While hiring in India continues at a record pace and the Houston and Midland offices are overrun by expats from India, layoffs are announced in the USA of American citizens. I see no way to interpret the email from yesterday on elimination of NRE and... — read more 

Come on, it’ll be funny: General Steps to Form a Union in the U.S. Build Internal Support Identify Allies: Find coworkers who share concerns about wages, benefits, or working conditions. Form an Organizing Committee: Create a small group of... — read more 

Clearly the next step will be to either: Lengthen the time window (e.g. 2nd NSI during career = automatic separation) Change to mandatory separation in first NSI

Scott Sheffield of Pioneer wants to get a job as an ExxonMobil board member https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/17/2025-06562/petition-of-scott-sheffield-to-reopen-and-set-aside-order

You have the right to join with coworkers to address conditions at work. You have the right to form, join, or assist a labor organization for collective bargaining purposes or work together with coworkers to improve terms and conditions of... — read more 

can any of the people who are in a union at a refinery tell their union rep that Houston engineers want to unionize and have the union get something started ASAP!!!!

Some assessment groups have different distributions to allow more people to be ranked high or low. Seems fishy.

HOUSTON, TX — In a move analysts are calling “bold,” “innovative,” and “the corporate equivalent of kicking a hornet’s nest,” ExxonMobil executives today announced the immediate elimination of NRE protection for employees — triggering what witnesses... — read more 

Why are the signs that tell how many parking spaces are available not working? Why is the hurt free days on campus sign not working?

No surprise there. I've been trying to make a job switch for months. The job market right now is as bad as I've ever seen it. What does that tell you?

Your employees flaunt business travel and photos and activites in other countries clocking their miles and airline statuses, on LinkedIn. All good, do you ever question the vakue of these business tourism trips? These are your leeches attending... — read more 

You are all missing the point on NRE. It was never about conferring a benefit on older workers. Precisely the opposite. The purpose of NRE was to put pressure on older workers that the company no longer wants and convince them to voluntarily leave... — read more 

Does anyone know of any formal policy that prohibits employees from bringing a walking pad (electric treadmill) to campus to use under their desk? I have a dedicated spot, so no hot desking involved. Or is this a classic situation of “ask... — read more 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/exxon-says-iran-war-will-curb-1q-production-by-6-4aa8c83e What kind of id--t loses revenue with $100 oil price? As a shareholder, I demand DW get NSI ranking, and if he ever does this again in the next five years... — read more 

you can usually tell the power setup in a department within the first 5 minutes of a meeting. just watch who the boss talks to first. watch who they ask for ideas, who they look to for answers, and who they check with before moving on. when a boss... — read more 

Wait til I get my money right

After today’s HR email eliminating NRE status (which I just achieved this year), and being a CL 29, where each PA continues to be the Hunger Games, I feel I need to have the name of a good lawyer in my back pocket… just in case…. 1) Who can... — read more 

There has to be a scenario that would trigger the final elimination of the pension. Any ideas of what conditions would cause the plan to be implemented?

Imagine this scenario. You get PIP’d, then work hard to pass it. Bring up your ranking the next 3 years. Think you’re in a good spot. Then in year 5 some manager says, “we need to cut headcount, find anyone that’s been PIP’d once in the last 4 years... — read more 

I wish they would land on a criteria and stick to for more than a year or two. Must be trying to get rid of some NRE folks. More headcount reductions to come...

supporting engineers with out degrees(BTC) or sponsoring hippos without skillsets?

https://capitalandmain.com/oil-companies-accused-of-massive-accounting-fraud-in-new-mexico. "Oil companies ExxonMobil, Empire Petroleum and their subsidiaries engaged in accounting fraud that could cost the state nearly $200 million, a lawsuit filed... — read more 

From 1978–2023, top CEO compensation shot up 1,085%, compared with a 24% increase in a typical worker’s compensation.  In 2023, CEOs were paid 290 times as much as a typical worker—in contrast to 1965, when they were paid 21 times as much as a... — read more 

So what is the real story behind the CFO change? Not interested in medical history… was it stress induced or DW had enough?

Even new hires are already questioning how stable things are and whether they made a mistake coming here. When it’s that obvious that early on, it pretty much says it all.

Or working hard, for that matter? There's no path upward. Promotions happen under circumstances that are genuinely baffling, and never seem tied to actual performance. Meanwhile, the real backbone of the teams, the impressive professionals, get... — read more 

Platforms like Indeed and Glassdoor no longer allow truly anonymous comments—corporate agreements behind the scenes have made open discussion nearly impossible. At this point, Layoffs.com is one of the few places where employees can honestly share... — read more 

I'm just curious what people's biggest issues are.

Nothing says ‘competitive advantage’ like posting the Permian well logs, 1533’ core spacing, and perforation clusters. This is what winning looks like. Thank you ST for posting that to LinkedIn

In our department, there’s this section head no one knows what he actually does. He hasn’t done technical work for years and spends most of his time walking around the kitchen area on the fifth floor(S2), chatting with people, flirting with women... — read more 

What strategies have worked when BTC delivers a low quality work product? Of course, other than doing the work yourself.

Associate, Advanced, Expert, Principal etc. ?

I have over 15 years of experience, and I’m given the title of “Associate,” meanwhile someone with less than 2 years of experience is given the title of “Advanced.” I took the new D&S training. But frankly, this is BS. Heard that HR made all of the... — read more 

Any thoughts around the EMTech forum held today by D!lan Puke and the other BTC lovin' gang of yes men? Would love to hear more on the AEST item that is coming for the sites that he mentioned but never really said much about. It's happening in... — read more 

Title says it all. All of my doctors are with memorial hermann so I guess I will have to find new ones. Life just keeps getting better and better at excon. So far this year I have spent 1600.00 for a heart scan, 700.00 for specialized blood work and... — read more 

I was asked to leave last year piped out before retirement eligibility. So I got my retirement payout information from alight. You are eligible to get retirement after 50 years of age. I was told I had to wait 90 days to get my lump sum payout. I... — read more 

Hilarious https://youtube.com/shorts/T16L7PaVLTw?si=f1TZFRrynxfIq0Zr

Many smart people join full of ambition, only to discover they’re expected to follow old, sometimes wrong traditions. Showing initiative isn’t appreciated unless it’s heavily filtered through the elders of the cult. Many fresh graduates join with big... — read more 

Random question: If I leave and am paid out for a few weeks of vacation, do I pay social security taxes on that or only income tax? I’m trying to estimate what my payout would be.