Know it happens, for variety of reasons we don’t need to get into. Just want to know what level actually needs to support it so don’t waste time on first line supervisor.
Expansion plans?
Any word on expansions or major projects? What locations?
Exxon plant sales
What refineries or chemical plants are up for sale? Surely it will happen before ranking. Don’t want to get rid of people at the locations Exxon plans on keeping. Anyone hearing about who is up for sale?
WAEM survey
So funny to see all levels of management trying to convince people to reply to this survey. Looks like their own career is at stake... 😀 Like in dictatures, the only way for people to express their frustration is to refuse to participate in rigged... — read more
Vulnerability we-ponized
So it looks like after the great resignation of 2022 and the great demoralization of 2023, leaders have been called upon to exercise more "vulnerability", to soften their tone, to be more understanding for the regular employee and to conduct... — read more
ExxonMobil divests Williston Basin
Uncon getting smaller and smaller.
Need I say more
ExxonMobil - Brutally Brilliant Outsourcing https://www.piton-global.com/case_study/exxonmobil/
Glassdoor
Do not forget… Senior Management, HR, and Campus recruits all use Glassdoor as a means to measure ExxonMobil. It takes 3min to “assess” the company… why not give an inexperienced college grad a heads-up about what they’re getting into?
Returnship program
So the offshoring of jobs continue…. This opportunity only available in India. No such posting in the US. I’m sure I’ll be asked to flex my hours to train and mentor. “The ExxonMobil Returnship Program is a back-to-work program for experienced... — read more
Three D-mb Things Managers Do That Make Their Employees Quit
By Marcel Schwantes 19 May 2023 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-d-mb-things-managers-do-make-employees-quit-marcel-schwantes Ever heard this expression? For every finger you point, there are three pointing back at you. This illustration certainly... — read more
NSI is 5% this ranking cycle
Look around - 1 out of every 20 employees will be gone after this hunger games. Look at people with CL above, equal, and lower than you. If you can’t identify the 1 out of every 20 who will be NSI, then you are the NSI tribute. If you can identify... — read more
Exxon rebuts proxy advisor, says net zero emissions scenario 'unlikely'
By Sabrina Valle https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exxon-rebuts-proxy-advisor-says-net-zero-emissions-scenario-unlikely-2023-05-18/ HOUSTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) has pushed back against investors pressing the largest... — read more
Another lost benefit - Home Sale Assistance
Anyone interested in ever moving with Exxon: XOM has taken away your option to sell your house with the company… along with any repatriation/return assistance. Good luck to anyone going to W Texas, buying into high markets, and taking losses on the... — read more
Has your attitude toward unions changed?
When I started here (EMHC), I only saw unions as a weird complication that were useful during the Industrial Revolution but didn’t serve much of a purpose anymore. After Covid and the continuous flow of anti-worker decisions being made by a clearly... — read more
How to be happy at EM
In order to be happy in EM it is required to either be a Hi-Po. Once a hi-po, always a hi-po, regardless of how many times a hi-po fk-ups or what a hi-po says or does, he/she will be always ranked at the top, get top raises, and paid way above... — read more
Hotdesking meeting
Attended a hot-desking meeting and now I am more depressed about the move than ever. if this is such a great idea to save space and money, why are VP and above not leading the way? if you are to be gone more than 2 hours, pack your stuff... — read more
Combining CL for ranking
Due to the reduced workforce after years of layoffs, er sorry, low performance, we will be combining 8 CL levels this time to protect certain people and of course, minorities (just not the Asians, Hispanics, and Middle Eastern). So basically all CL... — read more
Chevron, Exxon seek state backing for Australia carbon capture, hydrogen projects
May 17, 20235:12 AM CDT By Emily Chow https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/chevron-exxon-seek-state-backing-australia-carbon-capture-hydrogen-projects-2023-05-17/ ADELAIDE, May 17 (Reuters) - Chevron Corp (CVX.N) and Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), the... — read more
“HR is running the numbers to prove the process is working”
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
Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After Layoffs
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
Amy news on Raise?
When is our raise? Last year it had already been announced. 😠
Continued age-ism in ranking
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
What does ChatGPT say about ExxonMobil?
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?
How many NSI can one get with no option for PIP?
Exxon Goes Lean With End of ‘God Pod’ Era
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
I resigned a year ago.
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
ExxonMobil used employee ranking system to eliminate older workers, suit alleges
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
WSJ: Why Employees Hate Hot-Desking
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
Are they using real quintiles this year?
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?
Jealousy
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 resignations pick up again?
Will people react to their performance assessment by voting with their feet or will they continue to just complain via this forum?
Toxic 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.
Henry Hub Natural Gas Prices Are In A Death Spiral - The Last Time They Were This Low Was At the Peak of Covid 19
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
Was anyone else begged not to leave after getting PIP'ed?
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
Input requested on new GBS president
For those who had too deal with him in other organisations what's your take on BC? Positive and negative comments are welcome.
How to fire DW?
Does anyone know what is the process to fire ExxonMobil’s CEO?
Survey
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.
Exxon is the greatest place on earth
if you forget about how toxic it is.
It will be a preferable option to be laid off
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
When will they tell the truth:
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