Thread regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs

For the US, it includes living in a suburban bubble where you only have to go between a gated campus and a suburban bubble, only interact with people from the same demographic, and can be completely oblivious to the outside world.

Lifestyle=Stress.

Have you never watched the film 'There Will Be Bl00d'?
That's the lifestyle referred to - since the late 19th century.
Fancy meals and a stink coming from the basement door.
John Wayne with a Gacy twist.

Some people would say the EM lifestyle is to take credit for the work of others and deflect all blame onto others.

Many at EM depend on contractors for knowing all the details and succeeding against all odd, for which the employee takes full credit.

EM people are terrified of working for a company where they would have to put forth a lot of effort then if something goes wrong, no deflecting, simply take all blame and fix it yourself.

The EM lifestyle is to take it easy, not even need to know your job well, and glide through life with little more to worry about than PowerPoint slides.

What brought you to exxon if you've been so many other places and exxon underpays you? You accepted the salary must have been good enough to leave another job.

Never heard the term, but here's the observations:

• Inflated egos and a sense of entitlement
• Fixation with pedigree over true individual accomplishments and character
• Until recently, fixation of grades of new hires. Anything under a 3.8 GPA was too low.
• Mediocre technical skills. Rotational assignments every 1 to 2 years doesn't build any competencies. It is expected that others (vendors, direct reports) will offer their work to you and you can pass it off as your own.
• Lack of business skills or understanding of the market because the expectation is other companies would trip over themselves to do business with XOM.
• Risk adverse. Don't mess up and you will do fine. If you do make a mistake, bury it.
• No emotional intelligence.
• Overworked and no work-life balance. Underpaid for amount of work, unless you are in management.
• Power grab even if you don't have a clue what you are doing. Sc--w over anyone who could become a potential rival.

They are referring to the Exxon lifestyle of being overworked, underpaid, under appreciated, backstabbed, brown nosed, kiss a$$ed and every other adjective used to describe a company that doesn’t give a sh@t about you.

That and the fact that they likely have mediocre (at best) skill sets and are overpaid and are forced to deal with the BS because outside of XOM, they are unemployable.