How's the atmosphere at ExxonMobil? Evaluating a data scientist opportunity there. What's a good TC for data scientist with 3 years experience at Exxon?
If you’re coming from Tech it’s going to be a shock. Company is very rigid with a ton of oversight on a lot of things. The safety culture in office setting is comical and RIDICULOUS. I get the feeling we are significantly behind tech in the data science space. Most of the high level managers don’t have a firm grasp of what a data scientist does, they see it as a black box buzz word that makes them money. Exxon does not give bonus/RSU unless you are ranked very high. For PHD, 160k TC straight salary with 3 yr would be good. It goes very far in Houston.
80% of the data scientist are self taught with online classes. Science in ExxonMobil is "disposable" you will do something today that nobody cares about in three months. Your managers are clueless about your skills and qualifications, they are just administrators, managing people and budgets, and showing PowerPoints to their bosses and self promoting their own careers. This is not a strong skill meritocracy, it's a "soft-skills-cracy", if you know how to smooch you'll be a rock star.
Thanks! Im curious to know if this is the general data science environment in non tech.
Lol I’ve worked for them for 2 years now
I think it’s pretty accurate. Slow, behind the times and pays very well
I second @sexyrexy Exxon is way behind in technology and very rigid in their process which wastes a lot of $$
Not where you want to be for data science. I was there for a while and you will feel like you travelled back in time
In short, not a good place to be a data scientist. Only one exception: you have an engineering background but want to do data science for your career, but could not land your first job in tech industry, then it MIGHT be a good choice for you because: 1. You will have the opportunity to get exposure to data science problems 2. You will have ok pay 3. You will have a lot of time to learn DS and prepare for your next real DS role
The atmosphere is full of CO2 and cow farts
Big facts 💯