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A few words about ExxonMobil (*)

On October 15, 2002 the President of Esso Italiana S.r.l., on behalf of ExxonMobil Corporation wrote to my provider to cancel all references to ExxonMobil included in my website Rome in the footsteps of an XVIIIth century traveller. This website included four pages (out of 500) containing my views on the current management style in ExxonMobil.

ExxonMobil would like many of us to behave as.....


In order to stop ExxonMobil please drop a line to these gentlemen (or to any other person you think it may be appropriate):
Dott. Gian Maria Paolo Sorrenti - President of Esso Italiana Srl (in English or Italian)
Mr. Max Presseisen - European Downstream Controller (in English or French or Dutch)

I worked for Exxon for more than 35 years, but the new management style after the merger with Mobil forced me out of work. In general what I noticed was a growing level of cynicism and hypocrisy: both typical symptoms of a centralized bureaucratic organization.
In the following pages I tried to express my views about ExxonMobil:
Cleopatra's nose and Lee's lips
system of management
legal structure
compliance with company policies.

(*) The words ExxonMobil, Exxon and Mobil are used in a generic sense. I actually worked since January 1, 1966 for Esso Standard Italiana Spa, subsequently renamed Esso Italiana Spa and Esso Italiana Srl. On April 5, 2001 I was notified that my contract had been sold on January 1, 2001 to another company named ExxonMobil Mediterranea Srl (previously a subsidiary of Mobil). Four days after this notification I left the company. Therefore I never had any direct legally binding agreement with Exxon Corporation or ExxonMobil Corporation.


Note: for my Italian provider and for those who are interested in legal matters (sorry these files are in Italian: their legal jargon cannot be properly translated):

Letter written by ExxonMobil on October 15, 2002 - page 1 (PDF File - Italian)
Letter written by ExxonMobil on October 15, 2002 - page 2 (PDF File - Italian)
Letter written by ExxonMobil on October 15, 2002 - (html file - Italian)
My reply to ExxonMobil on October 29, 2002 - (html file - Italian)


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