No telling what is in store for us in the next year. Out of curiosity, what are your milestones for financial freedom? I’d define this as unplanned loss of employment….your choice or theirs.

https://quoththeraven.substack.com/p/oil-will-crush-all-other-investments

Why are so many XTO employees applying for jobs with us? We are another major in Midland and I’ve never seen this many XTO applicants before. What is going on at XTO to drive people away? Did you all have another layoff? Applicants seem to be top... — read more 

Stop putting in extra hours and working so hard. If you aren’t a HiPo with a sponsor there is no reason to.

Dear all, hope you are having a great holiday season. I left Exxon early this year after working there for almost a decade. I was too busy with my new job and family businesses, and thus left my sizable 401k in Voya since - I am wondering for non-XOM... — read more 

Close to the New Year. What do you think will happen in 2023? Site Closure, further reduction, new executive boards, heavy litigation from government, etc?

Seems to be more frequent these days.

Executive potential I was told. Early thirties, CL28. I'm male, white, Texan, meet all the demographic checkboxes. I sit all day in strategy and planning meetings, always agreeing wh-t the majority, but always sounding articulate and corporate... — read more 

At the end of each year for the past five years at least I always think employee morale has hit rock bottom. A year passes and I realize I was wrong because each time it was worse. Somehow XOM always finds a way to kick us when we're down. This year... — read more 

Every time I read pathetic self congratulatory LinkedIn posts from XOM employees congratulating the company, its managers, cheap employee promotions, and company policies or actions, It reminds me of this great old Japanese wisdom: A frog in a well... — read more 

What I dislike most is that instead of doing an Elon Musk style hard reset, they’ve chosen take the longest, most costly, and inefficient path to normalizing the workforce possible via the PIP. For all of their bravado, they seem genuinely afraid... — read more 

Exxon sues EU in move to block new windfall tax on oil companies Supermajor says Brussels exceeded legal authority by imposing levy set to raise up to €25bn ExxonMobil is suing the EU in a bid to force it to scrap the bloc’s new windfall tax on... — read more 

My supervisor told me this week that the chemical plant and refinery leadership is set to combine starting mid next year. The engineering division will functionalize to how it was a few years ago, technical division will become one across the site... — read more 

Why does BR have Technical DHs?

Just read the book ‘When McKinsey comes to town’… the parallels with EM play book is scary.

As a very tough year, in which.... we have said goodbye to countless excellent colleagues who courageously resigned. we have welcomed countless of clueless newbies that have been deceived by the heartless recruiting liers. management has... — read more 

I worked in several companies in the industry. To be fair, the management is more or less equally bad everywhere. There are some exceptions, but managers generally do not want help, they have their favorites and do nothing to motivate employees to... — read more 

The simplest explanation for why your performance ratings have been declining is that your performance is declining. When you’re not railing against workplace diversity, ESG, or proclaiming that your human rights are being violated by office... — read more 

... your worth devaluates. Think about it: The older you get, the lower you ranking becomes. This is so by design. Ask the NRE folks, most of them are in the NI rank group. Also, the older you get, the less employable outside EM you become. This... — read more 

Has anyone gotten or heard of getting a raise along with all the salaried folks? Seems to me once again the lowly hourly hands are gonna get a jelly of the month club certificate.

Despite the recent appreciation in XOM stock price, the 10-yr performance is only slightly better than Common Assets (3.8% vs 3.3%). What does this mean for XOM stock going forward?

In fact, I think that it is not at all uncommon that the employees here are more competent than their managers. It's frustrating, of course, but the question is how to deal with it? By not showing that you are more competent and thus avoiding... — read more 

Firstly, Company wants high performance talents, but it doesnt want to pay to that standard, that is the main reason why many department could not recruit experineced hires. Many years ago, good people queue to join EM they will join even without a... — read more 

2023 will be good

Exxon is offering me a job at Baton Rouge Chemical Plant. The pay is good, benefits look pretty decent as well but before i quit my current job i wanted to ask what is the culture like in the Chemical Plant.

What keeps people to work at a filthy and toxic place where pretense is the default and real talent has no place. Almost all good talent has left the company but who are the ones who keep working here in spite of their so called good degrees (e.g... — read more 

I&D is ok when companies are making lots and lots of money and can hire three "diversity" employees and then hire three qualified employees to do the job that the "diversity" employees can't do, but what happens when that same company isn't making as... — read more 

Is Global Security SSHE still a power house as it once used to be or still hiring selected nationalities, skill set which hinders diversity, innovation, forward thinking and or evolvement. Reckon the future will watch that space for targeted out... — read more 

Merriam-Webster defines gaslighting as follows: *Psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and... — read more 

Any official numbers? Any guesses? 2020=72k 2021=63k 2022=? My estimate based on the ridiculous attrition I've witnessed this year: 50k.

The attrition here in Houston is awful but wondered what it’s like in the UK, Australia or Canada as those countries seem to make up most of our leadership. Is it good or really bad.

There are too many reasons to list here, but the thing that broke the camels back for me was the constant attempts at gaslighting. I understand a company has to keep up their reputation in the public eye and will gloss over things, but when... — read more 

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21122022/big-oil-exxon-reputation-carbon-capture/ Documents show Shell initially resisted working with Exxon on the Houston project and believed Chevron had doubts, too. Both companies eventually signed on. By... — read more 

If upper management “truly” wants to improve the culture, why do we not have a robust 360 feedback process so that all supervisors and managers can receive real feedback? This feedback could the be tracked to ensure supervisors/managers are... — read more 

If you are too busy concerned about your everyday concerns, such as your uncaring supervisor, your untrusting coworkers, the obnoxious hi-potential millennials that is bragging about its 30% raise, the neighborhoods, attrition, or the next... — read more 

I feel like Exxon is the only place where people keep failing and then getting promoted for it. I don't know about you, but I'm sick of seeing those who mess up in a major way not only get away with it but be rewarded for their failures. Considering... — read more 

first they take our jobs, then they win at soccer.

If I wasn't working here and was getting an impression of the company based only on what some people write here, I would think that EM has the most toxic work environment ever. It is not my intention to defend this place because I myself think it... — read more