First I am older but that should not mater. In am constantly being watched and pestered by a manager that is only worried about their progression. I do my work for 8.5 hours a day. This manager expects me to do more and work like the other person who stays 12 hours a day. I will occasionally stay late when needed but not every day. I received my zero raise with the expectation for me to work harder the next year. This manager is insane and calls me asking where I am at all the time. I answered one time and flushed the toilet. I purposely ignore the calls as I don t have a company phone and can. others the group don't do anything all day sleep, stay in their car, leave early, come in late, do not innovate or improve the experiments. I do my time innovate and add value to my area. I have trained and mentored several employees now and in the past. When I protested to the manager they said "we expect a lot out of you but not out of them". I asked how this was fair to which they replied it was because I had preformed above in the past it was now expected of my from now on. I used to stay late and work all night sometimes on projects when I was younger. My reward was a good ranking small raise. I did not do it for the money or for exxon. I did it because i liked building new equipment and new novel testing equipment. It was for the personal satisfaction to see my work used. There is none of that now at exxon. I just run the same old tests and no innovation. I proposed a bunch of improvements and was rebuffed by the manager.
It is very demotivating to see others watching tv or music on their phones all day at their desks. Others leave as soon as the coast is clear. The manager leaves early and just runs around like a chicken with their head cut off while at work. There is lots of talk behind my back and lots of eyes and ears. I have found several hiding spots to escape during the day. There is no trust or comradery in the place I am in. My manager is the worst I have encountered at exxon and at any place I have ever worked. I cannot do my best work at this place. I believe I am being setup to fail and to push me out. I do not worry and just smile when the manager keeps piling it on me. The managers threats are meaningless as I forgot to mention am NRE. I am just waiting for my exit date to come. The threats work on the 40 year old who works 12 hours a day but not on me. So I will play their little game for a few years and then disappear. I just don t like the injustice and unfairness of exxon. Some work while others play. I have no motivation to do any more than the bare minimum and the watching and micro managing just pi---s me off more. Bad management begets bad performance from me.
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If you're bottom bucket and unprotected, your manager can eff with you with impunity. No one in your upline will care, esp. if you're over 50 and esp if you're an external hire. This Company has no class or decency. A low mentality supervisor can do what he will with you
Yeah normal for a highly dysfunctional shi hole. I have never been so micro managed before. It has the opposite effect on me as instead of working harder I am working less and being difficult. If you treat me like an id--t you will get an id--t. I just say ok and smile. know the phrases of freedom and bliss. They are "I don't know" and" I don't remember". A true master uses these phrases every day and is left alone. Ignorance is bliss. It is awful to hope and want the project I work on to fail but it has come to this. I want the people pushing me to fail even if I go down I will take them with me. This is what exxon has become. The company does not care and will let it continue. There are many others like me lurking in the background. Investors beware.
that's normal
Yup downstream is the worst for this. I love this competitive environment. Everyone trying to move up Sc--wing over coworker's.
I can't stand BTEC they should fire all the a--holes that work there and start fresh. I have never seen such disfunction at a workplace.
These downstream labs have serious issues. Why are we letting the downstreamers run things?
WoW I though I was the only one. I am going through the same thing. I think they want me to quit. Forced attrition.
OP- Copy/paste for many of us.
Same here.