Imperial management and middle management keeps trying to convince us that they care about our mental health. At the same time while creating the same environment that creates mental health issues. You are so out of touch. Some advice to... — read more 

If an employee hands in their resignation I've heard from most sources that the employee is usually escorted off-site the same day. If that happens, how much pay would IOL be owing the employee? I know the exact day when I want to resign 18 months... — read more 

I got PIPed this year and after reading through here, I imagine I will be separated come end of year. My supervisor was unable to give any legitimate reason for the NSI ranking and PIP, and my coworkers have all verified that my performance has been... — read more 

There have been a lot of EM posts about CS&I and reorgs to consolidate EMRE, downstream and chemicals. I am wondering if that is contained in the US or impacts ESC and technical folks at sites in Canada. Thanks for the help.

8% of the Imperial Oil workforce are getting there PDS now as NSI. These people will be let go right before Christmas. This is in alignment with ExxonMobil CEO’s promise to his shareholders to reduce workforce by 14K by the end of 2022.

Instead of really promoting healthy competition, encouraging and motivating people to work harder, some managers here protect and encourage backstabbers. Why? Maybe because they are backstabbers themselves or maybe because their roles go far beyond... — read more 

How pathetic is our management? Absolutely ZERO 'leadership' skills or human decency. You wait until the afternoon before the long weekend to put your nonsense plan on pause and ONLY because the province did a U-turn. How can you ever stand before... — read more 

I have no other explanation for what's been going on. Suddenly, none of my work that was always considered exemplary is considered good enough - and yet they keep adding more work to my plate. My manager is using any opportunity he can get to yell at... — read more 

A bottle of water in the supermarket is worth approximately 0.80 cents. The same bottle in the sign or bottling costs $2.00. In a good restaurant or hotel can be worth up to 3 or 4 dollars At an airport or even inside a plane, up to $5.00 you may... — read more 

Many Calgary employers have delayed RTO while we are full steam ahead despite rising cases. Not sure what the logic here is? Is there no concern for safety anymore?

Imperial IRP is following BPO BTC strategy and increase sending Canadian jobs to India. No management jobs of course. IRP is top heavy and management solution is to outsource the people that actually do real work. The NSI process will ensure there... — read more 

Can anyone lay out the high level differences in different ways of leaving the company? As I understand it: If I quit, there is no severance. I am not eligible for EI. I will receive the full commuted value of my pension? If I am NSI in a... — read more 

I've sent out a whole bunch of applications in the last two weeks. I'm tired of my hard work being taken for granted because there aren't that many openings in the industry right now (and that's not even true anymore.) I'm done working too much for... — read more 

So with Moncton BSC being decimated and EMIT is now shrunk by a third, does anyone forsee them just abandoning EMBSCC and transfer the remaining SOBs back to IOL/EM?

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