After some recent incidents, posts, and exposure of some of the XOMs best and their thoughts about other people internally and externally, there was yet another post. This time it was from yet another XOM Kool-aid drinker and tone deaf BTC supervisor... — read more
CL25 U.S. Salary Range
I’d like to know where I fall within the CL25 salary range. Not concerned with YEE or RGP, just straight up what’s the min and max salary for this CL in the U. S.
It’s Friday!
Who is having Fun? Is it too early to declare morale issues solved?
Collecting quesitons/ideas for 5 min movie
Please submit questions that you think might be worthy of 5 min movie to https://app.sli.do/event/dml5yoij (event is anonymous) Example of the movie https://youtu.be/9rGl3bGa2C4 #WeWereExxonMobil
Woods Forum - Invited?
Have they hand picked the brown nosers for the townhall? We may never see Woods again, after board kicks him out, let’s give him a fond farewell. Should we all wear same color in unity ? Red color signifies revolt
Ball park numbers, How many new hire (0-5 years) geoscientists or in general have a potential of Cl34?
I want to know if the company is just dangling carrots in front of us.
Woods Forum. Pivotal moment?
I’ve been thinking about the employee forum on October 20th and have come to the conclusion it is a pivotal moment in the history of the company. Woods could either save or destroy the company based on how he handles things. I expect unfortunately he... — read more
Is everyone here from EMIT?
Seems like 90+% of the posts here point back to the IT function. Is it that bad in EMIT?
Volvo reveals its first vehicle made of fossil-free steel - What is the long term implications for our Upstream organization?
Mariella Moon 18 hrs ago Source: Volvo https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/volvo-reveals-its-first-vehicle-made-of-fossil-free-steel/ar-AAPvam4?ocid=se A few months ago, Volvo teamed up with Swedish steel producer SSAB to develop a type of... — read more
XOM board and Threads Appear to be Most Active
The XOM board and threads within on this site appear to be the most active compared to the competitors boards. Why so? Is it because the XOM culture has the most toxicity and is restrictive of openness that the employees use this as a medium to vent... — read more
Stargazing Party on Campus with Poopcorn and Soda
Did anyone else attended the after work after hours stargazing party on campus recently? It was a lot of fun using the giant telescope. First the Snoop dog and now we have telescope. Glad to see us investing in cutting edge technology.
Microagressions at Houston Campus
Have you ever experienced microagressions by your fellows? Microagressions are characterized as day-to-day “innocent” comments and hostilities that aim to communicate a sense of difference, discrimination or not belonging to a target even though it... — read more
New 3rd US personal holiday
New email just came out about a 3rd personal holiday for US EMPLOYEES
Green Hydrogen Fuels to Enable Up to 80 per cent of Global Shipping Emission Cuts by 2050
13 October 2021| Press Release International Renewable Energy Agency www.irena.org Green hydrogen-based fuels set to be the backbone for the sector’s decarbonisation, IRENA says Abu Dhabi, UAE, October 13, 2021 – A rapid replacement of fossil fuels... — read more
Exxon Mobil: Oil Will Be More Like Thermal Coal Rather Than Tobacco
Oct. 14, 2021 12:15 PM ET Seeking Alpha Summary Even after navigating the severe oil price crash of 2020, Exxon Mobil still faces long-term hurdles from the clean energy transition that will one day see oil demand peak. Whilst some investors are... — read more
How threads get eliminated
Our management, who seems to keenly follow what is posted on this site, seems to have found a great way to take down any thread that bothers them. It’s enough to post something that sounds critical, in order not to arouse suspicions, but mention... — read more
NSLFTNJ
Now that politicians have discovered that wind and solar is an unreliability energy source it appears that upstream O&G folks are going back to work. Everyone is my area (South Texas) is back to work; my personal email in-box is filling with... — read more
Retiree healthcare
I hear people saying they want to hold on a few more years to get the retiree healthcare but then on the Facebook group “ExxonMobil Houston and Beyond! Retirees United” I see people commenting that it is no better than what anyone can get through... — read more
Dental plan changes hint at your future
Dental plan has always covered four fluoride treatments per year. New for 2022 it only cover one. Why? Same person who said turn the chemical injection off to save money must have made the decision. Even though in the long run it will cost more we... — read more
Summary of GP Forum - By US 10yr employee
Q3 profits, especially U/S and Chemicals will be obscene. A portion of our executives (even lower tier) pay is 'profit sharing', not just RSUs. This is great news for them, as they will rake in significantly more cash than previous years. ... — read more
Department Heads
Who can explain the reasons the department head role exists? Does anyone know of a useful department head?
