SLSs the biggest waste in the company
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gonna go higher since they are gonna remove more SLS
XOM shares ATH. Huat ah!
Mobil Oil reduced middle management by 50% in the 1990's. Exxon is just thirty years behind Mobil Oil. in shrinking middle management.
Exxon Mobil on Wednesday signaled first-quarter operating results would drop over the prior quarter on weaker oil, gas prices and a big loss in fuel derivatives, a securities filing showed. The biggest impact in the latest quarter came from weak natural gas prices and fuel derivatives, which reversed course after run-ups last year. Overall, the snapshot shows about US$6.65 billion in operating profit for the quarter, compared to US$11.6 billion in the same quarter a year ago and US$7.63 billion in the fourth quarter. Investors expect the company to post an adjusted per share profit of US$2.21, compared to the year-ago's US$2.83. The company also said fuel derivatives undercut gains in gasoline and diesel margins, costing it about US$1.1 billion compared to the fourth quarter. Refining maintenance costs also jumped last quarter, the filing showed. The company is expected to post full results for the period on April 26.
Just ask the Singapore "Contract Employees" what their salary or hourly rate is. Our ultimate goal is to pay "Contractor Wages" in our refinery and petrochemical plants.
@lbatz+16zEvLP3 If you think you’re good, faster leave before the next ranking as more ppl will be flushed out at same time and make it difficult to find jobs.
These supervisors were told to say the same SOP. You’re not good, room for improvement etc… make you feel like sh-t and many reasons to rank you low…
Feel like taking a career break. Have been taking the workload of 2 engineers over the past year but got gaslighted by supervisor saying that I should be able to manage my workload and prioritise accordingly. Some of the work item should have been passed off to other site. How to prioritise when every item is supposed to be important?
I feel like I might get PIP in the upcoming performance assessment. Should I just resign before then ? Is PIL considered termination ?
Just go ahead to remove 50% of DH & SLS, we still move on and business as usual! On the ground will be more efficient without many barriers to align.
Is PIL considered termination?
Good to remove those good for nothing admin section heads
Will EM give retrenchment package to middle management folks instead of demoting to lead title, coordinator or advisor?
Massive middle management purge coming up in 2024
I heard this from a reliable source in HR.
A massive purge of middle management is in its final stages now, expect many exec/reforce retirements and younger middle managers being "quiet fired" with demotions and "special assignments". Expect also external experienced hires for management positions.
Having some background knowledge of process technician and machine learning, I think it is quite impossible to replace everything with AI.
Some of the tasks still requires human to do AI cannot, tasks like troubleshooting skills and tasks like "commissioning a system", because things can go wrong and it will goes very wrong. Sometimes even the most knowledgeable person in that unit also don't expect this kind of things to happen.
Always remember, before we even talking about using AI to replace certain jobs, we need to train the AI and we need datasets of situation faces , what should we do and outcome.
If this things happen before, and the sequence of events were the same AI will be able to pick it up, and it will recommend or perform the course of action base on the previous action perform to save the plant.
Now my question is, when things happen would we bet on humans? because humans can adjust the next step of actions with care, at the sametime we also need to face the backslashes if the human perform some wrong steps. Or we bet on AI, AI will just follow the course of action key in or information had been train on the operate the plant ?
My take it will be still bet on both, when things happen, we will look at AI for information and we will use the information in hands to come out with a plan for the next course of action, it will allow the organisation to move efficiently.
But knowing Exxon they will not do this kind of innovation, because it will cost them a lot of money to do so.
Farmers lets keep farming
Harvesters lets keep harvesting
For those going to be PIP-ed
We salute you all
EM wont last forever
Cheers
This is happening in EM.Any thoughts?
Exxon will follow UPSs lead
UPS is trimming the management ranks to reduce costs, increase ownership, and flatten the organization. Like other companies, UPS realized that many levels of management increase costs while causing conflict between different management groups, reduce ownership and responsibility of the worker ranks, stifle innovation, reduce productivity, and dramatically slow decision making.
Exxon needs to reduce costs, innovate, speed decision making, and have staff and workers who act as owners instead of drones. Middle managers will be targeted during this years ranking, many will be NSI and privately told they won’t pass the PIP.
Staff will be attending meetings during the year to be introduced to the new workplace, how they add value and will be responsible for making decisions and results. The new environment will be very stressful for those who are not used to being in control or don’t want to be in control and some will leave on their own, others who can’t adapt will easily be identified and removed. Engineers at the campus will be sent to the operating facilities or dismissed. Collaboration between facilities will be handled by the Principal Engineer at each site.
KLTC and BTC will still exist, but only for monitoring (until they are replaced by a primitive version of AI) and some project work.
I agree they listen to reply, they reply it in a way that it is not their problem.... it got to a point that you don't even need to ask them... Because it is way better to communicate to a piece of wall, because at times you explain to them the issue then they will make you feel like you are the issue!
In Exxon when that meeting has a large group of people, they will listen, things that were easy to do one they will settle it first and blow up to everyone "SEE YOU ALL BRING UP THIS AND NOW IT'S SETTLE". The problem is bring up 100 problems and solve one low hanging fruits then like that lol
the problem with the boss is they don't listen to understand. they listen to reply. towards the people and also towards peers. and towards the bossses also. it's like in their blood they need to do it. it's a joke really.
re org transformation? what happened leh?
NSI target for 2024?
I’m hearing 13% in Houston and Texas.
There is no such thing called work-life balance when you are in Exxon, be prepared to work like a slave...
Genuine question, which engineering role has the best work life balance across technical, ES, projects etc ?
Time to get out of my current role and need recommendation
small brain people talk about small sh-t. no wonder you guys are grumbling. lol.
Since when attrition got KPI?
Wow I didn't know that Attrition has KPI as well lol... Such a wonderful company isn't it ??
They even plan to make how many people leave, wondering whose bonuses will increase if it hits the KPI? We need to reward someone for making this kind of sh-t happen...
HAHAHA
I still drop by here at this space after a year of leaving EM to sing this song. Try it and believe me you gonna love it....
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Expect the unexpected. What is coming for sure is annual ranking. Get your write up done well and select your KO wisely. Happy CNY and Happy hunting.
Attrition is not as high as targeted through lack of retirements and other resignations. Expect to see pip levels increased if this continues in the next few months.
Not only SLS got no substance, many FLs also the same. Promotion is base on favouritism, they talk co-k sing song only. Top management is blind.
Can anyone share about upcoming transformation and organisation structure change?
Basically we don’t need so many SLS “postmen” around getting information and just to update.
Who cares if the SLS has substance or not? The company is going to merge and merge until it cannot Tahan then close... Before that, as long as your wallet has substance already !!! Remember no matter WTF happens in the company, not your problem. Just go in with a farmer's mindset, go in farm and farm. when it is time to go home, please turn off your phone and go. Please separate your personal life from work. No one will give you any award for being the most hard-working guy. One mistake you make off your appraisal and credibility
Which section’s SLS CMI? Share leh
Our pool of sls cannot make it in the real world application. I would say most of the SLS really NO substance! All can just report to Dept Head.
there will be less SLS in new organization structure.
lol sls cannot take it ar, take the cl and the pay but don't wanna do the tough job
For the love of all that is good in this world can someone put this thread to rest?
can you just pip my sls! why we cannot pip sls?!! are we waiting for another dr to wake up a bad sls. help please lehhhhhhh
Yes I have heard something about retrenchment. Word is that it is not on a voluntary basis. Selected employee will get informed whereby they can choose to be paid 3 months salary and leave the company. Or stay 3 months for the company to re-evaluate.