DW is laser focused on running the org to failure. So rather than fight him, let’s help him. Next time you see poor quality work or a way to help… don’t do it. Even though you may think you’re the better person… don’t do it. Nothing will change until a true failure. So while contrary, push the activity along to failure. There is no longer honor in preserving this legacy… if DW doesn’t see the risk of becoming a takeover when everything fails (see Macondo) then it’s not our job to convince him.
And if you think that you are saving your pension or any other financial security, don’t worry, there are already plans to ki-l those. At this point, we have nothing to lose.
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I started this approach a couple of weeks ago and man, my life is so much better now. The poor quality is just shining throughout!
Let the quality of the work speak for itself.
@qh try thinking, think you mean thing
D-mb to-ser
@OP I won’t have a bad word said about DW, he’s absolutely best think ever to happen at EM
You can’t prove me wrong
Plenty of examples today.. let’s do this!
This thread is probably a good testing ground for questions that shareholders should ask at the next corporate meeting? Give them some ideas?
Question: Can you explain “how” exactly your planning team signals ever increasing operating cashflow (AGAIN) by 2030? Do you guys just keep accidentally printing the same headline?
DW: let’s uh pass this to Kathy. Just kidding, planners are new hires, who have never actually seen oil, so can’t really bank on these numbers (see massive cuts to LCS “plan”). I’ll probably just keep firing all the experienced, err, expensive employees and cancel the pension in 2029.
Question: I’ve been reviewing the layoff.com, your employees seem pi---d. You are projecting huge CF increases while simultaneously cutting benefits, “streamlining” systems and firing all the experienced employees. Do these actions increase my investment risk? Is something going to go kaboom? Are your oil tanker captain's drinking again?
DW: employees are our best asset. I’ll just blame them and take my golden parachute if something happens. AI and the BTC will clean up the oil remotely… don’t worry!
@ca DWW should get a NSI on his PDS and a lump of coal in his stocking b/c how in the F do you let your global trading team lose $800M with oil prices above $85 for an entire quarter.
@e5 I think you know why we have to post anonymously, stfu.
Love that you have so much faith in HR, let us know how that works out for you.
Bruh
If you hate it that much then just leave.
It really is that easy.
“In XOM corporate, there is almost always employees who becomes the ‘absorber’ — the person who tolerates excessive workload, pressure, and ambiguity to keep everything running. Management/ HR will punish boundaries more and more as long as the system is working in their favor
Bravo on the post OP. You’re on to something here, and appreciate the sage advice. I’ll think of this the next time I see utter cr-p come across the screen. I’ll just let it ride alerting all via CC that it is such.
@e5
You fail to realize, we’ve already seen that all of us won’t survive. The chances have been presented to us in the latest HR email. So now, we have nothing to lose. Just a matter of when we are pushed out. Honestly, if you’re in the US, it could be this summer or it could be year end. So the game theory is out the window when the underlying rewards are removed altogether!
Y’all talk big on this anonymous chat, but who’s going to follow through? Nobody. Because each of us secretly believes we are the one destined to catch that one good break in the next ranking. You’re the one who will survive as your colleagues drop a rank point and proceed to PIP. Sure, you are the exception, the singularity.
HR is run be PhD game theorists. Believe me, they’ve heard of the Prisoner’s Dilemma.
@db take that thought to our fearless cost cutters
@db
yup, cheapening everything for a quick buck due to your greed
does come with a society cost
now the question one needs to ask is does society need the engineer
who builds things more than the executive/accountant who probably cannot
That's great, except for when the incompetence creates risks to people safety
effective immediately
Previously, I would have downvoted this idea and thought that doing such would be truly against everything the company stood for. But then I stop myself… culture starts with actions, not words. We have not seen a single policy that has shown that the people are considered an asset. And honestly, people are keeping this boat floating. So while one can say that the small cracks won’t be evident, I think it’s exactly what’s needed to change course.
I’m in!
The problem is none of this bad news will get to DWW. All of this $hitenfication is being sold as Industry standard vs broken.
@OP
This is the way.
How ExxonMobil Uses AI Today:
- posting junk to the layoff.com to coverup unflattering posts.
Whoever posted this should definitely get to increase their ‘influencing without authority’ skill to expert 100
@ap Let it rot.
This is great- sometimes failures teach you more. No point hiding sub-quality work - let it go
Question:
What is it with people from Houston and the “laser focused” BS?
Asking because my company hired someone who spent decades at a Houston-area company, and the only things the guy knows how to do is call meetings and say “laser focused” into his webcam.
Let it burn
Should we see how long we can keep this idea active at the top of the board? Focus people!
@a6 Wow, you’re so right! If BTC or MSP are driving the work, they should be accountable. But that will never happen so let’s delegate that responsibility up!
Both Permian and CCS will have their own Macondo-type events, rest assured. Something tells me accountability wasn't offshored with the jobs, though.