Record Profits
Rumor is profits will be obscene this quarter. So why aren’t employees being made whole?
What happened in Energy 3 today?
Got a stand down meeting invitation but suddenly canceled. Rumors said something obnoxious happened.
ExxonMobil's $1.1M tax abatement with The Woodlands Township terminated - Will Hughes Landing offices close?
12 October 2021 https://communityimpact.com/houston/the-woodlands/government/2021/10/12/exxonmobils-11m-tax-abatement-with-the-woodlands-township-terminated/ ExxonMobil's $1.1M tax abatement with The Woodlands Township terminated By Vanessa... — read more
CL 27/28 by 30 years old?
I know Rex was CL 30 by 30. Those days a long gone. Has anyone made CL 27/28 by 30?. Seems like CL 26 by 30 is very common.
2022 vacation payout (US)
If one resigns Jan 3, 2022, will Xom payout entire 2022 vacation entitlement?
PIPs
I just read somebody complain that new employees (up to five years at EM) are disproportionately affected when it comes to removals through PIPs. Here, I always read about older employees being significantly more affected because of their higher pay... — read more
Seven Strategies to Improve Your Employees’ Health and Well-Being
by Erin L. Kelly, Lisa F. Berkman, Laura D. Kubzansky, and Meg Lovejoy October 12, 2021 Harvard Business Review Your company may pride itself on being a good employer. But even with the best of intentions, your company could be hurting employees’... — read more
Electric vehicles may cut global refining capacity demand by half - If true, it will impact our downstream assets.
HydrocarbonProcessing.com 21 September 2021 A global drive towards electrification of road transport to reduce carbon emissions may cut demand for the world's oil refining capacity by half in 2050, consultancy Rystad Energy says. "Going forward we... — read more
Essay for management
I was told I needed to be developed on how to write an email to management as we had to make sure we didn’t make them feel there was something wrong with our processes or have them asking more questions. I was told this by a young first time... — read more
Useless Global Projects - do we really need to hire 100s every year at BTC?
The most useless people at BTC are the global projects teams, who just manage contractors all day. Each of these India. contracting companies is more capable than the tier 3 companies Exxon hires their employees from. They dont need the middlemen!... — read more
Are there employees left in EMHC?
I’ve left the company a while ago and I keep checking in here cause I would like to know how bad it can get (guilty pleasure I know). Are there any employee left in Houston Campus? I see so many of the people I used to cross paths in there posting... — read more
Campus Fun Fridays
How can we improve morale? Salary increases!? No, there must a better way. Work from home policy? Nah, Im sure there are better ways to show care for our most valuable assets. How about 9/80 schedule? Nah, think outside the box! Ok what... — read more
Fayetteville shale sales secrets!!!!
Any one heard how the sale of the XTO/EOM assets in the Fayetteville shale In Arkansas is progressing?? Is it sold ? Nobody wants to buy???
Stop your LINKED IN charades
Am talking with the LCMs, GMs, SVPs Do your job and stop doing marketing. Who are you trying to impress, clearly your sycophants give Likes. Stop it already. LinkedIn and town halls are not engagement. Doing real tangible things for employees is... — read more
Another round of layoffs by December
Many won’t pass the PIP and will be let go mid to late November. There will be a reorg in December and SLS, DH, and managers will have multiple areas, others will be let go. This is to show the shareholders XOM is cutting expenses through... — read more
Maternity leave and resign
It’s been a few months since I have returned from mat leave. I have a good offer elsewhere and thinking to resign. I have my full vacation remaining. Will Exxon pay out my pro rated vacation? I see the guidelines say it is up to the supervisor but... — read more
How was the Layoff and PIP experience?
Since a bunch of people mention across topics that this is a layoff site. Let me get straight to the topic. I would like to understand about the sentiment and treatment received by people who were severed from the company as part of layoff and... — read more