Visiting from the bp board here....we're just starting a "Technical Services India" technical center. Heard XOM started something similar to this years ago. What has the experience been? Is it just an attempt to replace expensive technical staff in... — read more 

What happens to my RSU vesting if I take no pay leave to go on a sabbatical? Say 6 months to a year? Will the vesting schedule remain the same or will the vesting dates be pushed back by the period that I am away from the company?

I guess you can only tell your clients “Just fire a bunch of people” so many times before everyone else catches on: https://www.businessinsider.com/mckinsey-consultants-employee-reviews-bad-year-pandemic-2024-2?amp

Recently got an automated email that I was assigned a mentor for the 'executive mentorship' program. Background is that I was an experienced hire with now a few years Exxon experience. I asked my supervisor what it was about, she downplayed it but... — read more 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vanbeekerik_skitrip-vacation-personaltime-activity-7161390850181062656-PORh

Druvker’s released their annual study for Management for Fortune 500 companies. Exxon again scored in the bottom 1/2 driven down by extremely low Employee Engagement scores (we are talking NSI numbers). I guess when you quietly push out your US org... — read more 

Been reading the book by Simon Sinek. Every description of what a company or culture shouldn’t be reminds me of work at Exxon. The continuous low level cortisol cause high blood pressure… The author provided 5 leadership lessons that focused on the... — read more 

Anyone else doing this? https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/career-cushioning-latest-workplace-trend-employees-trying-protect-themselves-heading-2024

Exxon Mobil told a federal judge on Monday that the lawsuit it filed against two shareholder activists should continue even after the groups withdrew a climate resolution, as the largest U.S. energy company tried to keep the suit going despite a... — read more 

PIP target close to 20% this year due to much of the more qualified Pioneer staff taking the positions of what’s left of our atrophied engineering staff. It’s not only BTC and KL we must worry about.

I am a CL 28 and am looking for advice on types of roles I should be seeking to continue my career progression. Any advice? I’d like to map out how to reach low 30’s CL before retirement.

As the company headcount shrinks in size, are the opportunities for roles beyond 27 shrinking also? What is concerning to me is that I'm seeing high cls being put into 28 level roles. Even some people seem to be taking "demotions".... What about the... — read more 

Honestly it's just sad going to my site. We all know over the years they've been offshoring jobs. We all know they've been sending a KL or BTC resource to the sites occasionally, but it is truly hitting full throttle now. One of our units is on... — read more 

The Flemish government granted the permit for the project to place three wind turbines on the site of the ExxonMobil Meerhout Polymers Plant and a turbine on the other side of the Albert Canal in Meerhout. This is an important milestone for the... — read more 

in music chair, every round (year) one chair (8% NSI/PIP) is removed from the existing chairs. this is the exact XOM play for past few years! in hunger game, people fight to death to be the last survivor which is not the XOM case. so folks, let's... — read more 

Please post your thoughts from the 4Q2023 Earnings Call on 2 February 2023 https://investor.exxonmobil.com/earnings (1) Cumulative Structural Cost Savings between 2019 and 2023: $9.7 B vs. 2019; leading peers (2) 2024: continued growth in... — read more 

Has that been communicated?

Any details on LD’s retirement? At one time, it seemed that LD couldn’t be president of enough things. Did she disappoint DW with her handling of EMTEC?

Does anyone have any good advice as to how best to combine a PIP/PIL (not sure I care to fight the bullsh-t anymore) with retirement planning? Does frugal vacation usage during the year play a role? Asking as an RE who fully expects it to be the... — read more 

Is layoff target 8% again this year? It is amazing how executives know how many people Need Significant Improvement prior to any performance assessment.

How come barely anybody mentions layoffs anymore?

So I hear there continues to be more and more assessment groups that have widened the CL range, for example CL20-29 in the same assessment group. How do you compare a new hire ~CL23 or even 5-8 yr person CL 24/25 to a 50 year old CL29? This is... — read more 

How much do you think our fearless LCS DA generates when he races his high cost porsches ? He tells the world we are working on cutting emissions while he is out racing and adding to the problem for pure entertainment value. Tone deaf much.

I have to build myself back up every time I switch groups. Suddenly my sending group tanks my ranking and then I have to build it back up over years. Makes me not want to move groups!

When Houston rapper Bun B threw a birthday party for his young granddaughter three years ago, he didn't settle for cake and ice cream on the patio. He threw a princess-themed bash for 40 at a 34,000-square-foot French chateau in the Champions... — read more 

Executives have a lot of unneeded perks. Have you heard about the hunting lodge? It is hardy used but costs a fortune to keep. Check out how much we spend for executives to have a nice... — read more 

Isn’t it interesting that we get called “high cost” but we don’t call other places “low cost” High value engineering center rather than low cost engineering center? Why all the carefully chosen words for HVEC but not for HC10?

Figure out how to move on. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/youve-just-gotten-fired-heres-how-to-forgive-yourself-and-move-on/ar-AA1lCyT0

Anyone get approved to pursue education? It used to be you could go anywhere do anything but now it seems your supervisor has to approve so good luck with there being a consistent approach to how the benefit is administered. Likely only those with... — read more 

Any BTC employees who can share how they see working at BTC to be. Is it a long term thing for you? A stepping stone to graduate school or a better job? Is it seen as a prestigious job in India?

What are the normal work hours at BTC? I heard they work late into the night to overlap with US time zone. If true won’t this hurt our ability to retain people there? Once they have been trained won’t they want to leave and work normal hours? — read more 

How is the Bakken? I was offered a job there but don’t know or hear much about it.

Exxon is in the middle of a push to unlock $25 billion in cash flow by 2027. That should pay for more stock buybacks. https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/exxon-can-thrive-even-with-low-oil-prices-e899c18f

In tech, company leaders see layoffs as a way to stay efficient, shift priorities and weed out underperformers — while many employees, particularly those with technical skills, assume that finding a new job won't be that hard, and often they're... — read more 

Prior to COVID I believed that during an industry downturn we would keep going with investment through the cycle. What I saw was we did exactly what everyone else did. Seems if during a downturn there is no upside to being here that when things are... — read more 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2024/jan/23/exxonmobils-attempt-to-silence-activist-investors-should-be-a-warning-to-shareholders?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1 By: Nils Pratley The US oil company is off to court to try to block... — read more 

Just stop thinking https://youtube.com/shorts/DGzcix4SzhQ?si=qRx-oeqReP3-wyB4

Notice how there are no options to write in comments. Its not even multiple choice. Just a bunch of leading yes/no questions. They long ago stopped looking for real answers - this is just a comedy show now.

Team, As we're getting closer to the merger I'd like some insight on what your bonuses look like. I'd say anyone who is making base 90K (Exempt) is at a 14% Bonus Target with 5800 Stocks here at Pioneer I know Exxon pays higher base and lower... — read more