As the title indicates. I am currently interviewing for several companies in the O&G business. Including imperial. Imperial is at the top of my list. Just not sure what my path will be at this point. This site is opening my eyes to some concerns I... — read more 

Some managers and team leads are absolute bullies. They are inhuman and ruthless. There's no need to use "some" in this context. All managers are bullies. We used to have good managers but they were driven out because they were not good fits for... — read more 

There are those who say that there won't be any soon, but there are also some rumors that more layoffs are soon to follow. In any case, it is always better to be prepared. I wonder if anyone has any insight on how far we are from the new cuts?

With talks of layoffs and cuts, we need to unionize. Many crown corps and government offices have unions, and the pay and job security are decent. This includes office workers (CL25 and below).

A few things I learned after the forum: Management is way out of touch with reality. Record high inflation, attrition, but no bonuses? We are Imperial Oil so we won't follow the same pay bonus as Exxon but will literally do everything else like... — read more 

An arrogant manager with a big ego who constantly devalues other people's work for reasons known only to himself. All he does is pretend to be doing something useful, while at the same time demoralizing people more competent than himself, who end... — read more 

Brad Corson must of had a difficult time today talking at the employee forum with his mouth so full of bullsh-t. Major questions were being reviewed\filtered by his minions to protect him for what employees really thought. Most questions were... — read more 

Anyone knows what would happen if I just refuse to participate in the rigged performance review process? i.e. not to fill the forms for achievements, strengths and areas for development or provide KOs?

Has anyone noticed the surge in EIT postings month? Compared to the last couple years, it really seems that IOL is focusing on new grad development. Perhaps a step in the positive direction?

The trick is, get a job outside, and ask for a start date few months later. Use “silent quitting” to get fired/PIPed. Then you get the severance package before starting your new job. This is very effective for folks who have more than 10 years in... — read more 

Shell is giving 8% salary uplift based on their profit margin increase. Imperial did the same, if not better. How much salary uplift can we expect?

Is targeting NRE’s and RE’s a new strategy at imperial ? As a young engineer here, I am starting to get concerned about the future I have here. Not cool

What would be your guess?

I am struggling to believe what I heard. Did I hear it right that IOL’s Upstream Engineering will be trimmed by 60 people by the end of the year? If it doesn’t happen by attrition, the balance will be PIPed/laid-off??

Has anyone been put on a PIP and not lost their job? I was highly ranked and the last few years was ranked Very Good, then Good, and now NSI with PIP. Also, anyone with severance info would be great. I feel like this is inevitable.

Considering the amount of work I do, I am underpaid. Have you compared your salary with that of some competing companies? I did and that made me even more demoralized. It seems that if you want to be adequately compensated the only solution is to... — read more 

Is Imperial actually going to do anything about salaries, or are we just going to keep losing employees? With inflation over 8% per year, no general raises for 2021 and very limited raises in 2022, most employees are now earning less in real terms... — read more 

Did I hear it correctly from our Upstream VP that, engineering will be trimmed in size by 10%?? And the 10% reduction is AFTER including the new hires from now till 2025?? Can someone please enlighten me if I got the message correctly!!

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/imperial-imo-xom-to-sell-canadian-shale-assets-for-c%241.9b I have a divided opinion about selling Montney and Duvernay shale oil and gas assets. I would like to hear your opinion?

Does anyone have any insight on the reasoning behind eliminating the "Engineering Career Hires" job posting for new/recent engineering grads in Sept and only doing job-specific ones? Why has the recruiting of new grads dropped significantly by IOL... — read more 

I was yesterday-years old when I found out that there’s an actual CSF group. Can someone tell me how these clowns directly contribute to the bottom line? Sounds like easy target for outsourcing or just getting rid of completely.

I notice that most of them literally have to pretend to be doing something because they are totally useless. At the same time, my colleagues and hard workers continue to go to other companies where they are more valued. There are too many managers... — read more 

Why can we NOT see the name of the people who are leaving the company on the Personnel Announcement page in the intranet??? Why can’t we know how many of our jobs will disappear due to PORTING this year, or next year??? How many people are... — read more 

I report to American leaders (yes, that’s plural) who report to American managers (yes, again plural) who report to American VPs (yep, plural again). When I say Americans, I mean that they’re located at EM in the US! How is this legal in Canada? — read more 

This is not Imperial Oil anymore. Let’s be honest and change the signs to ExxonMobil. Imperial managers only goal is to keep their EM bosses happy so they can move on and get well ranked. They will drive BTC targets and reduce local head count to... — read more 

I recently talked someone out of coming here. My opinion is that young capable and talented people have nothing to look for here. It is true that this is no longer the IOL I came to a few years ago. It used to be possible to grow technical expertise... — read more 

Engineers are leaving left and right in recent months. Most left for higher-paying jobs or companies with larger technical groups. Attritions been on-going for the last 6 months, yet, positions are not being back-filled. Works got spread around to... — read more 

with this geopolitics happening I sure hope that more projects will be coming. Maybe budget will be better next year?

Does anyone know if the employee verification letter says if you've been terminated or not. I understand it's just dates, employment status, and job titles. But just want to be sure.

Imagine how productive we would be without all the self serve business we do with ourselves. For that we would need to cut 75% of toxic managers grasping to be relevant and pretending they are contributing. Imperial will never be competitive if it... — read more 

It is very sad to see a great organization like ESC get destroyed by Houston!

I can't wait to hear the 2021 Q4 results. Any predictions?

Does anyone here know what is the PIP, NSI or Lay-off target for this year?

Here's a brutal observation: anyone below the age of 45 still working for this company mid 2022 is simply stuck, unemployable elsewhere and so left to put up with a increasingly toxic work-place. The smart ones that could/can easily transition to... — read more 

I got a 3% salary increase. Is it good or bad? No way to know. We are not supposed to share our salary adjustments.

Results after failing PIP? consider being layoff and receive severance pay? consider being fired, no severance and no EI? Anyone knows? Thanks

If you have the ba--s, share your salary information. Please provide CL, YEE (Your Age - 18), Upstream/Downstream/Chemical, Location, Year’s Performance, Salary and Adjustment My one is: CL 26, YEE ( 48 -18) =30, Upstream, Kearl, Need Improvement... — read more 

I can't believe that someone who drastically improves their performance gets laid off in the end. However, many tell me that those who are placed on PIP hardly manage to survive. I would love to hear others' experiences: How to survive PIP and what... — read more 

How many people do you know who were PIPed because they deserved it? I know quite a few who were put on a PIP and out of all of them, I'd say one or two cases were justified. All the others were good people who've been doing their jobs the same way... — read more 

I have decided to leave the company, I am wondering if I wait until new year, do I receive full 2022 vacation entitlement after New Year’s Day? It seems the case on the @XOM side, not sure if it is same for IOL? Thanks a lot!