Thread regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs

I didn’t receive an email or exit interview. The retirement process from Vouya to Benefit’s is an absolute joke. Once you leave the company they could care less about you. Plus I doubt any manager or department head would tell the truth about the exit interview anyway.

If you have money in the FSA accounts make sure qualified expenses are incurred before your last day. You have until April 2023 to submit claims but it has to be incurred before your last day!

An exit interview is at the discretion of your supervisor and their manager. I know when I elected to take PIL and retirement, they couldn't get me out of the door fast enough. They cut corners. Forms weren't ready. Site security hadn't been informed. They didn't give me any instructions about unemployment benefits and contact information for the benefits center - nothing. They just shut off my login ID 24 hours in sent in my signed forms and gave me 6 days to go back to site and hand in my computer and clear out my desk. I remember thinking at the time, "well, this is a nice way to finish off a 30-year career!"

Go to goto/usmlrp and look at the checklist on there at the bottom of the page

I resigned in March and have received my pay in lieu of vacation, but they still owe my one paycheck. What gives, do I need to call payroll?

There is no exit interview. There is an exit survey that checks if you are going to sue the company for se-ual harassment and things like that. They don’t care to change so they don’t ask why you quit.

I know people that have resigned and were never given an exit interview and never received an exit survey. I have a theory that HR avoids doing exit interviews so that they don’t have to be the messengers to management about all the reasons cited for leaving. Whenever I hear a manager talk about the attrition, they say that everyone is leaving to spend time with their families. Everyone can pretend that there aren’t major issues.

@zeq+1gLwVRZk Lol what? You can leave and still get your pension and retirement benefits? The pension vests after only a few years. You will get slightly less than if you stayed, but the increase in the pension you get from staying a few extra years is significantly less than the salary bump you can get by leaving.

@kpr+1gLwVRZk Maybe that’s your case, but I would ask if you tried keeping in touch with them as well? And did you keep in touch with them outside of work while you were at XOM? It’s a two way street, not only their responsibility to reach out. And it doesn’t hurt to give people the chance to reach out if they want. Worst case you wasted 10mins and a few kb of email storage space.

@zeq - toxic bro. I can see XOM did a number on you. So sad to see. So sad to see.

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Complete BS. Troll.

A few years from RE means you are NRE which means you can't be laid off. Which means you are giving up a pension and medical benefits in retirement.

I'm pressured to quit? Who the F would hire you snowflake.

So you are NOT an employee bruh.

Please spend your valuable time trolling Chevron or Amazon or McD's layoff board.

@OP and @thh - unless you really do have a group of "best buddies" that you hung out with all of the time (including socially), I wouldn't bother. I had a list of about 20 people that I notified about my sudden retirement, thinking that these were all good people that I saw and talked with all of the time, worked on projects with, helped them and thought that they valued my knowledge and experience and respected me as an honest person of integrity.

After the initial, supportive reactions ("can't believe you're leaving", "I'll miss you", "you've always been so helpful", "you're the best", "if I can be of any help ..." etc.), only one person out of the 20 ever bothered to keep in touch for any time afterward .... and even that fizzled out after about 6 months. Once you're gone, people will forget about you after a few weeks - so forget them too and get on with your life.

Remember to tell everyone in that Cube pic that EM is a super exciting company to work for and that the opportunities there have never been greater!

And don't forget your picture in front of the cube on LinkedIn.

Best decision ever. Update contact info & enjoy the clean air.

EM will only do an exit interview if it benefits them.

Exit interview will be done in person if they want, also you’ll get an email later to do it. Pension idk I quit before I had one. 401k ensure you have a login set up that you can use, you can keep the account if you want or transfer it to your next job (potentially, depends on their plan) or transfer it to a personal IRA (no penalties or taxes if you transfer Roth to Roth or non Roth to non Roth. Call an advisor they’ll walk you through it). Benefits end date depends on your plan and some other things, call them to ask for your specific case.

Other things to do are to ensure you have any personal info sent to your personal email. Get copies of proof of work, your W2s as far back as you may need, and make sure your contact info is up to date. I’d also include any HR or manager emails you get specific about your personal performance or any situations that happened just so you have a copy of emails of incidents. Lastly scan goto/hr for any documents you find remotely interesting or related to your situation.

Write your goodbye email early and have a list of who you want to send it to early. I did it the last day and I left off a few people that I probably shouldn’t have that I didn’t think about and slightly regret it. Also email yourself their emails, as its useful having it (or include a link to social media of your choice for them to follow/friend you on).

If you like your teammates ask them what they need from you to help them out when you’re gone.