If you think you can triple your salary by switching companies, good luck to you hotshots
Work from home 2 days a week
Chevron announced today that they will be back after Labor Day but going forward they just need to be in the office 3 days a week Oh I forgot we are ExxonMobil 🤡🤡🤡
Help your friends
[INSERT YOUR NAME HERE] – NGL Trader – ExxonMobil – Houston Campus Please spread the word…tell your friends to not apply to the job below. Bad group to be at. And as we know bad company to be at The U.S. Natural Gas Liquids (NGL)... — read more
Beaumont lockout
Exxonmobil is trying to decertify the union, but the people who they brought in are stealing so much that once the lockout ends that company people involved will get fired. Too funny really
MLRP details
Applies to: All NSI Any NI with NRE employees excluded (age 52-54 with 15+ YOE or employees 55+ with 12-14 YOE) Options: 3 month PIP, OR 3 month PIL, including pay, benefits, outplacement services retirement eligible employees... — read more
Pension plan will be darren's next big mistake
There are a lot of comments on this board about the company match not coming back. Here is my prediction. The 401k match is coming back by end of 2022, and it will be 1 or 2 % higher than the old 7%! Good news, right? But wait, keep... — read more
Rationale of aggressive PIP firings?
Does anyone get the value add rationale of this seemingly senseless forced turnover? If the units don't need to shrink much, it'd be bringing in fresh inexperienced folks to replace PIPed ones. Hardly a recipee for efficiency if they are pushing... — read more
Boycott upcoming BTC Management Forum
No questions on non-anonymous slido, no verbal questions. Peaceful protest. Spread the word.
No more layoffs?
If XOM plans to fire employees based on performance reviews, does that mean we are done with traditional layoffs? It would be good to know that those of us who are among the best performers can relax from now on since that is not the case when it... — read more
BCG Hard at Work
These are the consultants we pay so much money for actively working to ki-l our industry. Makes you wonder what advice they are giving management and what their ultimate motives... — read more
Does 401k still matter?
I wonder at this point if bringing back the 401k would even be enough. I think people have already made decision to leave and it is just a matter of time now even if the 401k comes back. Take the plunge and send out your first resume. It is... — read more
How long can Permian keep pumping without Lease Operators?
It is a run for the exit. Those who weren’t looking sure are now that we are being asked to pick up the slack for all the resignations that haven’t been back filled. Doesn’t make sense to let whole batteries go down and not have the people to restart... — read more
Is anyone not looking for a new job?
Do you know of anyone who isn’t looking to leave? It is amazing to hear the way people at all levels of the organization are speaking. People no longer give a damn. #GoAheadAndFireMe
Can our management answer a simple question ?
If this oversized MLRP of 5-10% yearly which will extend in total over seven years is all about rooting out low performers, why isn’t the company simply laying off the bottom say 40% of the employees ? Our ranking is obviously flawless, fair and... — read more
Angst at Exxon as managers begin employee performance reviews - Reuters confirms that Research & Engineering is targeted
Angst at Exxon as managers begin employee performance reviews By Jennifer Hiller and Shariq Khan www.reuters.com HOUSTON/BENGALURU (Reuters) -Top U.S. oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp has kicked off a yearly performance review for U.S. staff, a... — read more
Exxon investors to prod revamped board on net zero carbon study
Exxon investors to prod revamped board on net zero carbon study By Jennifer Hiller www.reuters.com HOUSTON (Reuters) - Investors calling for Exxon Mobil Corp to study the impact of getting its oil and gas business to net-zero emissions by 2050... — read more
A message from WB and RD
My first post was deleted, so we're doing this again... Management must think we're all mo--ns, based on the messaging received at BTCX this morning. Despite their assurances that the assessment process is completely unrelated to workforce... — read more
A message from Wim and Rohan
What a joke... does management really think we're that ignorant? "Our performance assessment process is completely unrelated to any workforce reduction plans. Our performance assessment process is focused on recognizing and rewarding employees... — read more
New record for leaving the company
In the last week, I’ve seen one announcement a day on LinkedIn about people leaving EM, which is definitely an accelerated rate compared to previous months. Today I see three such announcements. This rate obviously depends on each persons’ network... — read more
Things to do before quitting
Expecting to get PIPed soon and preparing myself This is from https://www.thelayoff.com/t/19V5yS1C Convert any personal accounts (frequent flier, EYFPC, Voya, etc.) connected to your work email to a personal email account. Confirm in EDA... — read more
The lowest performers will not be impacted
There are a few employees I know who managed to avoid every single layoff so far despite doing the bare minimum and getting away with it because their noses are always brown. What are the chances they'll be among those affected by the announced cuts?... — read more
CEO Woods Assessment - Vote of Confidence
Based on Woods prior year performance should he be placed in the NSI bucket and PIPED. If Yes, vote thumbs up. If No, vote thumbs down.
