay home and get disability.
It isn’t just women who are se-----y harassed
As an experienced hire "outsider," I can assure you that not every company is like EM. This is absolutely the worst company at which I've ever worked. WAEM is a joke. Toxic behavior is ignored or rewarded. A bizarro world where logic is suspended and human decency or polite behavior is not expected or required. Hope you find a new company soon. Best of luck to you.
Wow sad story. I went through the same verbal toxic abuse but left after only a few years. I knew it was never going to get better for me. Sorry you had to go through this and time will heal you. Once you get away from exxons toxicity you will feel much better. Time heals all wounds.