I know there is an advancement guide for normal people dictating promotion timing. What about supervisors and hipos? Do they have separate advancement guides?

You can replace us when we quit but our replacements will never have the knowledge of why decisions were made 5,10, 20 years ago. You will have to repeat mistakes and relearn what we already know. The cost of losing what we know will be immense. Good... — read more 

We can’t staff the projects that management wants to go fast yet there is pressure to reduce headcount in Houston! The Horizon challenge will only get worse. Even the teams that are staffed are full of people who don’t know how to get things done.

I've gotten to the point where nearly any other job sounds appealing. I'd stock shelves overnight, work a reception desk, or spend eight hours answering customer complaints if it meant leaving this place. None of those sound particularly exciting... — read more 

By: Sheila Dang August 24, 2026 MIDLAND, Texas — In rural west Texas where oil rigs and pump jacks dot the sparse flat landscape, an ExxonMobil contractor sits in a small office on a drilling rig, using controls on a screen to operate robotic... — read more 

And what’s the bets the next CEO js a downstreamer or Dan the Man who knows nothing about the business. Brother Darren and his merry man have cut the ba--s off the upstreamers. He needs to leave soon before he watches his empire crumble with the... — read more 

Recently someone left the company because they didn’t want to move to Texas and thanked “all sponsors.” Is this just for HiPos, or can anyone request one? How does it actually work — do they assign sponsors to their favorites?

A lot of prior ones were heavily weighted to early career employees with less than 10 years. It seems like now a lot of mid career employees with 10-25 years are seeing opportunities shrink and are voting with their feet. Lots of very highly... — read more 

No bonus, deferred RSU vesting, pension, low probability of surviving 10-year annual pip = Base is all you get

Who messed up? https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/exxon-mobil-refinery-sunday-power-outage/

Hi all, I am looking for reservoir engineer job and saw many job posts by Exxon at the same time i am seeing too many people leaving the company. I am not sure what is going on. Is the unconventional teams are doing good and keep hiring or like all... — read more 

Surely there is someone out there who has the info that proves how investors have been misled by Proxxima

Costco raised its Kirkland Signature full synthetic motor oil to $57.99 and is limiting customers to two units every seven days. Costco is also rationing some Mobil 1 motor oil, limiting six-quart cases to five per member. Link between the... — read more 

Source: C. Simpson Plenty of leaders point to an open door, a caring one-on-one, and a policy that says people can come to them with anything. But none of that tells you what happens when someone is genuinely struggling. What someone experiences... — read more 

I have a few questions I'd like to submit.

Has anyone been told the assessment meeting themes for each rank group by their supervisor? I was shocked when I heard them. What a bunch of garbage.

Supervisors in the US are told each year to rank the BTC expats in the USA high and push down the American workers. Happening in Houston, Midland, and Carlsbad.

Are only PIPs used to reduce workforce?

How many RSUs do people typically get at CL24, CL25, CL26 and above for Excellent vs. Outstanding ratings? Does Trading having different compensation structure?

Plan to resign soon. Can I cash out carry over vacation from last year?

They aren’t even trying to hide their plans anymore. It is common knowledge that once you hit late 40’s you are toast. Good luck becoming a retiree.

Just heard about a couple more including hipos. That’s 7 (or 8?) in last couple months and many are strong performing mid career. A bunch more almost out as the ones who left are recruiting others to go. As well several people just waiting for... — read more 

There are so many woman taking LOA as of September 30. What a luxury to take a year off amid massive restructuring! Right now in the Finance everybody knows there are huge cuts coming. Everybody knows after Polaris is implemented there is no need for... — read more 

I have had this experience. Told the obvious truth and was reprimanded for not being a team player. They wanted to keep the lie alive so they could be promoted. Company spends a lot of money, time, and effort keeping lies alive so that the chosen... — read more 

It is funny talking to people who used to work at ExxonMobil. They have no idea just how quickly and how much worse things have gotten.

How am I in the minority? It's not the same as it was a decade ago, but this is still a god job, especially considering everything that's been happening in the industry.

Executives publicly say Guyana is a once in a life opportunity and then beat up teams internally and compare everything against Guyana. It makes zero... — read more 

More evidence of how corrupt the system is. Supervisors begging those out in NSI to take the PIP because they are needed and the company doesn’t want them to quit. Supervisors promising before PIP even starts that it will be passed. Clear evidence... — read more 

I'm stressed, exhausted, and so fed up with everything right now. I want to leave, but I have bills and responsibilities that don't give me that option.

I was talking to a reservoir engineer about my job search and interviews as we both want to leave. It is proving much more challenging for him than me as reservoir engineering is pretty much just oil and gas. I encouraged him to look at geothermal... — read more 

I keep hearing Proxxima is supposed to be this big thing but no one is buying it. Did someone lie to get a promotion again? Is this the next algae? Or Yoshi fuel delivery?

On a scale from "mildly incompetent" to "couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel."

Chevron Already Committed $7 Billion to Venezuela. Trump Says Exxon Is Next. https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/09/12/chevron-already-committed-7-billion-to-venezuela-t/

I've finally realized that doing a good job doesn't protect you here at all. The worst part isn't even offshore teams, it's the local managers and coworkers who dump their mess on everyone else and somehow never get held responsible. They expect... — read more 

Nuff said

They (executives) truly believe you can run an oil refinery from the other side of the world using third rate talent. Apparently the billions in profit were just not quite enough. We no longer promote employees because they are hard working or... — read more 

Please Stay. Not because life is beautiful, but because this moment isn’t the whole story.

I was in a meeting this week and 40% of those in the room were principal engineers or senior principal engineers. Collectively they knew zero about what was being discussed. There was me and one other person who actually understood the technical... — read more 

You are strip mining this company Cutting corners Sticking it to employees Not focused on safety quality or transparency Eliminating safety procedures Cutting back jobs Squeezing profits out of this... — read more 

There is a plan being carried out to reduce promotions. Be ready to be offered only lateral moves at best or be given additional responsibilities with no CL promotion. The target is to reduce CL 28+ 50% by 2030 and even more by 2033 through... — read more