Who can tell me what project North Star is? I've heard rumblings it will be massive headcount cuts in Houston. Anyone with details?

Small companies and independents hitting the gas hard in Midland. We going to ramp up and chase price or maintain our discipline?

What salary do most people retire at? Say for a CL27, 28, and 29 what would be a typical range for salary at retirement? Trying to figure out how valuable this pension will be if I don’t quit now and stick it out. I have heard that once you hit your... — read more 

Anyone bothered to watch the training? Any material changes to the ranking system?

Heard through the grapevine that the policies around age based employment protections have been updated and that employees with NRE status will no longer have that protection. Has anyone else heard of this?

I heard that we have evacuated most, if not all of our employees including the secondees or we leaving the secondees in as it will impact the relationship. Do we really care for our folks there

BCG must be great sales people as they have no idea how to operate or run an energy business but we still listen to them and act on their recommendations. The Global Ops Reorganization will be an absolute clusterf. No body will know who’s doing what... — read more 

Reliance Industries takes the lead versus Exxon HOUSTON, March 10 (Reuters) - Construction of a refinery on the southern U.S. border backed by India's ​Reliance Industries (RELI.NS).

If you suspect your employer wants you gone, you're probably right according to new workplace data. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/workers-blindsided-as-modern-layoffs-strip-away-dignity-along-with-paychecks

There is nothing of value that comes out of 90% of the work our ‘researchers’ do. They get paid for making up bumber in the air, dragging projects for 2-3 years until a new manager arrives , tweak and drag some more. Dead after 10 years. rinse and... — read more 

Get ready, every supplier that EM works with is about to show up with a fuel surcharge. They definitely deserve a piece of the pie given how much their costs are going up! Good luck trying to meet your budget!

Thoughts on the April 1 re-org?

We all got multiple emails and letters to get us to sign over our voting rights as shareholders to the corporation. That’s pretty suspicious and I can’t imagine why anyone would be stupid enough to fall for it. Now, we’re starting to get phone... — read more 

A former high-flying teammate recently moved into a commercial leader role for Proxxima. I'm not very familiar with the product or its business case - from what I can tell it's meant to be a polymeric replacement for rebar? What kind of impact can a... — read more 

The upstream CFO post was removed about as abruptly as he resigned. How does a post come down so quickly?

Apparently abruptly resigned and is no longer in zoom. What gives?

All of the bosses I had did the opposite of these. Most put up a front but it was mainly self serving. They put you in the spotlight ↳In meetings, they say "This idea came from...," instead of claiming the credit They step up when you're... — read more 

Keep getting letter after letter telling me insurance o longer covers this and that, have to book scan though 3 rd party, meds going up , some no longer covered. Just got letter saying all our Memorial Herman facilities and doctors are in jeopardy... — read more 

Has anyone else been contacted by a corporate auditor about everyone in the Permian cheating on the entry exam at XOM? I am still trying to understand the benefit of superintendent’s having hat contractors cheat on the test. If you want quality... — read more 

Has anyone else heard of a hiring freeze?

Surely I won't be PIP'd now that WTI is $100+

Feels like 44 tho

I filed a complaint with HR against my horrible manager last December and never received a response. I followed and still heard nothing. Last week, during my 1:1 with him, I told him I had tolerated enough and confronted him about favoritism... — read more 

Look, I get being unhappy. This place gives plenty of reasons. But if you're at the point where you're just bringing everyone down, maybe it's time to go. The constant complaining, the negativity, it gets into the walls. It becomes part of the... — read more 

Restructuring solves nothing, breaks plenty. Vacancies never get filled, teams just get more stretched and bitter. And they always cut the wrong people. Not that the rest of us are useless. We're not. But without fail, they boot the one person who... — read more 

I started with the company back in 2015 and I've seen four different management structures. The pattern is always the same. You get a manager who is charming in meetings but completely absent when you need support. I recently had a weekly catch-up... — read more 

Story by bgriffiths@insider.com (Brent D. Griffiths) Anthropic economists say they have developed a new way to track how AI will upend the workforce. Their new measure shows that AI use hasn't come close to tapping the full power of large language... — read more 

I have unvested RSU that pays me dividend? Is the amount reported in W2? I didn’t receive a 1099-div.

At first I thought the posts here about BTC were exaggerated or just people being salty. But after working with a few of their devs, I get it now. And I’ve been hearing the same thing from multiple other teams. A lot of them just don’t seem to know... — read more 

where is the “button”? is there a “goto”? Is there an app? does one send an email to the supervisor first before using the official avenue to HR?

Nine vessels attacked since U.S.-Iran conflict began BP evacuates foreign staff from Iraqi oil field due to drones Putin considers halting gas exports to Europe

Experienced folks are leaving the company! Lots of retirements. We better hang on to these folks so we can leverage the learnings built up over time. Mentoring new employees is another reason. AI is NOT a substitute!!

Downstream VPs managers ruining Upstream, Uncon experienced folks ruining Deepwater and Deepwater folks ruining Uncon. Yes we need cross fu ctional experience, but not Leaders/managers. They come and make people do uncecessary studies and projects... — read more 

EM PIP in reality can be driven by statistics, internal politics, bias, or interpersonal conflicts not your performance. So many people end up on a PIP for reasons that have nothing to do with their actual work. Some examples I have seen in past... — read more 

Is it just me or has anyone else not been asked to provide KO feedback on their managers the last 5+ years?

What happens if a group’s designated PIP guy quits by March ending? They pounce on the next innocent guy?

With the Gulf crisis that exploded yesterday, meaning O&G is cool again, will EM not relax its PIP season harvesting?

When resigning are EM employees required to give 2 weeks notice? What happens if you don’t? Does it forfeit anything?

What is included in W2 Box 1? Are the vested securities included in here? Is there anything else like employer portion of health plan?