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Exxon Scientists Had Doubts About Algae Biofuels. The Oil Giant Touted Them Anyway.
Some of the company’s scientists didn’t agree with the way the project was presented to investors.

https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/exxon-algae-biofuels-83c6b302

DBBI is an official ExxonMobil acronym. What does it mean? I know what the letters stand for but what does it actually mean?

They are no longer 3M? Are they Madison employees now, or are they redundant?

Which companies are laying off the week of April 20?

The document says only laptop, power adapter, and Yubi keys need to be returned. Nothing else, right?

The hiring managers here
How many people you had not hired because candidate is above 60 years old?

J!M C please go reach out to the doer’s of this company and ask them how bad it is. How is half the IT team not fired? This is worst if not as bad as HCM.

Having not one second of privacy is bad for women:
While wearing a skirt or dress you have to constantly be aware of how you are sitting.
No privacy when standing up and adjusting your clothes. Pull and adjust in front of everyone.
With open floor plan someone can stare at you all day and there’s nothing you can do, if you even notice. T has nasty twerps working there just like any other place.
I’ve seen men standing just outside of my view then averting their eyes and walking away when I turned my head.
The stress of always being on display is getting to be too much.
To scratch anywhere everyone has to walk to a conference room or the restroom.
We need at least the mini cubicles for a bit of respect for our humanity.

Does anybody actually believe Shobhit found another role outside of citi and decided to leave on his own? Dude has only been at Citi for 8 months and was supposed to revolutionize AI at the bank with those amazing IBM insights (as if IBM knows anything about AI).

William Traylor head of 5G Ecosystems?

Does this have any meaning any more?

This is an honest question. My boss does jack sh-t.

i have a feeling i'll be cut soon (weird vibe coming from the manager, being ghosted and gaslit) i am thinking about keeping cobra and wanted to see if anyone had experience with it. thank you...

I have a hard time believing this is just about managing real estate.

Heard that promotions are back on. But this time, the number of promotions is very slim per department. Anyone know anything?

Hard to believe greed would just skip over an entire region.

I mean, it's very easy to blame bootlickers, M5s and above, but overall it doesn't seem to add up. If I am being objective about it, I have not seen anyone extraordinarily good being laid off, ie, I was not shocked on hearing about someone. Sure, everyone claims they toiled long and hard, but only they know the truth.

Anyone know all the details about the fight that happened during the meetup?

I feel like I’m being micro managed and pocket watched to the point where I think I’m being pushed out. I also think my job is on the line and in the next couple years it’s either gonna be obsolete or outsourced offshore. For reference I’m in the client services dept. anyone else?

Are we eligible? What are the rules.

I'm starting to see reqs open up again (at least in my org). Are the worst times truly behind us?

So here we are thursday and what nothing? I mean there is one more next week but still.

I’ve talked to multiple people and all of them are hearing that Trew is buying IGS.

If you have grant emails there are opportunities to claim your RSU even if it is maturing in September. You have to walk through your clauses for potential claims and present to HR.

There’s a big discussion about May 26 big layoffs in my team. Have anyone heard anything about May 26?

I know people keep mentioning so called "surgical" layoffs that are constantly happening, but this seems larger than that. Am I wrong?

Are rumors about May layoffs true?

It’s oddly very quiet. How is the business going?

There’s an interesting parallel between what happened at Oracle and what seems to be unfolding at XOM. Oracle initially tried to cut costs by aggressively offshoring technical work, which created short‑term savings but also eroded internal capability. Later, when the AI wave hit, they had to rebuild expertise they had previously hollowed out.
XOM looks like it’s following a similar pattern: first pushing a low‑cost labor strategy, then suddenly pivoting toward AI without having the internal technical depth to support it. The result is the same structural tension.

In my region Sr. Leaders have started to move some favored Midline Managers into new “special” roles. This always happens at BP right before a big reorg, so Sr. Leaders can save their favorites from being let go. Any one else see this occur in there region? It seems like Meg has some people SHOOK.

Heard from my friend that Meta is moving all Middle Managers and Directors to IC roles. Keeping Senior Management lean. This way it can identify whom it can let go quickly.

Should Oracle follow same ?

I was pushed out the door unfairly several years ago. Got a call today asking if I want to come back? How can this be? I was told if you get pushed out you can’t ever return.

how r those boys doing up there? used to install wellheads 4 days a week we were busy busy

Just heard they're moving the BG analyst teams to CODA.

Anyone know what the plan is?

My bluetooth mouse is a POS on the HMP floors. What is going on? How do I fix it. I'm trying not to spend hours with the "Helpdesk".

Would be grateful if anyone's comfortable sharing what they know.

I've seen it mentioned here, and the same rumor has been going around the office.

So today's ATS town hall hinted at impending layoffs, it was almost glib to go down the list of other recent corporate cutbacks but saying T is not named... But anyone with half a brain knows that some significant layoff is being prepared in Dallas, corpos like T love nothing more than to follow the others while the getting is good.. So my question what's your bet for the next round?