Seeing some weird stuff at a US manufacturing site. “Interim” titles, DH’s in “interim” manager roles, DH positions being left unfilled. Is anyone else seeing this? Is it finally happening? Clearing out the DH deadwood?

XOM posted record profits for Q2, mostly due to the steep rise in prices and company scale. No matter how well the company does, I'm still glad I resigned on my own terms in 2021. A few reminders: Company took away the 401k match with zero heads... — read more 

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Tendered my resignation letter last week and the manager gave me a counter offer - 30% higher salary and a move to a better job assignment with greener prospect with immediate effect. Should I take the counter offer or is this a trap?

Has attrition slowed down or you seeing a resurgence now with the PIPs and NSI messages coming out.

I got PIPed in July two years ago, though I had good performance feedback from those I served. It was because I was "old" ExxonMobil manager after thanking me in April 2020 for excellent work, in July said I am placed in PIP. I got three options -... — read more 

Dallas reported at our 2Q2022 quarterly report that our breakeven price in 2019 was $45 per barrel and our current 3Q2022 breakeven price was $41 per barrel after several asset sales and $6 billion in OPEX saving. Our goal is to get to $35 per... — read more 

I wonder how much of that will come the employees' way.

Do people feel safe all of a sudden?

Ways to get promoted at xom, work hard where there are a few, the the is be a yes man or woman or suck up good to management which is what they like best, I’ve seen some sorry individuals get promoted this way.

Question: when was the last time any engineer at Exxon did any actual engineering? Excluding trivial case studies, It’s been years since anybody working there has published anything. New designs? Improved processes? Automation? You’ve got nothing:::... — read more 

What did you think? Felt like school recess and our leader rather quiet.

Anyone have any insights?

When EM hired an outsider to be CFO, she was awarded millions in EM stock then 5 months later another huge amount of EM stock such that she was compensated more that $12 million in first 5 months at EM. These are traceable by SEC filings. This was... — read more 

What makes people still work beyond expectations, help company “break records” while you know the company is not going to reward you, and in fact is only going to benefit the top people?

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Is there a study? Rumors all over the place... any reliable sources?

The best financial results of all time. Minting money. And having fun...

Annika Kim Constantino - Yesterday 8:00 AM www.cnbc.com It can be easy to overlook the quiet person in the room. But they may actually harbor qualities that can make them great leaders, according to Susan Cain. Cain, a best-selling author and one... — read more 

Source: www.statista.com 25 July 2022 Based on an employee survey by McKinsey & Company in Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, United Kingdom, and the United States With employees in the United States quitting their jobs voluntarily at a rate 25... — read more 

How long after NSI ranking do you have to decide to work thru a PIP versus take the PIL

EM could be the pinnacle of all companies if every employee felt empowered, valued, secure, motivated, well compensated, respected, and trusted. Forced Ranking combined with mandatory PIP percentages destroys all the pillars mentioned... — read more 

For half a decade I was always the reliable person at BMRF/BMCP. Kept a low profile, always responded to emails on time, always got my critical tasks done and always executed on my projects. I got praise and my ranking was always pretty decent. 2020... — read more 

Used to be a company of engineers leading engineers. Now HR makes all the decisions - even overriding ranking decisions to support their agenda.

Can someone explain how I produced more work this go around and dropped 4 categories? was told all year long to just keep doing what I did the year before, wtf??

https://cen.acs.org/sections/global-top-50.html We used to be #1 or #2 in petrochemicals. 25 July 2022 #1 BASF #2 Sinopec #3 Dow #4 SABIC #5 Formosa Plastics #6 Ineos #7 PetroChina #8 LyondellBassell Industries #9 LG Chem #10 ExxonMobil #11... — read more 

I do not think that I am the best and most productive employee, but I know at least 10 who are really lazy and do nothing, and yet they are not PIPed. Not only is it demoralizing, but it's also humiliating. I don't want to sound envious, but how is... — read more 

By Mohi Narayan, Laura Sanicola and Shadia Nasralla - 2h ago www.reuters.com (Reuters) - A sudden crash in global gasoline prices in the past two weeks has dented refiners' profits, pushing up inventories in key trading hubs around the world while... — read more 

Thanks to their greed, EM went from being the highest payer in the industry everybody wanted to join to being uncompetitive when it comes to pay and benefits and no longer a top (or even a top three) choice for the majority of applicants. You can see... — read more 

www.insider.com rknight@insider.com (Rebecca Knight,Catherine Henderson) - Thursday Layoffs are sweeping American businesses as recession fears mount. Peloton, JPMorgan Chase, Netflix, and the real-estate brokerage Redfin are among the companies... — read more 

Heard from inner technology circles that quality of deliverables outsourced to BTC/KLTC is poor triggering a relook into the type of work ported to the tech center. Pay a freshie engineer in Asia USD10-15k/yr and get them to churn out useless report... — read more 

Just got my first NSI. Mid-career (10 yrs at XOM). Is PIP doable?

So if I sign the pil agreement, do I basically turn in the stuff and walk out with security?

And they will reward us with…. https://www.facebook.com/reel/947442622760718?fs=e&s=na&fs=e&s=cl

I received my offer sept 2019. The number for my base salary today is only 5% higher than the number I received then. Three years later, two assessment (ranked E on both) cycles later, 12-17% accumulated Inflation in the same time period...my... — read more 

I am a new here, so kindly forgive the lack of knowledge. Is there a career path for represented employees to become an MTS? Would this be suitable for EM in today’s time? Someone mentioned this was done in one of the older legacy (heritage Exxon... — read more 

How long is the email deleted after resignation?

Guyana the best project to work, the best people and leadership is fantastic … NaH I’m joking, very toxic environment, fake leadership, people are resigning monthly from that group. They are left with yes man…. They are hoping to teach them how... — read more 

When the technical path was first being promoted heavily, it was explained that the technical individuals would be valued as much as the management path people, and respected the same amount. Then they kept ranking both in same groups and a person... — read more