https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-27/exxon-s-bank-in-russia-among-those-hit-by-sanctions-over-ukraine
Sakhalin Production
Friend recently relayed that Sakhalin national technicians are being conscripted to serve on western border? Any truth to this rumor? Will expat be able to evacuate?
#Exxodus
EM should leave Russia. Forget moving the Moscow office. Just leave.
BP statement on Russia Relationship
A message to all bp staff on our relationship with Rosneft Release date: 27 February 2022 To the bp team, Like so many of you, I have been deeply shocked and saddened by the situation unfolding in Ukraine. We are witnessing an act of aggression... — read more
Exxon Texas refinery lockout to end on March 7
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) said a 10-month lockout of union workers at a southeast Texas refinery would end on March 7 following acceptance of a return-to-work agreement on... — read more
Seplat Energy to Buy Exxon Mobil's Shallow Water Assets in Nigeria for Up to $1.6 Bln
DowJones Newswire 25 February 2022 By Jaime Llinares Taboada Seplat Energy PLC said Friday that it has agreed to acquire Exxon Mobil Corp.'s shallow water assets in Nigeria for $1.28 billion plus up to a $300 million contingent consideration. The... — read more
Exploration getting lapped by competition
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/totalenergies-makes-large-hydrocarbon-discovery-off-namibia-sources-2022-02-24/ Another West Africa wildcat, another commercial discovery - this time by Total. Seriously, what the **** is exploration doing... — read more
Is Exxon still researching Algae?
Like the title says, is there still interest in algae biofuels or was it given up on with movement to carbon capture? Seems like the algae ads stopped somewhat abruptly
Beaumont strike over
Maybe now that the Beaumont strike is over, management will stop bragging on how they ran the plant so much better themselves.
Interest Rates
If interest rates go up like predicted, there will be no RE’s left to PIP.
BAES Forum
Can’t believe there was a DH that basically disregarded how we are over worked and told us our priorities weren’t straight if we thought an extra $500 was worth our extra work. Money is money and XOM doesn’t provide their employees that. — read more
XOM Rats are coming out of their holes now
Not a single colleague of mine reached out to me after getting laid off with others in 2020. Basically, they just disappered. Since then I have joined another large organization and been working there for a while now. Now, all of a sudden a bunch of... — read more
What Will Our Crystal Ball Look Like in 2023 Regarding Headcount, ROCE, and R&D Expenses?
Source: ExxonMobil Investors Day Meetings Year Regular Employees 2015 73,500 2016 71,100 2017 69,600 2018 71,000 2019 74,900 2020 72,000 2021 63,000 2022 tbd 2023 50,000 (estimate) Year Return on Capital... — read more
Sakhalin Evacuation
How are we going to get everyone out of Sakhalin? I for one would be on the next plane out if I was there. No way I’d let my family stay.
Oil and gas prices are about to go through the roof
It'll be interesting to see how the whole Ukraine situation will play out, but we know for sure that fuel prices are going to go through the roof in the next weeks or months. Sadly, while many people will suffer and lose everything, huge companies... — read more
Frozen Gas - Don't see anybody else here
Will there be layoffs in the Sakhalin and other texian colonies in the Bear country? People saying it is just all about border controls and such. But maybe it goes deeper that that. I'm confused as you can possibly tell about all the implications... — read more
Exxon's workforce falls by 9,000 in 2021 amid cost cuts according to SEC filing
02/23/2022 | 05:17pm EST www.reuters.com HOUSTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said on Wednesday its global workforce fell by 9,000 people last year as part of a deep cost cutting program after the COVID-19 pandemic battered energy demand and... — read more
Supervisors deserve it
Many comments on hear to the tune of “supervisors knew what they were getting into” and “I wouldn’t agree to be a supervisor” For the first comment do you think it is realistic for us all to agree to not accept supervisor roles? How exactly would... — read more
My HR rep quit last month .. what does that say?
They actually weren’t horrible and seemed down to earth, I would even go as far as to say they were helpful! but what does it say about xom that even HR is unhappy and leaving?
