By Sabrina Valle 19 April 2022 HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp. estimates there will be a $4 trillion market by 2050 for capturing carbon dioxide and storing it underground, the company said in a presentation on Tuesday. That is about 60% of... — read more 

How does the pension work if you quit right at 5 years with the company?

Wow. Seems like folks dont respond to the recent survey. Management scrambling to increase the response rate. Some functions at 15%! What message does this send to MC and what does it mean to our leadership?

Where Will ExxonMobil Be in 10 Years? After some really challenging times, ExxonMobil ( XOM 0.82% ) seems to be moving in the right direction. The pandemic-driven destruction of demand for oil and gas hurt ExxonMobil more than other oil companies... — read more 

Of course I will be glad to provide KO feedback for you, with glowing reviews of your skills, personality, and our interactions. You are a rock-star and certainly a high potential! I have nothing to lose by giving great feedback, but I can lose a... — read more 

What are your thoughts?

The industrial giant missed the shale bo-m, overspent on projects, and saw its debt rise to $50 billion as its stock plummeted. By Kevin Crowley and Bryan Gruley Source: Bloomberg Darren Woods, chief executive officer of ExxonMobil Corp., was... — read more 

How are our recruiting efforts lately? Are we still getting A players? How about B players? I hear candidates are asking for very high total comp - is that true? How about sign up bonuses, I hear that's a must nowadays. Anyhow, fill us in. — read more 

Situation when you see engineers having a private conversation about point of views how the boss is handling certain business situation and one of them start to spread the word. Usually talking louder about the private conversation close to the boss... — read more 

How much of a slap to the face is having a trending hash tag on LinkedIn rolling back to ExxonMobil? #smh

Wondering if there is anyone left within ExxonMobil who is capable of separating right from wrong when it comes to well being of the society, coworkers and even the corporation? It feels like everyone is working to Chi-Ching their pockets, playing... — read more 

ExxonMobil Launches Study for Carbon Capture in South East Australia PUBLISHED APR 15, 2022 5:46 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE ExxonMobil is beginning design studies for a carbon capture hub to be located in South East Australia. They are joining a... — read more 

How the times have changed...

or are you still waiting for something to change for the better here, even though you know that the probability of that happening is zero?

Yey! Though we got kicked out of Dow we made a top 25 list in Argentina! On the contrary, we are seeing a bunch of Argentenian employees posting their resignatory posts on LinkedIn. Hmm...I wonder who to believe, departing employees or out of touch... — read more 

How do you look busy while your department is in complete disarray? No work. Meetings to have meetings. No decisions on issues. Never seen this before.

We have a few regional and global forums coming up over the next month with open Slido pages. A lot of the highly-voted questions are fairly repetitive and have come up before, such as "will we get retroactively reimbursed for the lack of 401k match"... — read more 

Next week I have two interviews with competitor companies. Sometimes it seems to me that Exxon is no longer better at anything than our direct competitors. I'm exaggerating, but it's not that far from the truth, is it?

Remember the time when higher-than-expected quarterly profits meant bonuses for all employees, not just those on top? I'm old enough to remember that. That's when all of us gave our 110% every single day. I can't blame younger generations for... — read more 

Anyone take the employee survey? It feels more like a personal evaluation and psychological assessment that can be used to evaluate further efficiency opportunities (as the data privacy notice mentioned that HR will have access to the raw data... — read more 

Just one short question: why do many here think that losing a large percentage of management would improve morale and productivity?

The largest oil refinery in the UK at Fawley, Southampton, owned by US oil giant ExxonMobil, was hit by a one-day strike last Friday by around 100 workers. The Unite union members are directly employed by three sub-contractors, Trant Engineering... — read more 

Exxon’s Workforce Falls By 9,000 In 2021 Amid Cost Cuts BY REUTERS FEBRUARY 23, 2022, FINANCIAL NEWS 2 MINS READ By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON -Exxon Mobil Corp said on Wednesday its global workforce fell by 9,000 people last year as part of a deep cost... — read more 

At Baytown we have contractors working in offices 7 days a week yet no one seems to know what they are working on except drinking coffee and going to the bathroom. Who brought these people in, what are they doing, and why do they need to work... — read more 

Has anyone else noticed the robotic motivational speeches, words of recognition and encouragement, and uptick in “all hands” type meetings and celebrations? Management clearly has their hands tied by HR and Dallas, and are doing anything they can to... — read more 

Instead of incremental changes to our performance review process, why can't our HR overloads take stick in what system is working for the some of the most successful start ups or recently established technology companies? We are a technology company... — read more 

I ended up on PIP. However, I have proof that the bar for my teammates was set much lower In terms that their goals were much lower and more simple to achieve. Any way to fight this with the proof that I have. Should I lawyer up and try to fight this... — read more 

Same thing with the new Skill Assessments, both technical and behavioral. Levels 3 and 4 are unequivocally defined so that only people with “leadership” positions can fulfill the requirements. Regardless of how experienced a worker is, if they are... — read more 

Not sure why the company still have those meetings. Honesty in answer questions and be transparent was not on the table at all. But one thing we learn…Exxon don’t care about attrition, the speech was: we will have to deal with this going forward... — read more 

My other half sent me a picture of a question asked at the GSC town hall yesterday. It was along the lines of promotions being on hold for CL 24/25's effectively freezing merit Increases for those in that band for 5 years. Kathy never confirmed... — read more 

Every once in a while it hits me just how awful XOM management is and how they've managed to make layoffs even worse than they were by turning them into firings through PIPs. We used to worry we'd get let go but at least we knew we'd get some money... — read more 

I was one of the lucky ones who got let go in the first 2020 wave so I haven't been an XOM employee in a minute. Some of my former colleagues and I would discuss some of the concerns posted on this site on the down low and at the time it didn't seem... — read more 

Have you experienced one of these personality types at work? If so, what techniques did you use to navigate around these difficult employees? • The Tyrant. Someone who bullies, berates, humiliates, and declares "my way or the highway." • The... — read more 

Feels more like a Blade Runner baseline interview. Cells within cells within cells. Interlinked.

A simple question: Do you like working from home?

How much do you think the company will pay to move the executives? I bet they get very lavish allowances for the move.

We have heard twice now of the company looking at salary benchmarking mid cycle to determine how inflation and other factors are affecting attrition and competitiveness. Is this a line from HR to respond to questions about attrition and below... — read more 

The interest rate for lump sums has shot upward. Fed has committed to raising the rate for next 7 months. For now, it seems that lump sums will drop more than 6% in next 3 months. This is more than typical salary for those 3 months. Many will be... — read more 

What system or company’s system should we be using to determine promotions and raises?