People think this is new but it's not. I've worked here long enough to know that intimidation isn't some recent management trend. The constant warnings about termination and performance plans have been happening for at least the last decade, if not longer. We're just finally starting to talk about it openly.
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@aa I think it’s the lack of purpose that really grinds one to dust or perhaps knowing that the work is actually part of the problem rather that the solution for future generations. The pay check is just the sedative to underlying root cause of the pain.
The Corporate Prayer
Give us this day our daily fear,
And keep our rankings crystal clear.
Lead us not into independent thought,
And forgive the questions we shouldn't have brought.
Deliver us from speaking truth,
Protect our pensions and our youth.
For thine is the PowerPoint, the PIP, and the glory,
Until we're outsourced.
Amen.
EM MANAGMENT never acted alone. They had followers, commanders, soldiers, government agencies, ordinary citizens who followed their ideologies and orders. Ordinary people can participate in extraordinary evil when they fail to think critically about what they are doing and when violence becomes normalized. "Genes" have nothing to do with this.
It has always existed but there is no denying it is worse now than before
" Work with kind people who are clever" - this is the best advice ever.
Decades, not just years. Periodic reminder that Private Empire is a good read for all EM employees.
@aa agree with you. If you don’t like it, fu-k off and go cry somewhere else.
Most of these people at the campus complain about everything and yet have never been to a site
After Exxon Valdez, Lee Raymond - CEO rolled out OIMS.
Operations Integrity Management System
ExxonMobil is committed to conducting business in a manner that is compatible with the environmental and economic needs of the communities in which we operate, and that protects the safety, security and health of our employees, those involved with our operations, our customers and the public.
These commitments are documented in our Safety, Security, Health, Environmental and Product Safety policies. These policies are put into practice through a disciplined management framework called the Operations Integrity Management System (OIMS).
https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/who-we-are/technology-and-collaborations/energy-technologies/risk-management-and-safety/operations-integrity-management-system
The compliant managers will now have to explain the increased productivity declines in 2026…@ this rate 2028 looks bleak..
See I have been working for the company (30+) to remember a time when it was a family. We operated autonomously at the individual sites. In this way we could find the most profitable and efficient solutions.
What we have here is a one size fits all approach. There are no longer names. Just numbers. It was unheard of for employees to leave before 55 much less be run off.
Local management had the ba--s to tell corporate to kick rocks….we are not implementing a forced ranking system.
Slowly but surely those leaders were replaced with the compliant….
The compliant have led us into this toxic culture which is just like every other he-l hole corporation. Whatever is best for me boss.
@OP Dude, it’s a f’n corporate job. You show up at a desk, plug in a laptop, stare at it for 8 hours, then go home.
You are not being held hostage by the secret police in a hidden bunker…collect the $150-$300k that many of you claim to be getting paid to do this and enjoy the rest of your lives.