OP here - Thanks for the responses. I will be leaving once a new job I got clears me to start. It has been a mentally draining few months.
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@OP The downside is that you still work for Exxon.
Hard to believe there is not a class action lawsuit for the recently PIP'd XOM employees who overwhelmingly appear to be over age 42 with few exceptions....
I had an assignment in HR, with access to comp, ben, rgp an potentials from the US and international affiliates. This is from when the system didn’t allow a shift in rgp of more than 20 points without a special endorsement. Anyway, from the trends I saw, the number of cases of people with rgp <10 and recovering after that was 0, a few times they would place them closer to 15 in following periods just for mercy. You’re pretty much doomed after that, a walking pariah in S&D meetings and a bottom ranking filler.
In EM, once you had been NSI or ranked bottom, your career is over. The next chance that your manager needs to throw someone under the bus, you are the first choice.
I am not suggesting that you leave immediately. But plan your exit, it is better to be in control.
We are one big EM family. LOL!
Yes PIP to outstanding and an average high school football player is going to be the next Tom Brady. Like someone else wrote, once a NSI, always an NSI. Do the least amount of work, be very nice, offer help to everyone then be too busy to help, all the while updating your resume and job hunting. You WILL pass the PIP, we need to NSI another 8% in a few months. Yes, you will be NSI again next year.
You have to ask why you were PIPed. You have to ask what allowed those in power to feel it was safe to PIP you. I'd head for the exit myself. 3 months doesn't change anyone's opinion of anyone.
In the past, the PIP was an extreme measure reserved overwhelmingly for young employees who were perceived as “not a good fit for the company”. Even if you passed, your career was forever tarnished. Now the PIP is used for targeting older, expensive employees, mixed with a lot of younger ones to hide age discrimination. As EM is a very conservative company, the tarnish on your career is still there, and in a shrinking company in a shrinking industry that is the kiss of death. But they do need tarnished people to stay on, to be fodder for future personnel reductions. Last year that happened very fast; those who passed in October were laid off in November. Stay if you trust what this company says; people’s capacity for self-delusion knows no limits.
Don’t plan on staying. Even if your ranking improves, your NSI ranking will always stay with you and will limit your opportunities, your salary treatment and your ultimate potential
Lies. Once NSI always NSI.
no downside; only opportunity cost.
OP - And some people win the $100 million lottery. What’s your point?