Rank your team
Try ranking your team and meeting the forced distribution. Who will you PIP? Does the person deserve a PIP? Too bad if no because you have to meet the distribution anyway no matter what. Fun to be a supervisor isn’t it?
Sakhalin and Ukraine
Any prediction of how Ukraine situation will impact Sakhalin asset?
Be happy, 7 things to do
Don’t smoke Minimize drinking Maintain a healthy body weight Walk daily Practice coping with distress now Keep learning Do the work to cultivate stable, long-term relationships now
Exxodus Discord channel?
anybody here able to share the link of the exxodus discord channel? I've heard several times there is a channel for people wanting to leave XOM, I am currently doing interviews outside and want to get insight from people who transition to FAANG from... — read more
Stalling Out: Rosneft/Gazprom buyout not likely now. Who wants us?
EM been working it a long time, since the Raymond daze. Rrrrex T even had a casbah outside Moscow and partied hard with young Vlad. Got a gold reward for his efforts, far more than he got from the US version of Vlad. But it is all falling apart... — read more
Bitcon(BTC) review
Pros It is a big company, so you get good work-life balance. No other pros. They will try to entice during interviews saying they offer business travel and international opportunities. Please don't fall for it, it is a scam Simply put, the... — read more
I can understand being worried about layoffs, but hating XOM this much?
I still enjoy what I do here. My job pays well, I have highly-coveted flexibility, and I am not overworked so I enjoy an excellent quality of life. My only problems are layoffs and PIPs. That's it. If it wasn't for that, I'd call this my dream job. I... — read more
What is the big secret about ranking?
Ex managers, what is the deal with ranking that everything looks like an undercover f.. operations and managers “can’t” share details? Why are employees not allowed to observe how someone else sells our 1 yr of work in 2.5 minutes to people that... — read more
2022 MLRP Guidelines
When do the 2022 MLRP guidelines come out? goto/usmlrp
Anyone here misses Lee Raymond?
They do not make them like that anymore.
$4B OpEx reductions in 2022 = ??? PIP
If I understand it correctly from DW’s speech, OPEC reduction this year will be $4B, which is More than the last 2 years ($2B in 2021, and $3B in 2020). If I do a simple math, the number of people to PIP this year will have to be more than 2020/21?... — read more
As an SLS, am I about to be PIP’d?
I was ranked in the middle for years, then promoted to SLS recently. I thought it was a good move until I had to PIP a large majority of my team, none of whom should have been NI and NSI. Everyone knew the PUs in my group were wrong and voiced it. I... — read more
Remote, remote... Hybrid...
This business case for expanding hybrid work and remote work seems to be fairly clear. We can reduce operational costs associated with real estate and turnover, as well as improve employee satisfaction and the overall org reputation (this is sooo... — read more
Competitors with education reimbursement
Who still actually invests in the training of their employees and has an education reimbursement benefit for their employees?
ExxonMobil spuds first wildcat in Brazil’s Sergipe-Alagoas basin
https://www.upstreamonline.com/exploration/exxonmobil-spuds-first-wildcat-in-brazil-s-sergipe-alagoas-basin/2-1-1171960
BTEC Future and Morality of Workers
Does anyone know what the future of BTEC is (is there another reorg coming?) and if the moral has gotten any better or worse? I work at one of the BTEC facilities and I am curious of others opinions in the area.
Another day, another dollar
I can’t stand this place and it’s all I can do to get enough motivation to get dressed and go into the office. I realize my attitude has been affected by the fake PIPs and poor raises, but I’m hanging on another two years for retirement. Now I’m... — read more
Really enjoying the porsches under the cube
How tone deaf can you be? Morale is at a decade-plus low, we've had layoffs and we're about to go into the third season of fake NSIs/PIPs, raises given out in Dec were in the low single digits (if you even got one at all) versus 7% inflation, and... — read more
Supervisor planning to quit before rank meeting
I refuse to participate in another rank meeting and will be quitting. I’m considering going to the meeting and then calling everyone out for participating in such a terrible process before walking out. Any advice?
Clueless Board
Anyone else think it is crazy that we have board members who have no idea how oil and gas are produced? What a scam to become a bird member.