Is it just me or has this company transformed into one big management laundering scheme?
I went from 1 to 3 managers in less than a year. My org chart is confusing af.
Things I Don't Miss
timesheet webCAT powerpoint filesweeper (before a good samaritan deleted it for the whole company - thank you) rsi guard (having to hit cntrl alt delete every day to ki-l it lol) LPS EADS/PADP/whatever else knowledgable others Career... — read more
No more hope
My boss has been putting so much pressure in our group to report saving that has not happen yet. Some will take 6 months to 1 year. Looks like we will be the next Enron. No ethics at this company. BIG concern on this.
Any news on EMCC businesses considered for divestment?
We have all heard and read about Exxon looking to divestment low performing assets in various counties such as Iraq, Africa, etc. but EMCC was also looking for some divestment opportunities. This article was in Reuters few months ago -... — read more
Each team will lose someone every year through ‘assessment’.
Valid in all countries, even low cost like India, where they will hire and fire continuously. Attrition target is very high, if things are not changing its because not enough people are leaving. No career development for majority as part of... — read more
Feedback - when is it coming ?
Any clues from supervisors or managers on the board? The meetings are finished from what we can see from your calendars. Thought in new system list is finalized after meeting. Why delay communication?
NEVER Tell a Candidate (or Employee) They are not a Good Cultural Fit [YOUTUBE VIDEO INCLUDED]
NEVER Tell a Candidate/Employee They are not a Good Cultural Fit [YOUTUBE VIDEO INCLUDED] https://youtu.be/AF2uj4GhVcE This is #IncreaseDiversity, a weekly newsletter + monthly workshop series sharing best practices for employers who want to... — read more
Is the Ergonomics Program Still Strong in Houston
Is the ergo program still in place at the Houston campus? If so, maybe they can come and adjust your desk and monitors...it may make people feel better through all of this. Just saying!
Annual dismissal of underperforming employees!
https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/6/21/exxon-plans-to-annually-cull-up-to-10-of-us-office-jobs-for-next-several-years?fbclid=IwAR2fhuHmx3A_gI-3ULtAOKUmDnjVUs5HF0Xx46E0i5l5fSwr0JTQQu44dQ0 What is wrong with your management? Just give severance to... — read more
Severance-less layoffs
That's what this is. As simple as that. They want us gone and they don't want to pay us to leave. Despicable, but did anybody expect any better from this ELT?
HR has highest 2021 attrition rate out of any other function
They hate it here too it seems…
How convenient
Supposedly only the low performers will be affected. But what happens when there are no poor performers on a team? Will the managers be forced to lie on performance reviews? Will they use the "eeny, meeny, miny, moe" method to select who they're... — read more
Are you willing to speak your mind?
A good barometer for the health of any Company is the percentage of people who are willing to say what they actually believe in public. As a company we’re doing pretty poorly on that metric right now.
Our workforce is only going to get d-mber
I’m a new hire with the company but I held internships consistently throughout my four years of college so I’m pretty familiar with corporate environments. Here is my reasoning why Exxon employees are only going to get d-mber over the years, just to... — read more
Exxon to cut U.S. white collar workforce as much as 10% annually - Bloomberg
Jun. 21, 2021 4:20 PM ET Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) By: Carl Surran, SA News Editor Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) plans to cut headcount at its U.S. offices by 5%-10% annually for the next 3-5 years by using its performance evaluation system to weed... — read more
White Collar (Professional) Staff Reduction
ExxonMobil announced today that it will cut 5-10% of professional headcount annually over the next 3 years. Most reductions will occur at US headquarters and will be 'performance' based.
PIP for NRE employees
I’ve heard that the PIP for NRE is a bit different. Could someone explain this process. Thank you in advance.
Midland booming again
“If you have workers, be nice to them,” he advised. He added that his board members tell him they’re offering a variety of incentives, including raising wages, to attract and retain... — read more