I gave up trying to make this place a better place to work. I tried to help others but was told i was bothering them. I tried to simplify the MOC process for less risk mundane tasks. The MOC overlord stomped on me with the power of the managers. I tried to teach the new grads about technical topics tubing, piping, electrical classification, process control etc. I was told not to do this as they would acquire skills that would hasten there departure. Basically I would train them to well and the would use these new skills to get a new job. So I have given up trying to make Exxon a better place to work. No to the others good people that tried. One supervisor who was like the tesla ceo drove his people hard but he protected them. One rsanking cycle he was asked to pip 10% of his group. He fought them and said none of his people were worthy of piping. That year he did not pip anyone. The next year he was asked to pip 10% again he did not comply and was terminated. The otherv stand up guy was an old school supervisor who was more technical than managerial. They put him in this position because they thought they could control him. He was a fair boss who cared about his people. I worked hard and he rewarded me with a good ranking and raise. An employee was being targeted for piping because of a huge safety incident. It was the employees fault totally and completely. There was another employee that was being piped as well and he had a family. The is stand up supervisor took the blame for the safety incident by saying he gave the go ahead for testing at the new conditions. The employee with the family was also saved by this angel. The supervisor stood by his people and protected them. This was around the time of the layoff push out in 2020 so there was a lot of pressure to reduce headcount. The next year the supervisor elected to retire. He told us later that he was being forced out and would have been piped that year. Alas there are no people like that anymore in charge. You see what happens to the ones who challenge the higher ups and don't conform. Management wants mindless unfeeling robots that will follow orders no matter what. Like good NA-IS only following orders. These are true stories of employees that tried to do the right thing and protect their people.
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I remember the first time a Mobil Executive had to go to a rank session after Exxon acquired Mobil for his employees. His comment was, "I felt like I slit my wrists after the ranking and rating session was over."
Your hero supervisors in the Permian who didn’t PIP for two years was just causing other people in the Permian to unfairly have a low ranking. Your hero is probably a hipo with a sponsor who is protected from doing the sh-t work that is mere mortals have to do every day.
You are missing the point. So if everyone goes to the rank session and “fights for their team” and refuses to rank low what happens? The a--holes go to the rank meeting and sc--w over the other supervisors. I’ve seen hipo supervisors do it. They don’t want the dirty work of having to deliver a low rank result. No one does. Somehow the hipo supervisors are allowed to rank their team high and let the other supervisors do all the sh-t shoveling.
High performance is in the eye of the rankers. What determines this? The best boot li---r or compliments to the boss.Ihave seen so much grift at exxon it is sickening. People that do nothing getting praise and raise. Hard workers told they need to work more. The imbalance at exxon is horrendous. It is not a fair system at all. An employee that was out on ppto for almost half of their time at exxon. She was ranked higher than others that worked the whole time. Of course she was pretty and the managers liked her. She had a lot of births while she was at exxon.
I spent a year with my office door shut daily doing nothing but watching YouTube on my work laptop while sending emails and occasionally doing some real work. I was ranked well and got a CL bump.
OP you describe a leader who sets no standards and does not promote high performance. I am glad he retired.
Sure there is the bell curve and distribution. What makes great leaders are the ones who will fight for their employees and not just do what the higher ups say. If you are managed by one of these tools god help you. The mindless bosses just repeat what is use sharp the given to them. The system chose you or your raise is zero because the computer says so (sharp) system. Supervisors and managers that questioned the rankings are what we need. A supervisor that is going to support you and help you pass the pip process as well. I was involved in an employees pip and the managers were adamant that the piped employee not pass. They made sure the employee would not be able to successfully complete the pip.
Another employee was told to travel to multiple sites to complete training at these sites. They knew the employee did not like to drive to spring, Baytown and beyond. Instead of contesting this multisite pip with lots of driving the supervisor implemented it. None of the current supervisors give a damn about their employees and only think about themselves and their upward movement. i knew the supervisor in the Permian and he did not pip his workers for 2 years.
People posting have no clue. It is a forced distribution. If this great “leader” “protected” his team it just means that another supervisor had to PIP more of their team even if they were less deserving.
You are a mo--n if you don’t understand the math.
Nice story bro. But none of it is true.
That's what is called a true leader...not the dribble that corporate America fosters.
I think I know the person as he was in charge of urc lab ops at one time. He then went to
the Permian. I heard the story and it surprised me that he would protect his people at the cost of his job.