2 Years After Leaving My Corporate Job, These 11 Truths Have Held UpMany dream of leaving corporate behind. But what's it like when the grind kicks in? www.inc.com BY SCOTT MAUTZ, KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND AUTHOR, 'FIND THE FIRE' AND 'MAKE IT MATTER'... — read more 

Source: Liz Ryan @ www.Forbes.com Everybody has heard the expression "Never burn a bridge." What does it mean to burn a bridge? It means that you end a relationship in such a way that you could never go back and re-start the relationship again -- or... — read more 

Literally everyone on LinkedIn: “Today was my last day at ExxonMobil. I am thankful blah blah blah Give us break!

This is not what I signed up for.

“ The sun has set for the last time on my 23 year incredible voyage with ExxonMobil The amazing and diverse experiences gained will forever shape my professional career. The numerous states and countries the family called home only added to the... — read more 

Did anyone see that youtube video about linkedin posts from people after getting fired? I thought it was mildly amusing. https://youtu.be/gE9bFLKvhK4

Retention Incentive # Experienced Hires for mid-cycle hike. Communication - end of August # Campus Hires Short Term Expat Opportunities. Communication - July to December CL vs Age required for Supervisor & Next Up Nominations. High performers... — read more 

Shell to reduce refinery portfolio by more than half July 8, 2021 Source: Hydrocarbon Processing Royal Dutch Shell plans to reduce its refining and chemicals portfolio by more than half, it said in July 2020 without giving a precise... — read more 

Just my little way to stick it to the man.

Everything is taking twice as long as before because most of the people I interact with are fresh college grads who are still learning their jobs and most of the time need me to explain to them what they have to do. Due to avoidable mistakes they... — read more 

Our group had expanded from 80 to 120 people in 3 years before the pandemic. Our department manager was the main driving force for this expansion despite the fact we were already lack of work at the time. He lied to the top management about the... — read more 

I have been in EMIT bangalore for a couple of years, so far the experience has been mixed. I wondering how others find it working in EMIT? thinking of looking for alternative job opportunities in tech companies like IBM which has a big presence here. — read more 

This week I’ve heard from 5 people that they are resigning. None have taken a job that is higher pay. Many have taken substantial pay cut (30+%) All I have spoken have said it’s because of current assessment system and culture. They were nice and... — read more 

Having a hard time booking conference rooms for meetings, sure see a lot of individual people booking 351 and 400 rooms to what looks like taking interviews on company equipment and during work hrs. Your friendly Admin ;)

Interesting article about people quitting their jobs. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210629-the-great-resignation-how-employers-drove-workers-to-quit

13 Signs That Someone Is About to Quit, According to Research Source: Harvard Business... — read more 

One key: Meetings. Lots and lots of meetings. If your calendar isn’t packed with back-to-back meetings, you’re asking for a realignment (and eventual PIP). Maybe you have no idea what the meeting’s purpose is, maybe you don’t know any of the... — read more 

The strategy is to send low quality work to BTC, remaining Houston employees to have high value work. You will never compete for important roles and positions. Campus hires in India - loaded with work with Zero training, on day 1. No exposure... — read more 

Anyone know or have heard of any middle managers that have been PIP’d? Just curious…..

Have you been communicated and NSI assessment? If so can you share how did it go? Meeting scheduled? 30 mins / 1hr? What was shared? Trying to see if there are any patterns.

Now we know why we have to cut our operating expenses between 2020 - 2025. By George Heynes on Jul 14... — read more 

More than 60% of attrition in India LDS team. Is it because of the LDS leader in bangkok/Houston CLO/Indian management?….

I have noticed that some Business Units have not scheduled PDS feedback sessions? Have they been told to wait to deliver the results? Why are they waiting?

The one thing that's keeping me here is not being able to tell for sure if the job I might accept will put me in a better position. I've seen it happen. People accept a job thinking it was going to be great then once they start it's something... — read more 

Hi Folks, like the title says: I left Exxon a couple of days ago, curious when the unvested portion of my 401k is removed from my Voya account (need to roll over), and when is unpaid vacation paid out (already submitted info to Hr before leaving)? Is... — read more 

One of the worst leaders on the learning division… everything getting outsourced

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Huge-Dividend-Cripples-Worlds-Largest-Oil-Company.html

Where in the benefits system do you update your information?

I've been asked to 'Carry On' as a proud member of the We Are. But the delivery of the message was more: 'Hey! You're not Carrion! Good going. Won't be picking your bones for now, lucky one.' To be honest, it was disappointing on a few levels. I'd... — read more 

Source: www.LinkedIn.com Author: John Maxwell Leadership guru John Maxwell is famous for saying "leadership is influence." The real challenge is figuring out how to do it. But first, exercising influence as a leader has one tough prerequisite... — read more 

Yes, I can be laid off or fired any day, but I refuse to worry about it any longer. Whether I'll be affected is out of my hands. They might say they want to get rid of the low performers but we all know that's not true. They have a numbers-driven... — read more 

If we had one would you use it? Would this be better than the current policy of asking your supervisor for a transfer?

I am 59. Until the last month, I've been very happy being at ExxonMobil. I've been fortunate to have jobs and opportunities that challenged me and I've always been ranked well. I hate the new assessment system. I also hate the 8-10% NSI... — read more 

Hello! Is there still an ergonomic program in Houston? If so, who runs it?

Finally any “leaders” held accountable for their (awful) performance? Under what KPIs would they not need significant improvement? Or rules don’t apply to them?

Some traders received bonus If you are a trader in any commodity and did not receive be aware you not part of the boys club

Sometimes XOM can seem like high school where popularity is everything. Most feel they don’t need to work as long as they are popular and make their manager feel superior. These types of people will eventually climb up the ladder and contribute the... — read more 

A friend was made an offer at another company. The problem is, it offers significantly lower pay while benefits are comparable. He's undecided. I personally think it would be worth it to take a pay cut in return for less stress, no unrealistic work... — read more 

After the many controversies in the past several years and especially in the past several weeks, is anybody else now ashamed to admit they work at XOM? I don't even oppose what was done. I just can't believe that if you were going to resort to... — read more