The crazy and most frustrating thing is that we have zero positive articles or news coverage ever. Agree we are an oil and gas company and will always be hated a certain section, but look at the recent activity. There is a clear lack of ethics and... — read more 

String rumors circulating that there will be no PIL offered to the unfortunate 8% in the 2021 crosshairs. PIP or GTFO. NOW! And don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Guess the pittance it cost them to give a whopping 3 months of pay to longterm... — read more 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobeccles/2021/05/18/dear-exxonmobil-i-see-a-bad-moon-rising-for-you/?sh=6260b1740cbf

Has anyone figured out how to vote the white card in their savings plan? Not looking for a debate on blue vs. white...expect everyone can make up their own mind, simply looking to understand 'how' to actually vote on shares held in that account?

Energy Transition Creates $14 Trillion Cloud of Uncertainty for Oil and Gas Despite stark warnings made earlier this week by the IEA, analysts with consultancy Wood Mackenzie said even a rapidly transitioning world needs oil and gas supply for... — read more 

Engine No. 1 Issues Message to ExxonMobil Shareholders ***Engine #1's 19 May 2021 response to XOM is much larger than the 9000 characters that TheLayoff.com allows. The entire response to XOM claims can be read on BusinessWire.com at the... — read more 

BlackRock's climate views put it center stage in Exxon boardroom fight By Jennifer Hiller, Ross Kerber Source: Reuters 5 MIN READ HOUSTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Top asset manager BlackRock could determine the outcome of a proxy fight between... — read more 

So interesting we were able to find millions of dollars stuffed under the mattress to fight the proxy fight but can’t find any money to pay the 401k match

I've been a mud engineer nigh on 20 years. You push things down or you let them up. You keep a balance. Now I see that the company spends 35 million dollars to win the proxy vote. And only 1 million dollars on this Layoff site. That is... — read more 

I have and continue to have a successful career at ExxonMobil. I am concerned the company is slowly dying / best days are past and am considering changing to the electric power industry (wind/solar/etc). I have two recruiters interested from well... — read more 

We are being cleaned up, downsized, right sized, offshored mostly to India, polished, on a very tight CAPEX/OPEX budget, cleaning up the balance sheet, and no new major projects on the horizon. Not to turn this company around for a new, improved, we... — read more 

Given how meticulous ExxonMobil typically is with analyzing all possible risk scenarios, do you think they will have a contingency plan ready if DW is not re-elected to the Board next Wednesday? Or would such a scenario be inconceivable in their... — read more 

Allegations of bad behavior coming now that Bill is divorcing his wife. Do we have a similar culture of bad behavior towards women at EM?

Do you comment on your managers posts? Tell them they are great leaders and you are grateful to be working under their vision? Remember our managers, VPs and CEO are the hardest working people on the planet. Make sure they feel appreciated! =) ... — read more 

https://qz.com/2010367/exxon-just-lost-its-most-important-excuse-for-new-oil-drilling/

What will our future look like? Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/radical-change-needed-reach-net-zero-emissions-iea-2021-05-18/

Massive Covid outbreaks on several offshore facilities in Guyana. Message from leadership is keep operating. No regard for health of employees or contractors.

I think I would have been perfectly okay working from office had I not just spent a year working from home. I wouldn't have known how much the extra time lost in commute means, I wouldn't have known how much easier it is to concentrate without the... — read more 

Exxon: “We saw very encouraging results from the first quarter and want to thank our employees for that” Also exxon: “Because of business results, we are requiring all Houston area employees to return to the office.“ Which one is it?

Doing everything other than much work. Walking around showing my face to management, talking with coworkers, taking a long lunch. And best of all... reading and posting on this board while back in the office getting paid for it. I'm doing the bare... — read more 

Management seems to finally realize there is an attrition problem. I can see they want to address it somehow, but relating to employees doesn’t seem to be their strong suit. In all earnestness, what would you need to hear in order to decide to... — read more 

Ok ladies and gents. I'm about to retire soon so I want to help out as many of you as I can. If you want to survive PIP for all time do the following: Power walk! Make sure you are seen! Walk around the office telling everyone you are glad... — read more 

We don't have enough employees to do what needs to be done. With all the layoffs and attrition, we are chronically understaffed. There is always a line right out the door as a result, which only worsens the problem. XOM needs to go on a hiring spree... — read more 

Hallway talk was at least our VP still takes anonymous slido questions. Then came this month’s meeting and guess what? Looks like we were too hard on him last month because anonymous option has been removed. Bad move VP. You just lost the one talking... — read more 

ExxonMobil is the greatest single-use plastic waste polluter in the world, contributing 5.9m tonnes to the global waste mountain, concludes the analysis by partners including Wood Mackenzie, the London School of Economics and Stockholm Environment... — read more 

what does uis/cds really do? looks like a bunch of non-playing captions and baby sitters and very few worker-bees. i also heard that some senior technical guy boasts of being a technical author whilst he actually wrote a book about developing a toy... — read more 

The quote of the day. Yammer ready. Confetti on the creator's desk, though of course his supervisor will take the credit. External consultants are running this company now. DW never lost power that winter day, guaranteed, but he thought for a... — read more 

A reliable source told me the company is planing to reinstate 401K match on July 1st. Anyone else hear similar information.

Will there be a big increase of people retiring in June due to the rise in interest rates? Lump sums will take a hit July 1st and according to the trend, should take another hit in the next quarter. Seems that Retirement Eligible people will... — read more 

Let's help each other out by posting yammer post ideas. This way we can all use them. Mine will be "Its good to back. Together we will increase our commercial intensity and get back to first."

I’m so excited about being back at the campus tomorrow I’ll have a hard time falling asleep tonight. I can’t wait for the collaboration with my peers, the guidance from my supervisor/manager and the comfort of holding handrails. I’m ready to turn... — read more 

By Andy Medici – Senior Reporter, May 14, 2021, 2:14pm EDT Source: Houston Biz Journal It would take just a 15% raise to get 49% of employees to leave their jobs, according to a survey of American employees by Chicago-based Elements Global... — read more 

I’m fed up by a lot of things and I’m generally not happy working at EM. I have been feeling this way for a while and decided it is time to leave, even if that means settling for a job with a smaller pay.. Of course I don’t want to be out of a job so... — read more 

I was laid off and separated at the end of March. Just to be professional and not burn bridges, I set up brief meetings with my direct supervisor/manager and other managers in the department. Surprisingly, they openly talked about things that would... — read more 

Exxon under pressure as ISS backs Engine No. 1 nominees in board fight Source: Reuters Author: Svea Herbst-bayliss 14 May 2021 ***Influential proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) on Friday threw its weight behind a small hedge... — read more 

Why Employee Stakeholders Are The Secret To Your Organization's Transformative Success POST WRITTEN BY Neil Bedwell Neil is Founding Partner at Local Industries,a Change Marketing consultancy using consumer-grade marketing to increase employee... — read more 

For the last 20 years EM has been a fantastic company to work for....now it has forever changed. For anyone who thinks things are going to get better at EM, I have some news for you....it wont. The treatment of employees today is the new... — read more 

on Friday we got an email telling us that we should wear Exxon Mobil polos and jeans all next week. I cannot imagine who thought that this was a good idea. Not only are most of us pi---d off that we have to be back, but you’re asking us to show... — read more