Is it ok to pay 50 for seat selection?
What’s going on in finance?
What’s going on in finance? Upstream CFO quits then a lot of mid-career hipos quit. No word from management on what’s going on
Guyana Production declined 10,000bopd Month on Month
Looking like the sacred cow Guyana is starting to Plateau hard. 904,000bopd in May. Still impressive and above design capacity production but, some challenges are imminent. Lisa will shortly be sub 100,000 bopd and expecting average Aug production... — read more
Leave Global Projects
I left EM a little while ago to move to booming data center industry where they need capital projects people and pay better Do some research and apply. Why not see? Base Salary a little lower than EM but more than made up with near term cash and... — read more
Spikes and Hubs
You have heard 1/3 of employees at EMHC 1/3 of employees at BTC 1/3 of employees at sites What you haven’t heard is what percentage of employees at EMHC and sites will be from the BTC.
Go to BP Layoff to see woke results
If you think XOM is messed up…it’s actually a fine running Swiss watch. Enjoy what a near peer is going through…Any time you hear energy transition and BP beyond petroleum…think XOM not perfect but way better than others
Losing strong employees
I have seen several capable coworkers leave over the past year and it rarely had anything to do with the work itself. Most of the frustration came from how people were spoken to or ignored by management. After a while employees stop feeling valued... — read more
Relocating under the drive to offices but Cartus L4L is highly questionable?
After all the announcements and the corporations drive to house under the company’s roof… I’m relocating and using Cartus. I need to sell and rebuy, but the Cartus Like 4 like valuation seems off by 10-15%… jeopardising the move as I need to... — read more
Stop working hard
This place hates you. Why would you break your own back for them? You're certainly not the one benefiting from your extra work.
ExxonMobil Is Rewiring Its Enterprise For The Energy Future
ByJudith Magyar,Brand Contributor. “Digital transformation often gets mistaken for an IT upgrade,” said Kurt Aerts, business venture executive at ExxonMobil. He was speaking at the ASUG Best Practices event for Oil, Gas and Energy in Houston, Texas... — read more
CoPilot Summary of ExxonMobil's Performance Improvement Process (PIP)
Why ExxonMobil’s PIP Process Is Controversial ExxonMobil’s Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is controversial because it is widely perceived — and in some cases documented — as a performance-based exit mechanism rather than a purely... — read more
15 year
Is there any benefit in having 15 years with the company if you aren’t 55? I’m contemplating leaving, but I don’t want to lose out on any benefits by leaving before I hit 55.
Goodbye to our Aussie Colleagues
I believe its another month before Aus moves to Woodside. Hows the mood there? Heard the first thing they're getting rid of is PDS.
Clarification on PIP Process
I submitted a few names for KOFS, and my manager emailed me saying he didn’t approve the names I chose and that I needed to replace them with the names he wanted. During the PDS review session, he kept emphasizing the “improvement” sections. Even... — read more
P&GA
What’s happening? It seems like every day there’s a new LI announcement with someone leaving.
Career Growth? Give me a break
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-companies-2026-10-best-employers-grow-your-l243e/ Which career ?
D&S sc--wed me
D&S totally sc--wed me. Spent months telling me they had. A job lined up and then at the last minute changed the job to something totally different that we hadn’t even been talking about. My new job is a job I do not enjoy. There were several better... — read more
The End
I am so tired of it all. No joy left in life.
Benchmarking Compensation Math
Can anyone explain to me the actual process and math used for benchmarking of compensation for employees and executives?
CareerConnect Goals, training plans, etc are a Joke
Long time employee here. I have never had a supervisor make goals, training plans, or anything else with me let alone document anything in Career Connect. All they want is an update so they can pretend they are in the know when they talk to their... — read more
Expat compensation is a joke
It is becoming more and more of a joke. Housing allowances that are insufficient to pay for housing and are even less that what our EPC contractors pay their employees Premiums in war zones that are less than half of what the premiums were... — read more
Employee service systems are a joke.
Not sure how to do something? Fu-k you. Got a question? Fu-k you. Need some help to understand something? Fu-k you. Spend 2 hours researching or start a ticket and wait 5 days for a response. What a waste of my time.
Polaris is a joke
Polaris efficiency is really just shifting of work to a different cost center. A few examples: I now spend time every pay period downloading my paystub and emailing it to myself. This used to be automated. With Lolaris I now take time to do it... — read more
Retirement postings - much more than usual
This past weekend, I noticed more-than-usual number of retirements posted on LinkedIn and FB. I am aware of a Canadian program driving a June decision for some employees, but that does not explain all of the postings in Houston. Are there other... — read more
BMCX Leadership
How much lower can the BMT leadership stoop? I’ve worked there for years and haven’t seen the DH level so incompetent, and the Management level so disconnected from the bottom. This place keeps getting worse.
Leadership Gaps and Team Power Imbalances
For my second assignment rotation, I scheduled a meeting with the manager of the proposed team to understand their work. He repeatedly said he was not technical and redirected me to a senior team member for any meaningful discussion. Once I joined... — read more
Baytown a family affair that is unfair.
I have been working at this awful place for 5 years. In those 5 years I have been ranked VG and good. I have constantly tried to move up kiss the bosses areses. Nothing I did helped not even staying late and working extra. I am salary so I dont... — read more
Pioneer check in
How is it going heritage Pioneer peeps?
Bring back auto emailing of pay information
Such a step backwards to no longer offer automatic email copies of our paychecks. Why in the world would this functionality be removed?
Polaris rot
All the systems I use that Polaris has touched are worse now. Not user friendly. Takes me longer to complete simple tasks or is no longer possible.
Lost safety focus
People have stopped holding the handrails. Walking while starting at cellphones. Driving across parking spaces in the parking garage to get to the exit quicker. What is going on? Leading indicator of lost safety focus?
Bakken told to lean in on BTC model
Bakken beware. Management instructed Bakken to lean in on bringing more BTC workers to USA and outsourcing as much as possible to BTC.
Company Plan Insight on Employees
What have you seen in company plan that is insightful? What insight can be shared on plans for employees?
Expat compensation reductions
Executives feel expats are making too much compared to those who “stay in Houston like them and do the heavy lifting and strategy work” so rather than raising Houston compensation they plan to continue lowering expat compensation. Plan accordingly.
Permian Operations CL Reductions
Executives feel Permian CLs are inflated and have a plan to reduce them. If you are in Permian Operations and lower CL prepare for no CL promotions. If you are high CL already prepare for being told you are over your salary curve even if assessed... — read more
Qatar Assessment Meeting
Supervisor here. It makes zero sense to me that those were told to leave Qatar are being punished for leaving Qatar in the assessment meeting. How can you punish people who were not given the opportunity to stay for not staying?
Take PIL+retire or just retire?
I heard that a guy offered the PIL had a lawyer review the terms and there were some clauses in the PIL agreement which gave EM some rights to reduce or cancel his retirement benefits. Are there any clauses in the PIL agreement which jeopardize your... — read more
How do you see your career in five years? My Five‑Year Plan? Watching Everyone Else Leave First.
Corporate environments today are not the stable, lifelong paths they once claimed to be. So often we see people changing assignments, leaving the company, being put on PIPs, or facing layoffs. Stop repeating corporate talking points “At ExxonMobil... — read more
The Fully Optimized Employee
If Career Connect, AI, outsourcing, rankings, and reorgs are all wildly successful, what does the ideal Exxon employee of 2035 actually look like?
The way I see EM today
EM will drain your energy You're just a numbr benefits will continue to shrink U will be watched constantly gossip is survival currenc Trust no one at work Your words will be used One mistake can end you PIP is always hanging over... — read more