I need some catharsis right now. Let’s point out the problems with Business Transformation. (From the perspective of ‘Okay, we’re going to support this vision, but the details/execution/plan are a big mess.’)

I enjoy working in oil and gas. I see no other oil and gas company that is any different from an employee experience perspective. I am in my mid 40's and so I am worried about being fired once I reach my mid 50's like I've seen happen to others. My... — read more 

Exxon employees under 40yrs old, should consider that the company is designed to underperform in your development for the next few decades. Finding new employment now is probably the best thing for your career. I tell this to anybody new I meet... — read more 

Jack Welch's GE legacy ended last week: R.I.P. Story by Allan Sloan • Yesterday 8:43 AM https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/jack-welch-s-ge-legacy-ended-last-week Jack Welch, the legendary long-time chief executive of General Electric, died on... — read more 

Why is Exxon’s Aetna so healthcare such bad coverage? No hard data, anecdotal experience is mine and friends, but seems our health care provider options weren’t ever great and are dwindling. Healthcare is a benefit I would think Exxon would highly... — read more 

By Erwin Seba https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exxon-beaumont-texas-refinery-output-passes-other-exxon-refineries-sources-2023-03-14/ March 14 (Reuters) - Production at Exxon Mobil Corp’s (XOM.N) Beaumont, Texas, refinery has surpassed that... — read more 

By Sabrina Valle https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exxon-considers-selling-stake-lng-terminal-offshore-italy-2023-03-15/ HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is considering selling its majority stake in Italy's main... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/crude-oil-prices-fall-to-70-barrel-as-growing-stockpiles-add-to-economy-fears Story by Investing.com • 8h ago Investing.com -- Crude oil prices fell to their lowest in 15 months on Wednesday, on a combination... — read more 

I think the problem is that the best individual contributors are promoted to managers. Everyone wants to be a manager rather than a great individual contributor as that is the way to succeed. We need to have a true technical ladder. The high... — read more 

Actually, my energy is drained by a huge number of unnecessary meetings. What percentage of your meetings do you think are totally unnecessary?

What are you going to do about it? Drop the victim attitude. DO SOMETHING! BE SOMEONE! IMPROVE YOURSELF! So much self loathing evident on this site. If you don't like your situation don't sit around crying and complaining. MAN UP AND DO SOMETHING... — read more 

Story by Amanda Drane, Staff writer https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/lyondellbasell-wants-to-turn-its-houston-refinery-into-a-hydrogen-facility LyondellBasell said Tuesday that the Houston refinery it plans to close this year may make way... — read more 

Story by hchowdhury@insider.com https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/millionaire-and-billionaire-ceos-say-thousands-of-laid-off-tech-staff-just-did-fake-work Silicon Valley founders and investors are debating what constitutes real work in... — read more 

Middle managers should be able to manage twenty to thirty employees. Ten employees were circa 1990 before Office 365, laptops, and cell phones existed. Bottom line is that middle management needs to shrink by 50% if they only have ten direct... — read more 

Interesting……. https://news.yahoo.com/us-labor-board-judge-rules-122856523.html

How will the worker bees at the Mont Belvieu plant be affected with all the changes & expansion in Baytown?

Final nail in the coffin for Joliet was Illinois mandating an extra weed of paid time off for all employees every 9 months. Add this last insult to the high cost of business, high taxes, crime, politicians that are not business friendly and very... — read more 

Serious question - why aren’t more people from High Cost 10 countries resigning when EM will force you out in the next few years as they outsource to lower cost countries? Just trying to understand the thought process

Middle managers are actually the ones who make large organizations work. Studies suggest they move the needle on a company's overall performance far more than senior executives do — and also make a bigger difference to the bottom line than the teams... — read more 

Remember how the KO feedback forms were emailed word docs? And the form had you numerically rate the person you were giving feedback on? Now, in CareerConnect, you can't even re-read the feedback you wrote! And nowhere are you asked to give a... — read more 

As I was reading company propaganda on employee development today (this one trying to correlate college students who have never worked here naming Exxon as their top O&G company to work for to how it is to actually work here), I wanted to remind us... — read more 

Merit should be the only consideration for promotion. Bias and prejudice must be eliminated. Forcing an outcome doesn’t make sense to me though. If there are fewer of an initial group available to hire isn’t it logical that there will be fewer of... — read more 

Story by Kyra Buckley, Staff Writer • 6h ago https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/shell-and-nrg-ceos-say-electrification-will-lead-the-way-in-the-shift-to-clean-energy Electrification can help propel the shift to clean energy if changes are made... — read more 

Hadn’t even been a week and contract cancelled … brutal

True statement Baytown is full of incompetence and reliability is in the sh--s stay away from this sh-t hole. All the SLS are total mo--ns who only care for themselves

Is the EMIT hotshot at top smirking now (with tech layoffs) at those who left XOM because they were underpaid and not valued? EMIT service and customer service has deteriorated a lot in last two years so he better not smirk but as drunk the top LT at... — read more 

Unbelievable. Canada is now a hard to staff location? Try Midland. At least in Canada you receive expat benefits and your work is recognized as meaningful by the upstream.

by Ovul Sezer, Kelly Nault, and Nadav Klein https://hbr.org/2021/05/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-kindness-at-work?utm_medium=email?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedinnewsletter&tpcc=linkedinnewsletter Everybody wants to be... — read more 

If someone leaves the company on their own accord, perhaps burning bridges in the process, is there anything the company can do to withhold pension lump sum distribution if the employee elects to collect a lump sum within the required period (within... — read more 

Mar. 07, 2023 12:29 PM ETExxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)By: Carl Surran, SA News Editor https://seekingalpha.com/news/3944985-exxon-stepping-back-from-europe-to-invest-more-in-us-woods-says?utm_medium=referral Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) is reviewing its... — read more 

I’m interviewing and looking forward to NSI so I can take the PIL and double dip for three months. If the PIL isn’t offered, I’ll leave before the ranking and force them to PIP someone else, eff Exxon.

By Nia Williams and Arshreet Singh https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/imperial-oil-ceo-optimistic-alberta-govt-will-add-carbon-capture-funding-2023-01-31/ Jan 31 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Canada's Imperial Oil (IMO.TO) on Tuesday... — read more 

Story by insider@insider.com (Chris Williams ) Many are seeing layoffs in the news and wondering about their own risk of being laid off. Every industry, company, even department has a different risk, but some areas are more vulnerable than... — read more 

I am interested in a position at EM titled “Senior Exploration Geoscientist Professional” I have 12 years at a major in european exploration. Should I run? What is the pay range? Is there anything positive to this company?

If you want to know who is on the sale or chopping block follow the money. ExxonMobil is investing in some sites and not others. Another clue is where maintenance budgets are being cut, those sites will be sold first. Cut maintenance budgets to... — read more 

Oil companies have changed the weighting for CEO compensation. Based on several metrics, compensation was changed to give more weight to free cash flow than production. This means that ExxonMobil and others will focus on the more profitable... — read more 

Does XOM have any projects to produce carbon neutral fuels? Any transition to other forms of energy like solar, hydrogen, or something else?

Are we going to sell underperforming sites (Joilet, Corpus, and all of the Canadian and European sites) and count that as headcount reduction or PIP 8% again? Anyone see where some people who are obviously incompetent are "promoted" to other sites... — read more 

BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com https://www.bakersfield.com/news/exxon-mobil-threatens-to-walk-away-from-agreement-with-troubled-refinery-project/ New complications hit the Rosedale Highway refinery conversion project as partner Exxon Mobil Corp... — read more 

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