@9mch As long as that year’s ranking looks good, who cares? Good decision or bad decision also doesn’t matter. It’s not our money.
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During Covid, a team of xylene subject matter experts was commissioned to recommend a strategy to minimize p-xylene losses from the three xylene plants. SAR1 was the legacy Exxon plant, JUR was the legacy Mobil plant, and SAR2 was acquired by ExxonMobil Chemical via acquisition. The SME team recommended shutting down the SAR2 plant because it was the least profitable plant due to a poorly designed fractionator. The recommendations were forwarded to the Senior Vice President for review prior to forwarding to Karen McGhee, the President of ExxonMobil Chemical. The Senior Vice President told the SME's that he could not endorse their recommendation because KM was the Vice President of Aromatics who argued that we should acquire SAR2 via acquisition. The Senior Vice President told the SME's to go back and rewrite their recommendations not based on the best technical and business recommendations but based on corporate politics. The SME's then recommended that p-xylene production be scaled back at all three p-xylene plants instead of shutting down SAR2. Bottom line, SME's technical and business recommendations are "TRUMPED" by internal corporate politics within the Executive Committee(s).
MS Copilot Summary of the SAR2 Acquisition
SAR2 (Singapore Aromatics Recovery 2) was acquired by ExxonMobil in August 2017 as part of its purchase of the Jurong Aromatics Corporation plant on Jurong Island, Singapore
The acquisition was first announced in May 2017, with ExxonMobil Chemical Company’s Singapore affiliate completing the deal in August 2017
The plant, previously owned by Jurong Aromatics Corporation, is integrated with ExxonMobil’s largest integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Singapore, which has a crude oil processing capacity of 592,000 barrels per day
SAR2 is one of the world’s largest aromatics facilities, with a capacity to produce about 800,000 tonnes per year of paraxylene, 438,000 tonnes of benzene, and 200,000 tonnes of orthoxylene
Its integration with ExxonMobil’s operations in Singapore was intended to strengthen both sites with operational and logistical synergies, and to increase total Singapore aromatics production to over 3.5 million tonnes per year
In summary, SAR2 became part of ExxonMobil’s Singapore assets in August 2017 following the completion of the Jurong Aromatics Corporation plant acquisition.
Wonder if those responsible in identifying acquisition of JAC site aka now SAR2 are made responsible for their very poor decision. They should know the market will be long on these products. Worst of all is that the management asked to do all kind of studies to justify so hard to either close JUR aromatics or SAR1 during 2020/2021 instead of the obvious answer of just closing SAR2 for its known long list of issues
The reconfig outcome has been sitting in a May deck this whole time - SAR2 going down, site wound down to a shell. Anyone who looked could find it. Says a lot that they still won't say it out loud.
@9k0a start applying for new jobs now. Move on elsewhere if you get similar or better offer.
@9kk5 hard truth
@9jwh very true, ExxonMobil Singapore is already a India company
Prepare your an*s worker bees, Singaporeans bosses already coming for you
Do not leave. You are useless and cannot earn same pay outside.
Hi worker bees… How is ranking results so far?
@9k0a your career is over. Move on.
@9k0a NI is to prepare you for upcoming PIP
I got NI, but no PIP. What should I do?
ExxonMobil Singapore is just like a India company already
@9jf7 boyfriend can or not?
CECA Polymer TSS trying to find local girlfriend. Get married and sponsor him PR. Anybody interested?
Until now still no ranking communication? Management trying to delay attrition?
CECA OT king became PUL already restrict all overtime. Are singaporean setting singaporean for failure? Why almost all PUL in SCP are PR or maybe S Pass holder? Is it true that locals are not hungry enough or CECA are very greedy and cunning at workplace. Understand that this is MNC but companies are here to provide jobs for locals or foreigners?
Some of them here spending their prime age to build up and commission this entire bloody complex. Sacrificing their blood and sweat and family time in the end all they get is a pip. Get laid off without getting what they deserve... Time had changed, if they wan a loyal staff they can get it from pet shop. Don't need to work hard, do enough to get by, don't answer any phone call when u are not at work. Even the plant burn down so what? Not your fault either. You are not getting paid based on how much you contribute anymore unlike last time. When company find you too expensive they will PIP you off anyway. So just farm, take MC or VL or HSL when you don't feel like working.
Work so hard for who to see? They will PIP you off anyway
@9eyf Troll spreading fake news. Been let go and still salty?
@9eyf you must complain to Ministry of Manpower. Many people gave it a heads up already, they absolutely know about this stunt that EM is trying to pull
Just got my PDS review and told that I was going to be terminated immediately as I had already been on a PIP within the last 5 years under the MLRP scheme
Was told that I would not be getting my retrenchment package initally promised for 4Q26
Company using PIP/PIL program to rob employees of their retrenchment packages. Watch out
@9ef8 lol sprint to 1M
what you post, do it again
Singapore continues to be the #1 most active site on TheLayoff.com/ExxonMobil. Let's go for 1 million posts before the end of 2026.
August 22, 2020 by Anonymous | 871515 views | 2765 reactions (+2140/-625) | 5445 replies
Wah, my post got deleted.Guess our kelon sg company spies busy monitoring this site and report up.
They are farming. You should too.
@9a9w what about them?
SLSs, are you all able to sleep well lately?
Singapore site and the people working here are famous for anonymous whining but kowtowing to masters once entering the site gantry. as if they whine here, things will get better in office.
what to say.
Good luck lor, folks.
Hard to believe that the Singapore post has over 800K views and 5438 replies. It is the #1 ExxonMobil anonymous post
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Tide already turned. Multiple tides already in, what you waiting for
I am all ready to leave when the tide turns ...
Hearsay people means do not know anything.
Just stirring news.
don't do hearsay, just share the details. anonymous already still hearsay
@99b6 hearsay there are so many resignations that they started asking people from the "maybe" pool to stay. wa lao I want to quickly run, if kena told to stay will be damn jialat... confirm PIP plus no package
No attrition. Everyone loves their job here. You are not welcome.
how high is the attrition right now?
Get security job. No need to work. Just complain and watch tv. Can get $5k
Bus driver can get at least 4K per month with additional joining bonus if are jobless.