Is it just me, or does it feel like a LOT of newer employees are resigning these days, especially within the past couple months? Anyone know what the current rate is now for attrition? I don't blame the ones leaving, as if I was new to the... — read more 

What do you expect to hear during the second quarter earnings release?

It feels like the leadership only knows how to pad the numbers through cuts. Sometimes it's layoffs, sometimes it's benefits, sometimes it's firing of people for the smallest infractions...but something is always in play. None of these changes affect... — read more 

Does anyone here know when we can expect our ranking feedback this year?

s far as I can tell, there are no improvements in this company despite the oil price jumps. Price growth for now does not drive any improvement it seems to me. I expected the situation in the MoD to improve significantly when the prices started to... — read more 

Are you still going to work and pretend nothing is happening. My plan is to slack off as much as I can to get in the NSI bucket while looking for another job. If both come at the same time then this is my lucky day, if I find a job before getting... — read more 

It turned out that my expectations that I had when I applied for a job here and the reality here are diametrically opposed. I wanted to work here because I thought it was the ideal place to expand my skillset. The reality is that I failed to gain... — read more 

This is it, it’s time to move to another industry or job. I hope that the process operators can deal with KLTCs recommendations (e.g. move the set point by 0.5 to no benefit but the data analysis tells them so). Garbage in = garbage out

Can anyone explain to me how it is possible to get a promotion here because hard work and engagement is certainly not the way to do it? It made me sick when I heard of some people who have received promotion. I’m no longer even sure if it’s worth... — read more 

Or have you been thinking more and more about PIPs lately? I see that some people here have already started talking about them.

People who are quitting do not show up on the intranet Personnel Announcement section. If you know of anyone quitting this year, kindly share in the comment section. This will give a rough estimate of how many people have left.

I worked for IOL for over 40 years and witnessed a change from the best company to the most miserable company to work for. The big mistake was creating a mine at Kearl when it would have smarter to build plants for in-sit-u recovery similar to Cold... — read more 

I left about three years ago because Imperial had changed drastically compared to when I started. Employee morale had reached an all-time low and I didn't want to stick around to find out how much worse it would get. For the sake of my former... — read more 

Extremely disgruntled IOL employee here. Currently age 53 with 15 years service. I could quit at any time and take my pension payout in a lump sum and transfer it to a LIRA and earn the same amount as I would get with a discounted IOL pension at... — read more 

Rumors abound about unions being contacted for Kearl Lake. People are worried about their jobs and the rate of control enacted since covid began.

I can only talk about what has been going on here for a little less than 3 years. I am curious what do you think were the worst business moves and investments of this company ever?

OL could have been the best company to work for if it wasn’t controlled by XOM, but unfortunately reality is different and it’s heading in the wrong direction. If you have the opportunity to leave, you definitely should. Management is actually... — read more 

XOM forums have started sharing ranking session outcomes. Rumours are floating that there might not be severance this time and they already know the invidious that will be fired. It’s seems that it will be at least 10% of each group. Anyone... — read more 

We are told Forced Ranking is the only way to evaluate employees, and there is nothing else out there. Here is an alternative that Microsoft applied to stop losing their business advantage over other (i.e., Amazon, Facebook, etc). Please read... — read more 

If I get it right, Upstream Technical (UTS) on Imperial’s Upstream is a cloned copy of Downstream’s ESC. So, if Imperial is ki----g ESC, how come they are not touching the UTS? Does anyone know the justification? Any idea why?

Do you think it was possible for Imperial to choose reducing the salaries instead of resorting to cutting and hiring employees in cheap locations, which someone mentioned in one of these threads? I also think it was a much better option, however, I... — read more 

Attrition is at an all time high across this company, and is starting to very rapidly accelerate. It’s going to come down like dominos. People see what’s going on and are not going to sacrifice for a non existent stake in this failing company... — read more 

What's happening to ESC?

Got an offer from Toronto last Friday. Working from home makes it so much easier for job hunting and interviews. The base salary of the new job will be about 12 % less than my current one with imperial ; but with bonus, the difference will be... — read more 

Wondering if some knowledgeable folks can share opinions about the future of our Sites in Canada and how long would you bet $10k of your own money that EM will hang onto the Canadian Assets. Do you think EM will majority own Imperial in 5, 10... — read more 

Ok I am overwhelmed everyday by stress and worries.

What is your EXIT plan because the layoffs are looking very certain and the tensions are high? I don't have a very detailed plan. For now, I'm just trying to accumulate savings as much as possible and look at job offers more often. The most... — read more 

I have a little more than 5 years left until retirement and I just panic when people start saying that people before retirement are also very vulnerable. It would be a real disaster to get laid off at my age. I’m aware that Imperial doesn’t care at... — read more 

I have seen the migration of outsourcing to India start back in 2019 when BTC worked on a project here in Canada for free to show what they could do. There engineers followed us around, asked what this equipment was and basically got a sense of what... — read more 

Seems like 400 people will be gone by end of July. Wonder what next?

I used to be interested, but I am no longer interested in what will happen to this company, whether it will stagnate or sink deeper and deeper. I am only committed to my own change for the better. Is it necessary to leave the industry in order to... — read more 

People used to put up with the toxic culture and “so called” leadership but now with layoffs, outsourcing, dinosaur at top, stagnating profits and a dividend that is hanging on for dear life and no prospects of growth, oh and hey forget about even... — read more 

Does that mean someone is a talented and great employee with great prospects? Of course not. It may have meant it once, but not anymore. Are you also annoyed when you see some people who are promoted and who don't deserve it at all? I don’t envy... — read more 

I'm curious if there has been or will be any layoffs or other sorts of staff reductions among the operations personnel at any of IOL's refineries. It seems that everything I read on this forum and on the ExxonMobil forum applies exclusively to... — read more 

The majority of folks are looking for another job and wishing they worked elsewhere. This is going to start impacting productivity and willingness to work extra hours. Controllers is the worst! Management is stuck with 80s mentality, ruling by... — read more 

March 23rd. Seems announcements are coming to outsource more work to MSP. At some point, does this company understand that low cost solutions end up costing more in the long run?

The work here is mostly reduced to mental gymnastics and I've become too old to play mind games. Still, I don’t want to go just like that and leave my severance to them. Some say the only reason they would give up severance and leave before they get... — read more 

I am forced to submit a Tiger's Den idea after being motivated at the exciting Employee Forum today. Annual savings of $20M or more Replace Brad with WALL-E.... but an upgraded one which can receive on-the-air updates from Dallas so that he can... — read more 

What are people doing with the pensions for those that got sacked? Are you taking a lump sum commuted value, or leave it in the plan? May be we should get IOL to windup the pension plan for those that left? This is what was done back in 2005... — read more