With a decent severance to bridge me over, I’d take it. I’ve had enough of this company. After some time here you eventually hit a wall without even realizing it, and there’s no real path forward after that. The job market isn’t great right now, but... — read more 

What’s with the rumours of upcoming announcements on either Sept 29 or Oct 1? The amount of layoffs, sell off, rumours is nuts.

Imperial isn’t doing anything amazing right now. I know the ins and outs of IOL, and there is nothing new to push the stock price so high and so fast. Now the question is who is buying IOL?? ExxonMobil is not taking over for sure, because they will... — read more 

When is quarry park to be sold?

It’s been a bit too quiet on the subject for my taste. Does anybody know if something is coming, or am I just being my usual paranoid self?

Source: "Imperial Oil to be bought out ? - post regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs" URL https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4gad26c Link: @OP+1k4gad26c

Rumor is there were offsite meetings yesterday and today between ULT and HR! Is something huge coming?!!

Have you heard anything about so called "CL25+" study?!

Does anyone have any rumours, inklings or info whatsoever around this idea of potential buyouts for mid-career employees?

How's it going folks? Is everyone seeing the downward pressure? Also are you getting actionable feedback for improvement opportunities or is it just corporate lingo and high level buzz words that don't mean anything?

Try getting anything done for the next weeks with everyone out of office. Incredible how everyone is gone.

What happened to all the people in low carbon Canada?

Takeaways from the forum The defined benefit pension is definitely going away. JW was unaware that Sarnia Research is closing Pretty well everyone sees no opportunity for a career at IOL anymore

Hearing consistent rumors of pension plan to be soon terminated/bought out. Am I in an echo chamber, or that’s a rumor across the board?

We are now over a year in since the announcement that Sarnia Research will be closed. The following is an inclusive list of all communication given to affected employees from IOL: Generic and misleading corporate wide email from Brad Corson. .. — read more 

So we are 'donating' Upstream Research to SAIT? Anyone work there? What is happening with the employees?

Why did they all leave the company?

The company has officially been driven into the ground…

Sorry to everyone based in Moncton. Is relocation being offered to anyone?

I retired at the end of January and because of technical issues (multiple tickets opened) alight only made my pension docs available this week. I had started the whole process in Aug/24. The docs say I will receive first pension June 1st. I... — read more 

CNRL is buying Kearl - heard this rumour multiple times over the last decade. Is it any different this time? With so much cost cutting and head count reduction in Kearl, I wonder if this is to jack up the profit margin to get a better price. And... — read more 

Anyone else hearing changes to FLS up?. All above FLS positions transitioning to Calgary ?. Maintenance, mine and plant?.

I’ve been an annuitant for a few years and I’m hearing rumors about my benefits getting cut! Anyone hear the same?

How many pizza parties or thank you’s is the equivalent of the company performing on the TSX30

Brad and co is just a repulsive bunch, gaslighting their employees

Why have a slido and 1.5 hr for questions when you are only going to answer 4 questions + tell everyone what made your heart happy this year. What a waste of time.

Was it just me or our salary treatment this year significantly falling behind that of XOM. Salary budget increase for MPT is 2% this year, significantly lower than the numbers disclosed in the XOM salary treatment thread.

For those who left for greener pastures in the last 2-3 years, how's it going? Did you take a paycut to leave? Or get a pay increase in the new company? Do other companies do similar ranking systems?

I left IOL few years ago. I am very happy to see the share price rise so nicely. So, I reached out to 4 of my old buddies in IOL to find out how it is going. What I found it really scary. The culture had gone downhill when I left, but seems like it... — read more 

Sneakily hidden in the email for annual health care signup was a little bo-b. Benefits promised to annuitants are being removed....health care dramatically stripped back and dental care removed. Doesn't matter what they "promise". If they change... — read more 

Not exactly up-to-date with the rumors, but what's the rumor about the Kearl Upstream in the email ?

What are everyone's thoughts on the number of people, especially in the downstream, leaving to Suncor?

I see the First Line Supervisors being let go now. So, there is no disposable Minion left to NI/NSI?

To All: I was just checking in to see if things were getting better. Based on many posts I read here, sure sounds like it got worse. I used to work there from 2003 to 2019. I was a contractor but I thought it was a great place to work. I was... — read more 

So anyone at MA6 or most were forced into MPT- I have heard some rumours of some people still getting a raise, maybe because their managers have some common sense or empathy to realize that there hasn’t been any raises for a while for wage folks. ... — read more 

Lots of talk and no action. Mr. DW, Shell has started their Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in Edmonton, called Polaris. Just in case you didn’t know. My question is, you talk about “Green” actions, where is your CCs project? — read more 

Is work from home allowed for office workers, or it is in office 5 days a week?

To recognize our record high share price and increased profitability over this past couple years, we are now annoucing a 50% reduction in Higher Education Awards benefit. Please don't see this as cost cutting, but rather further motivates you to... — read more 

Does anyone know if the pension formula has changed - possibly to the upside - if you left in late 2020 and are still waiting to start receiving your monthly payment?

Except co-op positions, there is no new hiring across the company. Positions freed up due to retirement and attrition are not filled. How long can we go on like this?