I don’t know if I can handle this anymore. The closer to the new year the more stress I’m under. I have applied for jobs and haven’t even got a look at. The EAP isn’t helping…maybe it’s best to just end it

Someone posted a while ago that ExxonMobil might sell Imperial Oil, and another post stated that Imperial Oil might see Kearl. Now here is the interesting fact: Kearl alone is 19% of ExxonMobil’s total proven reserve. I can bet, no one will dare... — read more 

Communication will come from CL 28+ functional management. First batch of communications Jan 5, second batch Jan 7. Communications will continue in batches every Monday and Wednesday through January. First couple weeks will be job offers... — read more 

What a joke of a management committee, board of directors and the government for letting a US company bring IOL (100 year old company) to the s**. What happened to corporate separateness? Now TG and DW have plans to exploit Canadian molecules... — read more 

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30+% employees have already said AFFIRMATIVE

Here I'm watching coworkers-folks who've shared laughs, powered through the toughest shifts, and had each other's backs-getting shown the door in these layoffs. But here it is, an ex- Kearl supervisor out here hawking job postings overseas, begging... — read more 

What was the point of the meetings today? Nothing new shared. SVP one for downstream had a Q&A for entertainment. What were some of your favourite quotes? "A Canadian company by and for Canadians" is surely top 3 of the day

Are there any Imperial executives who actually think a move to Edmonton is a great idea?

Unbelievable - JW has become a laughing stock .... tone deaf and unrelatable to 99% of IOL staff across the board. Did y'all see his interview emailed - felt like a replay of his announcement on 30th Sep (exact same words too) - must be practicing... — read more 

Any insight into if the building challenges could lead to an accelerated move to Edmonton? Ex. Can’t build a building on-site and therefore Imperial decides to simply lease/buy an existing vacant building downtown Edmonton? I have no legit intel... — read more 

From a Google search : Wrongful Termination: Companies cannot lay off an employee in a specific position and immediately hire a new person to fill that exact same role domestically without risking a wrongful termination lawsuit. However, replacing... — read more 

National salary program meeting today, what are the key takeaways?

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a former Amazon HR worker who was put into the company's performance-management program known as Pivot. This person spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid jeopardizing their career. Business... — read more 

Heard from 2 independent sources (i.e. Supervisor and above) now that the number of people not opting to relocate to Edmonton is much higher than what Management anticipated. It will be interesting to see how they handle this!!

Hope this is not, “Short term gain, at the price of long term gain.”

Does anyone know how the selection committee proceedings went for higher CLs last week? Are positions changing much?

I worked for IOL for close to 20 years, and I hardly ever saw the stock price touch $50 CAD. It was a bad idea to invest in IOL, so sold all my IOL stocks in RRSP. Bad decision!! But who knew this will happen!!

Hi, I work almost 100% from home now. So, very little interaction with folks in the QP office. Does any one know anyone who was let go since the big announcement? I haven’t heard of anyone getting fired or quitting in my close circle YET

Looks like the shareholders are OK with Imperial Oil. I guess from a shareholder perspective, the company is doing OK. Employees don’t want it to be like this too. After all, our pensions are tied to the company, and some of us will still get their... — read more 

There are numerous things imperial has done that have not gained the media attention it should. Start editing their wikipedia page. Create a category called “spills” and “regulatory issues”. Make sure everything is verifiable facts, and of course... — read more 

I am at company less than 5 years. In engineering. I am in scope. I have been applying for jobs, an offer is in works. It’s 30% lower than what i am making right now. It’s not in Oil and Gas. Should i take it or ride it out?

Rumors floating around that 24% already said NO on survey to Edmonton. Lot of others (including me) are playing for time and decided to wait until final decision time of Jan'26. Anyone has insights how the MC is reacting to much steeper than expected... — read more 

It was just leaked that to handle the influx of people to Strathcona post Transformation they will begin charging for parking at site.

Mega props to the guy that posted the Jimmy Fallon thumbs down gif to the JW announcement on the Facebookesque IOL homepage.

Have you been told your fate? Please share when it was communicated to you. Since it is November, let's see when they start communicating out. Thanks

Stock market didn’t like today’s earnings, despite record upstream performance. Because a move to Edmonton, and its crazy write offs, which makes no business sense. Could have easily right sized the corp and stayed in Calgary.

Cute! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/imperial-oil_a-message-from-our-chairman-president-activity-7390055385530953728-68au?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAghr0EBxYrvlW41szMwjPB1N_b7_qJtMYI

This would be effing hilarious at this point.

Here is the location of my job: https://jobs.exxonmobil.com/search/?q=Engineer&locationsearch=India As an engineer working in Canada in Okl & Gas for 25+ years, where can I work now?? No need to answer my question. I already found it.

I'm hearing rumors that due to an excessively high number of No's to mobility, there's the creation of a third bucket of folks for January. Calling it the waiver wire/floaters on hot standby, for those not formally provided an initial position. ... — read more 

Since the “no” group will be laid off first, is it possible the severance pot could severely be depleted by them, because the group may be larger than originally anticipated by IOL? I feel like I'm playing Squid game.

Even if you are right or lowballed on severance. Nobody is going to sue despite tough talk. A lawsuit with Imperial will be filled with legal costs as they drag things out every step od the way. They will ignore your lawyer, file things late... — read more 

Imagine those going end up losing 12 EDOs and floaters to align with EM's global regions who don't have the same. Likewise for the DB plan.

The original announcement was, Imperial Oil will lay off 900 staff from Calgary to reduce operating cost, and staff at the asset level will remain untouched. But, now I find out that they will layoff from Strathcona refinery too. What happened? Did... — read more 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/boereport.com/2025/10/24/global-energy-layoffs-deepen-in-2025-as-crude-prices-weaken-ma-deals-surge/amp/ The article didn't have cons numbers but we have them now "ConocoPhillips to lay off Canada employees in November... — read more 

https://jacobin.com/2025/10/canada-oil-us-profits-workers Thoughts?

Anyone in planning or any managers have any insight on if we will be getting raises at the end of the year? And if so, how much? 2%, 3%?