Thread regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs

People can be conservative in their personal and religious beliefs and be good people.

I’ve personally worked for Christians, Jews, and Islamic supervisors and had good relationships with all of them. I’ve also worked with Texans and those from all over the world with no problems.

Is your main concern that you don’t like conservatives?

I see some almamaterism from Glasgow Scotland area schools in High Positions.
At least 2 recently with almost colonial level assignments over the years.
I don't say they are undeserving.
That glaswegian smile is becoming to this company.
(And they are not Texans. Maybe a european version of a texan.)

I don't know much about BYU. Good quarterback this year, they say.

But is anyplace more remote than College Station, TX?
Anyplace more unknown than the SEC dominator – Agric. & Mech. College of TX?
Yeah, ok, I'm Vanderbilt and Rensselaer myself.
But I didn't study for CEO.

Other than in EMIT, I have not seen many particularly good or bad BYU alums. There’s a few really worthless ones in EMIT but several have left, one very recently, and there are plenty of good folks as well.

@OP can you elaborate on some of the “remote, unknown universities with extremely conservative backgrounds” you are saying “most” VPs came from? Usually the only time I haven’t heard of a school that a VP attended is because they are from another country.

Discrimination is highly prevalent at Imperial Oil, one of Exxon's largest subsidiaries in Canada. A survey conducted by outside consultants rattled the company's management and exposed the "emperor with invisible clothes". Not a single male visible minority in the company's leadership. The company boasts of diversity and inclusion but Imperial's proxy statement in its annual report tells a totally different story. No wonder the oil sands titanic is sinking. The executives are getting their incentive compensation even though salaries are frozen and layoffs continue for the rest of the employees. Shameful and crass...

Someone from BYU get the job you want? Sounds like sour grapes.

What’s with all the BYU hate on here? Odd.

@1tda+1awDQ0kT

You are correct. BYU is bottom tier

@1chx+1awDQ0kT, morale at HQ is very bad, too. They can't even help themselves.

Never seen a company where ethics is in such a lack.
People don’t trust their managers
No one believe on the executive’s anymore

All groups are having meetings to try to understand what is going on and improve moral....,.do you really think the message will go to Dallas????? All will be sugar coded and nothing will change.

Will be interesting to see who will be help on the campus recruiting??? I would NOT be able to sleep in peace after help hiring someone knowing all I know about this company now.

@1ujf – Everyone cares about performance, not schools. But unless you are blind, many of the company leaders have neither a track record of performance nor a track record of academic background. It’s sad. We need real global talent management and not keep promoting the same people despite their incompetence.

It is funny to me that people are so clueless about the system. To be HiPo hire in with a bachelors degree at 22. Sorry if you came to the company older you’re pretty much out of luck. Also if you aren’t hired into the right place at the right time and marked HiPo those first couple of years you have no chance.

Got to agree regarding experienced hires.
You are not GMO. You are a natural talent.
Not executive material.
Unless the May 20 vote says otherwise.

@1nyk+1awDQ0kT

That is correct. If also suggest you to watch your back.. Many in this company would rather stab it to save the people who started here.

@xan+1awDQ0kT
"You are identified as a HiPo before you are CL26"

Dude, I came in as an experienced hire at CL 26. Does that mean I'll never be a hipo?

I've seen it personally.
I'm a tall, dark and handsome guy, who scored the highest ever grade on 'Analytical Skill' on that section of the GRE for grad school. Several years back.

And virtually all the management is Exactly the Opposite of that.

Oh, yeah. Condescension. Bias. Pre–judgement. Gas–Lighting. Ghosting.
Seen it all.

Wow. Do people really think they can coast through life based on the name of the university they went to? Pathetic. I don’t know where people went nor do I care. Results is what I care about.

@1dgd+1awDQ0kT lawyers are too expensive to do the sweeping

Many harassment cases were swept under the carpet too. I always wonder why we need a HR function. A good lawyer is enough.

@1zlb+1awDQ0kT the reality is even company presidents don’t have the power to change the system, that power lies with Dallas HQ which is years if not decades behind the rest of the company in figuring out this sh–t doesn’t work. Don’t like it, leave.

@xan+1awDQ0kT
You are instrumental in supporting the system and therefore part of the problem.

I'm getting tired of saying this, but BYU is NOT a second–tier university.

I know many HiPos (my definition is top 10%), but the real HiPos are the top 3%. I have ranked many young folks into the top 10%. You are identified as a HiPo before you are CL26. And are tageed for many growth assignments and increasing responsibility. That means before you are 27 years old in many cases. For CL below 28, all we say on potential is 3+ levels. At CL 28+, we may begin to tag people with CL 32 to 36. Here is the signal, New job with promotion every 24 months. To get to CL 36 by age 50, a person starting at CL24 needs 12 promotion in 25 years. CL 30 by age 35 is a good indicator. In old days before 1990, we used to say 30 by 30. We tend to hire more Masters and PHD now so it is now 30 by 35. Also top 10% are getting a clear messsage...with RSU and other "special treatment". Most Hipos are really good people with great personalities...We have weeded out many toxic personalities, and there are more to deal with. The really bad ones are eventually discovered but it can take several assessment cycles. When they see RSU awards drop, they know they are no longer on the fast track, Many Flame–outs move on voluntarily.

No.

HR acts to be your friend but they are not, unfortunately. No matter what they tell you.

At crestview aerospace 2021 ran by AIP we are not allowed by management and hr to hire any old people because they are slow. Tried to hire a woman in a wheel chair and was told by management that she would be in the way of other working and was a liability to the company. When we do layoffs all the Hispanics and black folks get terminated before any white people. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen. They will learn.

HR is there to protect the company not employees. Go to them with complaints at your own peril.

As for HiPos this is typical behavior. They feel entitled and superior to everyone else.