One word: Cringe
XOM wants to BRIBE YOU
...so you stay, and be MISERABLE for the rest of your life while the so-called leaders tell you SUCK at your job. Enjoy your pay raise.
EMIT email “incident”
Wow over 100k addresses and millions of subsequent emails. Ok 500 users who relied to all, they know who you are haha.. There is no doubt we will now have a annual training course on emails!
3Q Earnings
Fabulous Quarterly Earnings Ahead? Perhaps increasing oil demand and prices suggests hope on the horizon for O&G?
No more discussions on CS&I?
After Darren and the fellow presidents all mentioned about it in their town halls, somehow there is no more discussions here about it? Consolidation? Efficiency? We all know most of us will have non-zero raises by early 2022 but what’s going on with... — read more
Planned pay hike to combat attrition
Will only accelerate attrition. First, who gets what and what's the basis. Second, when the next downturn comes, who will support those exaggerated pay. Pay hike is not the solution to the growing attrition.
Annnnnnnnd Alaska is done
38 more layoffs YAY TEAM! https://www.adn.com/business-economy/energy/2021/10/27/hilcorp-energy-agrees-to-take-over-operation-of-alaskas-point-thomson-gas-field-from-exxonmobil/
It's very clear: Exxon is going away tomorrow. Not with even a whimper.
Hope everyone tunes in tomorrow for our CEO testimony in front of the Congress House panel. It will be telling. I don't mean DW will be telling anything - only talking. The telling - or tolling - will be from those on the other side, but also from... — read more
PIP idea
What if we just PIP the people that click “reply to all” , and reply to all with “Stop replying to all!!!”
EM raise dividend by a penny
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-27/exxon-raises-dividend-to-keep-decades-long-aristocrat-status
low ball offer from XOM
I am currently employed with another supermajor and applied to a Job with XOM in search for better benefits. to my surprise, the offer I got is 33% lower than my current package! Either the position was not at the same level of seniority or the... — read more
This company makes you unemployable outside
I am interviewing regularly and I realized I have not learnt anything new which outside company needs. Higher education is an option now. ~ Low cost TC emp
Feeling Good
Just got and received a fantastic job offer. I'm thrilled to be leaving. Keep pushing to find something if you're unhappy like I was.
Is there an update on the Jose Simonetty Age Discrimination Lawsuit Filed in Houston on May 2021?
ExxonMobil used employee ranking system to eliminate older workers, suit alleges By Marian Johns | May 25, 2021 Southeast Texas Record HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil is facing a claim that it implemented an employee ranking system and took other efforts to... — read more
Petroleum engineer pay
I was offered a job at Exxon as a petroleum engineer at ridiculously low pay. It went 30 percent under what I was making at my former company (I was laid off several months ago.) Is this really what petroleum engineers make at Exxon? Under $100k?... — read more
Training ground for wannabe managers not leaders
I had 8 managers/supervisors in last 7 years. Only 1 of the 8 was any good because he was close to retirement and earned his position/ the respect. The others were green around the gills, there to check the boxes and to crack the whip. Most... — read more
Respect & Appreciation goes a long way compared to money. Give it a "+" if you agree.
I think employees wouldn't leave the company if their company/manager/executives showed some respect & appreciation to their employees. Tell them how appreciated they are, and without them Exxon would not be what it is today. Employees want... — read more
Why are our benefits getting worse?
Honestly, everyone is improving things why do we have to go backwards?
How did it feel to pass the $200K mark in salary?
I am replicating the thread below and changing 100K to 200K
EOM Pay Increases
There is a thread on Chevron's board that discusses EOM's pay increases: here is the link thelayoff.com/t/1dwZAebL or @OP+1dwZAebL
How did it feel to pass the $100K mark in salary?
I am hoping to cross the line next year. How did it feel to pass the great $100K mark in salary?
Elon Musk is now worth more than ExxonMobil
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Tue October 26, 2021 CNN New York (CNN Business)Elon Musk is rapidly approaching a net worth of $300 billion, as Tesla's market cap soars past $1 trillion. That's enough to surpass one of his biggest rivals:... — read more
SSD Testing
Best and brightest can’t resist replying to all, clown show
Exxon CEO Floats Pay Hikes to Combat ‘Major’ Employee Attrition
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/exxon-ceo-floats-pay-hikes-162851186.html
Toxic managers
This company have some of the worst managers I’ve ever encounter in my 30 years of experience. The last one is the all time worst. This piece of sh*t manager saved his own hide by adding my responsibilities to his job description during a re-org. ... — read more
BTC - raises and PDS
More than 20% attrition, layoffs through unfair ranking continue, raises in Indian companies is around 30% as a norm plus bonuses based on performance (even Shell does this in India, their pay is still competitive with Tech companies). ExxonMobil... — read more
Generic Disdain - what can we give positive to say THU Oct 28 to Congress?
Familiar with the general robotic feeling here on this LO board, let us all get Positive for a minute. This site is about people keeping their jobs (or losing them). This post is about ExxonMobil, not some generic, and about Admiration, not... — read more
Volunteer at a charity or something
So many people on this site need to get out of their bubble and go help some less fortunate people. An attitude of gratitude goes far in life. Much further than the victim mentality on full display here.
More $$ to put up with the same old sh-t ?
No thanks.
Exxon CEO considering pay raises to fight employee attrition - Bloomberg
An article by Bloomberg referenced in Seeking Alpha. Does Mr. CEO start feeling the heat? Future will tell... Place your bets. https://seekingalpha.com/news/3757641-exxon-ceo-considering-pay-raises-to-fight-employee-attrition-bloomberg
Paid hacks
It's clear the company now has people working on this site to change the tone and take over the narrative. It's like EM is afraid of the truth coming out. And it's not just HR and PG&A employees. It looks like they have hired outside consultants to... — read more
Enough complaining about OpenInvoice
If I hear another person in Uncon act like raising approval levels in OpenInvoice will fix everything I will lose my mind. Seems to be the latest sport is complaining about OpenInvoice. Get over it. Oh and the BTC invoice coders do no worse a job... — read more
Work From Home?
A lot of people are pushing working from home full time not just because of COVID but a more permanent arrangement. But do you realize companies including Exxon Mobil gather data and evaluate if these are positions that should be transportable to... — read more
People Talent
Ever notice the company touts our people as our most important asset. But they don’t mean you as an individual. You are no different than any other asset that needs to be managed and controlled. One of the goals of management is to commoditization... — read more
Thought exercise
A good thought exercise for everyone complaining about their supervisor. Rank your team. Meet the distribution. Provide feedback to the low ranked team members. If you are as caring and all the things your supervisor is not the next step is to share... — read more
Meaning of low ranking
So many people get hung up on a low ranking thinking it means they are a bad engineer. All it means is the other engineers were better than you. It is relative not absolute. If you are part of a group of really good engineers and are ranked lower... — read more