I keep hearing that Budapest and Prague are next on the country program list. Anyone have intel? What about Bangkok? They have become more expensive but quality is finally starting to improve after a years of post migration hand holding.

I've designed a new ranking system. Employees are ranked only during their first ten years. After ten years, they receive tenure and are guaranteed employment, benefits, and peace. Poor performance? Your salary stagnates. No raises. No promotions... — read more 

Lump sum or annuity? And if you are retired, have you found caution-points on either?

Ford CEO Jim Farley says the company's next generation of electric vehicle technology could give Ford a significant efficiency advantage over Chinese automaker BYD. Speaking during Ford's Q3 2026 earnings call on October 29, Farley claimed that... — read more 

When oil prices are high we make a lot of money. Executives think it is because of their brilliance. We have Guyana in spite of them not because of them. It is well known.

Warning to all engineers: if you are ranked with global projects they will use you to fill the bottom of the forced distribution. The narrative in global projects is currently that engineers add zero value only executing “project management... — read more 

Listen closely to the earnings call and the interview after for employees posted on the intranet. When DW talks about raising the dividend slowly because the future is uncertain the same thinking is applied to employee compensation. We can go years... — read more 

A friend of mine at Shell told me they started the India BTC trend so are a few years ahead of us on the journey. She said they have tried and failed to make it work and are starting to back away from the model as their data tells them it isn’t... — read more 

I'm 58, divorced, two kids finishing college next year (both will have jobs come July). Been with Exxon for years, currently a Well Performance Technologist. Have about $1.5M between my 401k and savings, house is paid off and worth around $600k. No... — read more 

I find the discussion of IDP discouraging because the promises made never happen. The business need always wins and only hipos have the opportunity to try different jobs. I am stuck in a role because no one else knows how to do it. It isn’t a role... — read more 

Can anyone tell what kind of watch D is wearing in the earnings video? And what ring is he wearing on his right hand? Where is that conference room? In the cube? Looks swanky.

Principal and senior principal roles are no longer executive level. Very few chief roles left.

I always thought it was funny how the injury free days in campus sign is prominently (not) displayed by the back gate. Not the front gate. Oh and it also never seems to be working.

Once again as I drive into the garage today I see the signs are all broken. Why can’t they keep the signs working? I’ve never seen this problem at other parking garages. It is a constant issue. Why can’t they fix it? Don’t we have instrumentation and... — read more 

Every week a talented colleague is leaving. And it’s not just malcontents, but includes people who drank the cool aid from a Big Gulp. Just found out another one today. The talent/brain drain is staggering! The executives are getting what they wished... — read more 

Several examples of recently PiPd employees being hired back as contractors. Sure does feel like great info to use to justify a class action lawsuit. If they were such terrible employees why in the world would we want to hire them back as... — read more 

We hasn’t evacuated families from the Middle East even though the U.S. government has and our competitors have. Oh yeah and then there is this. The executives are cancelling their trips due to safety concerns. Nothing to see here. Keep working... — read more 

Seems like the new d and s model and the attrition, redundancies and retirements are starting to really hurt executives. Their planners are resigning with no backfills, they can’t staff major projects or roles and operations are struggling.

Been holding off on this post. How did this group come about. How do you get to live off others work in such a manner. No communications no plans nothing. Here we are, we run the show but not really.

I think you all suffer from occupational mental illness. You spend 40 hours a week, sometimes more, at jobs you don't like, surrounded by people you also dont enjoy. Then some of you go home and spend even free time thinking about how much you hate... — read more 

Does XOM has a minimum active-service requirement for annual performance assessment in US?

https://as.cornell.edu/news/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-their-jobs Employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak like “synergistic leadership,” or “growth-hacking paradigms” may struggle with practical decision-making... — read more 

Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 workers but says layoffs remain an option The company expects fewer employees to accept the new offer than took its earlier retirement package, while giving participating teams more flexibility to reshape their... — read more 

My advice to those who're looking to leave EM is to look outside of the industry. If you don't, you'll just end up in a very similar situation with very bleak future prognoses.

Good riddance. Any interesting stories from folks who worked in Greenspoint over the years? I was in GP8 throughout the '90s and early 00's and was mugged in the parking garage one day after getting off work - a relatively minor incident compared to... — read more 

Today I plan to tell my a--hole of a boss to go and disrespectfully fu-k himself. That man put me on a PIP for no good reason and I plan to burn that bridge without a second thought.

Ever since I joined this circus of a company 15 or so years ago I have been treated badly. From day one I had haters ploting and talking bad about me. One if the engineers told me wow you really are helpfull and nice. I asked why he said that and was... — read more 

Highest profits, and we still have to fear HC10 compensation and job cuts. Isn't that sad? The recent quarter saw highest revenue in years, and it means nothing for us. We have had nonstop cuts and we still have to worry about cuts on a daily basis... — read more 

Study has identified 2,700 jobs in HC10 to be moved to India. Watch out if tou notice supervisors for your group are being stood up in India and there is emphasis placed on knowledge transfer.

Study going on to justify making parental leave unpaid. Have those kids quickly if you want paid parental leave.

Executives have done a great job destroying employees in HC10 countries. Everyone has zero confidence in the management and worries constantly about losing their job to India and being unfairly PIPd before reaching retirement age.

Remember during COVID how they cut our benefits to help grandma collect her dividend? I am sure it want motivated by the executives wanting to collect their dividends. Since ExxonMobil is struggling quite a bit these days, I figure the executives... — read more 

Any progress to report? I see a lot of promises but nothing material happening. Seems like it is a scam to get hipos promoted.

How can supervisors game the system? Rank system is so sc--wed up. Seems like the best approach would be just to cycle everyone through the assessment categories and take turns being PIPed. Would need to keep people with enough years in their current... — read more 

I’ve started wearing my badge upside down as a quiet act of protest against ExxonMobil and as a signal to others who share my feelings. Like an upside-down flag, it says “something is wrong”. Join me: wear your badge upside down.

Who do you send examples to that your first line isn’t capable to run your team. I get this place is falling apart but there has to be some outlet to at least provide examples to get to his boss.

Is this a real issue or media making a mountain out of a non issue? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/large-methane-plumes-above-chevron-gorgon-project-investigation/107288658

Chevron moving forward in Argentina. Did executives make the right choice selling our acreage? https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chevron-uses-permian-playbook-breathe-life-into-argentinas-dead-cow-oil-region-2026-10-23/

If mobility is rewarded then why have I never seen those who drag themselves and their families around the globe rewarded for it in the annnual assessment? And not all assignments are equal either. What about the people who go on assignments that are... — read more 

Time to quit this place, trust me it is he-l if you jave a conscience. Everyone in higher management is pushing fantasy projects and then forcing their orgs to comply, it hurts the brain if you have any, the level of stupidity.