This is why we keep getting caught flat footed as an organization: instead of using the scientific method to challenge assumptions, groups take the data and try to frame why the preferred or existing method will work/is working. No one disagrees that... — read more 

New disclosures released yesterday show Google, Amazon, Facebook, and other firms requesting foreign worker H-1B visas this year. Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Google, wrote a solemn letter in January, announcing his company's decision to... — read more 

When is our raise? Last year it had already been announced. 😠

So for the last few years many (all?) orgs have combined rank groups. For example, instead of ranking 28/29's separately from 26/27 like we used to do - those groups are combined. There is a separate rank list for each CL but then HR merges... — read more 

Question: Where does ExxonMobil employees rank their management? ChatGPT Answer: According to a website called Comparably.com, ExxonMobil employees rate their manager a C+ or 67/100 based on 141 ratings. The website says that the score takes into... — read more 

How many NSI can one get with no option for PIP?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/exxon-goes-lean-with-end-of-god-pod-era-1f667ce7 Top executives to inhabit simpler office suite near Houston after move from Dallas area By Collin Eaton Updated May 14, 2023 6:44 pm ET After inhabiting a palatial... — read more 

It's been a year since I resigned. I can't believe it. A year ago I was miserable. Today I couldn't be happier. Remote work is an absolute game changer. Having a manager I actually respect and can learn a lot from is another absolute game changer... — read more 

https://setexasrecord.com/stories/599845957-exxonmobil-used-employee-ranking-system-to-eliminate-older-workers-suit-alleges By Marian Johns May 25, 2021 HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil is facing a claim that it implemented an employee ranking system and took... — read more 

Hot-desking has some issues to work out. With nearly half of the prepandemic office population in some major U.S. cities working remotely on any given day, hot-desking—where employees don’t have assigned desks but grab an empty one on days they come... — read more 

I understand that last year the quintiles weren't true quintiles. Greater than 60 percent were in the top 3. Are they doing the same thing this year?

There is a lot of jealousy on display here. Comments show some seriously warped thinking. Many of the people criticized or blamed are being unfairly treated by you. Your anger is understandable but the outlet for your anger is wrong. You are seeking... — read more 

Will people react to their performance assessment by voting with their feet or will they continue to just complain via this forum?

This forum is so toxic. Simple solution is to leave the company. Most people don’t because they can’t find a job that pays more elsewhere.

2022 USD per MMBtu January 4.38 February 4.69 March 4.90 April 6.60 May 8.14 June 7.70 July 7.28 August 8.81 September 7.88 October 5.66 November 5.45 December 5.53 2023 USD per MMBtu January 3.27 February 2.38 March 2.31 April 2.16 — read more 

Last PDS cycle I got NI after 3 straight years of O, and I got PIP'ed because I was at XOM less than 5 years. For my performance discussion, our nasty miserable manager took a new role and we got a new manager so they were both in the room. After... — read more 

For those who had too deal with him in other organisations what's your take on BC? Positive and negative comments are welcome.

Does anyone know what is the process to fire ExxonMobil’s CEO?

I typically pass on these opportunities to provide feedback but is there any way to leverage this as a tool? Not sure if it is worth it to be honest, are you all just as jaded? Discuss.

if you forget about how toxic it is.

Many of the PIPs going around right now aren’t even for job performance, they’re for mysterious “culture” misalignment - which basically means you have failed to keep your big mouth shut about all the stupid you keep running into on the job. When the... — read more 

They are not offshoring work "so we can do more important things". They do not care about us, the American worker who got them their Billions. Review and PIP are ABSOLUTELY used as a way to lay people off. They absolutely know what your fate is well... — read more 

PDS is a slap in the face. I get told by my supervisor what to write, my opinion is garbage. Of course there’s a bit in there about TMTS, so they can use that as a stick if you fail to transfer knowledge to KLTC. I can’t see how this company will... — read more 

It almost official. EMTEC will not hire in high cost countries in 2023. The company is over staffed in HC-10.

In most companies, performance metrics are used to set apart the best from the great from the good from the average from the bad. Only at Exxon, performance is used as a tool to get some of the best people on PIPs. It's not about performance, it's... — read more 

But apparently not enough for the company to do anything about it. Someone tell our new VP that the premium needs to go back to... — read more 

How does it make you feel to be forced to push your work to India, Budapest, Brazil or other locations to ultimately eliminate yourself or a coworker? How much of the mandatory NI OR NSI is comprised of these people that comply and eliminate... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/what-s-going-on-with-exxon-mobil-shares-today Story by Anusuya Lahiri • 1h ago Exxon Mobil Corp (NASDAQ: XOM) shares gained Monday as Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE: GS) reiterated its forecast for Brent... — read more 

This is not about who is the best company or who earns the most. I'd just like to know who is the better employer? I received an offer and I'm considering switching to Chevron. A decade or so ago it wouldn't have even been a contest. Exxon would have... — read more 

https://www.fastcompany.com/90866087/red-flags-someone-cant-be-trusted-according-to-science 16-March-2023 How to tell if someone who is showing off is actually revealing their insecurity. Most of the problems in this world are caused by our... — read more 

https://oilreviewmiddleeast.com/industry/oil-demand-in-transport-sector-to-half-by-2050-dnv Oil demand in transport sector to halve by 2050: DNV The share of electricity in transport will grow from 1% today to 23% in 2050, according to DNV’s latest... — read more 

Let's list the ideas that fall into this catagory. I will start... EMIT MSP to India

According to the US Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), companies meeting criteria below should report layoff type activities. In Texas, most companies will report even handful or — read more 

How much time do you lose every day now that we are in full on hot desk/neighborhood (TM) mode? Think about all the time spent: looking for a desk setting up any ergo items finding people (who used to be in a known location) breaking... — read more 

If you are pip'ed, you are better of doing nothing and use office hours to look for a new job. Once pip'ed you are unlikely to get ranked higher than Q4 (more likely Q5) in the foreseable future even if you make it past the PIP This is the best... — read more 

Is there still an expat premium calculator? I can’t find it but the search tool is garbage.

Know of anyone who is pretending to be. Protected class for career advance? Seems like it would be a winning strategy

I can’t think of a single benefit that is better now vs when I hired

It is a simple fact they the continued shrinking of the company means there will be fewer opportunities. LCS isn’t growing fast enough to offset the overall trend of fewer employees in “high cost” countries.