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.

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 

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 

How is it going heritage Pioneer peeps?

Such a step backwards to no longer offer automatic email copies of our paychecks. Why in the world would this functionality be removed?

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.

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 beware. Management instructed Bakken to lean in on bringing more BTC workers to USA and outsourcing as much as possible to BTC.

What have you seen in company plan that is insightful? What insight can be shared on plans for employees?

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.

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 

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?

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 

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 

If Career Connect, AI, outsourcing, rankings, and reorgs are all wildly successful, what does the ideal Exxon employee of 2035 actually look like?

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 

With the Trinidad farm down news- who is the last person who found something via true by the bit exploration that is still with the corporation? Is this a sign?

D&S is totally focused on the few hipos. No thought or effort placed into roles for everyone else. You are lucky if they even take the time to find you a role. And forget any chance of it being explained to you how the role grows you or your career. — read more 

When inflation is so high and raises are zero to nothing what does it matter how you are assessed?

Housing costs in Houston are up so much since 2021. Really su-ks for those of us the company sent away and now expects to return. Meanwhile those who never leave Houston have their sweet low interest rate mortgages and bought their houses for half of... — read more 

PIP/NSI these obvious choices ASAP: Your fellow worker who does nothing but attends meetings. Your colleague who is addicted to International Business Travel and spent most of their time looking for and scheming for their next company paid... — read more 

I’m still pretty new to this whole process. My first year was MAC, and in my second year my manager told me, a couple of people in ranking room talked for me, so I was moved one level up in the ranking(VG to E). I was confused because I always... — read more 

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Is this end game for career connect or are their other changes pending? Seems like there's less information and features available than before the transformation. What was the point?

I see we just farmed out 10% of our Trinidad block to Oxy. I have wondered for a long time what the point of this and OBO is. I understand the idea of risk sharing but how are we supposed to have better returns than our competitors when so many of... — read more 

Remember when the cows wandered into EMHC last year and security didn’t even bother to send a fake “your safety matters” email? I’m convinced they went straight to Darren’s room, took one look at him, and were like, “Ah. You’ve got this ” and just... — read more 

The work life balance is so toxic it feels like they're trying to ki-l us off slowly. You either burn out or get pushed out. There's no in between anymore.

Anyone else at BTC surprised to receive a mid year raise? My supervisor said that I had earned it with my performance and also due to the rising inflation here in India. I thought raises were only in January so this is a nice surprise as a new hire... — read more 

What is it with these Delaware alumni and their entitled attitude? They sit in rooms dividing roles among themselves like it’s their private club, acting as if they’re better than everyone else.

The company is shrinking and is younger people need the roles to open up to survive. The pension doesn’t grow that much after 55 and certainly after 60 it really slows down. Do us a favor and help us get to 55.

Zero or paltry raises for employees while executives gorge themselves and continually inflate their compensation year over year.

The sole purpose of D&S is to ensure that Hipos rather than the most qualified candidate is selected for the best roles. Ranking follows role meaning that your ranking is highly dependent on your role being visible and valued by management. The... — read more 

I was wondering if I'm one of the few XOM long career of 33 years stock holders who never traded or sold their stock mainly for NUA reasons. Invested only in XOM, S&P 500, and extended markets index. With the 170 dollar stock price I finally gave in... — read more 

Story by Craig Hale Four in five execs say they were less likely to value human employees after using AI AI still requires human oversight, and many struggle to fully trust it Poor and even negative ROI continues to plague many A new study by... — read more 

What are the odds they make me actually work the 2 weeks (not a direct competitor or operator)? Any advice on how “best” to leave?

Permian has become a place hipos have to punch their ticket. This means the rest of us no longer have opportunities for career advancement as the roles for higher CL are all being taken by hipos cycling in and out. If you are in operations forget... — read more 

Why is it that I always get some job that I didn’t ask for and that I don’t want? Nooone ever explains to me why the job is a good next role. Has been happening for 20 years now.

What program do you use frequently that has a terrible user interface design? Our time writing system is just terrible. So many clicks and pop up windows. Very unintuitive.

Since when did they start making hourly employees do the KOF? I thought it was only for the salary positions. Knowledgable others feedback