Still in awe of their megathread and couldn’t resist.

Older employees are cut because they have become "too expensive." Expensive = more entitled vacation days, medical conditions that come with age that might require time off, possible disability that makes an employee slower, time off for taking care... — read more 

How many of y’all have completed the career connect training for the Performance Assessment process. I couldn’t help but crack up a bit at this line: “Employee Responsibilities: Own the outcome of the assessment process and do not blame the... — read more 

I feel like LinkedIn employee spotlights are like the 2000’s film producers exploiting the hot girl, but not realizing she is smart too. Call me wrong? (Gender is irrelevant to the analogy. This is commentary on fabulous employees being used for... — read more 

A Piece of Steak by Jack London http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/PieSte.shtml

I had a real fear that I would be targeted this year because of my age (61). A coworker expressed to me that since I was only a couple of years away from retirement that I was NRE and therefor somewhat protected. I didn’t question her further... — read more 

This LT is incredibly uninspiring and focused on the wrong things. How many more are going to leave voluntarily because of these ignorant fools?

I've been here for nearly two decades. At one point I thought I'd retire here as well but I'm no longer certain of that so I started looking for new opportunities. However, any place that will even give me the time of day offers me a pay that is... — read more 

Could someone PLEASE get the damn Liza Destiny FPSO to stop flaring? This is an embarrassment. Get the damn compressors running already you team of NSI. Apparently the Destiny of this FPSO is to fail in spite of all the Expats and business trippers... — read more 

Come on, tell us about it? What is the condition? What are they offering? Is it tempting? What is the justification? they don't want us to know so that we can be easily controlled. give some power back to your colleague and share some info...

Thinly veiled attempt this year to make it harder to get COH rate. I did the drink water challenge. Waste of time but had to jump through hoop to get the lower rate.

If supervisors just empathize and are transparent everything will be better according to HR. Open dialog solves all our problems. We have such a great employee experience to give people in jobs they will just eat it up. If we just eliminate... — read more 

Houston people still calling in from their bedrooms with barking dog noises. When are you going back to the office? Field offices have been working nonstop through this whole thing with no greater issues than genera population. What gives Houston?

I want to leave. Do you search yourself or get a head hunter to help? Advice?

Obviously cut education reimbursement over fears employees would retool and jump ship. Do you think it will ever come back? They already reduced the benefit in prior years. You used to be able to go anywhere. Now they added lifetime caps and even... — read more 

How much time do we spend on ranking? How much value does it create vs focusing on base business? HR continues to add more and more complexity. Now there is training for ranking, group goal setting, individual goal setting, skill assessing, on and on... — read more 

There are more expats in BTC now than ever, india is facing the worst ever covid wave, yet the management is trying their best to get enployees back to office. Its embarrasing to see how they are responding to this situation when so many other... — read more 

XOM used to lead by giving its employees great pay and benefits that were among the best - if not the best - in the industry. Today, the company leads by always keeping its employees afraid of losing their job. Talk about a drastic shift in culture... — read more 

The workforce can almost not even bear to listen to management anymore. Meetings from management doing more harm than good. Maybe it is better if they say nothing at this point. Every time they speak it just makes my blood boil listening to them.

Guesses on when raises will come back? We will be behind due to inflation so will take some big raises just to catch up to where we were before.

Harvard Business Review - Leadership by Roger Jones February 24, 2015 https://hbr.org/2015/02/what-ceos-are-afraid-of Deep-seated fears — of looking ridiculous, losing social status, speaking up, and much, much more — saddle children in the... — read more 

For decades, Exxon and then EM had a way to retain good workers at their most employable point (10-15 years of service) - good pay and a real chance at full retirement (although with lower and lower ranking) for those who survived occasional layoffs... — read more 

LCS is a common affliction in today's corporate world: Leaders encourage their people by saying you don't need to know anything, you just need to know who you can ask then pretend it's your idea. They compensate these type of people and punish... — read more 

Here you will get/meet: No proper training No support for employees Long hours Non-competitive pay Lousy benefits Broken systems Terrible culture Horrific management Boring work Micromanaging No transparency Constant changes that... — read more 

I wanted to invite a good friend and a colleague who got laid off in December, over for a lunch at the campus and when I was filling out his visitor request putting his name in the form the form flagged him. w-f? Are we not allowed to invite our... — read more 

By Kevin Crowley February 1, 2021, 4:18 PM CST Updated on February 1, 2021, 8:42 PM CST https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-01/exxon-makes-3-billion-carbon-capture-vow-after-climate-pressure Exxon Mobil Corp. pledged to spend $3... — read more 

150k base? 5 yes experience. I am submitting my application this week. My friend made this move.

5 years experience 150k base salary, 20k bonus, 15k stock reward? With a tech company. Also option to work from home. It’s not coding it’s project management. Worth leaving oil and gas? I have over 5 years experience and my salary is not close to... — read more 

GP downside sized by 1/3- but why are there so many GP staff with nothing to do? How long Will GP keep saying they are retaining their bench for when Capex comes?

There are a lot of things wrong with XOM today but I think their lack of respect for employees and the idea they can treat us any way they want without any consequences is by far the worst. Lying, gaslighting, intimidation, bullying, and so much more... — read more 

Shale was part of the Lean In Value Added Chain strategy. Remember that, the Value Added Chain? Never hear that BS anymore, it d–dwith the Lean In strategy. The Wink terminal we bought and improved is at 1/3 or less capacity, the Wink to Webster... — read more 

Any riser and pipeline engineers out there who have left? Where did you go? Midstream focus companies? New industries? I think they will continue to displace us with BTC engineers. I already feel like I am training my replacement. We are all holding... — read more 

I’ve been trying to get on the expat circuit since I hired on. It was THE REASON I joined the company. Thoughts on if this will even be an opportunity for North American employees in the future? Any ideas of other companies or industries which still... — read more 

The leadership doesn’t even try to hide that they are trying to eliminate older employees and then move their jobs to other countries. Those are the very people that gave everything to this company and were there in some tough times. I don't even... — read more 

Took me over a year to get to the mental state I'm in right now, but I can finally say I'm no longer stressed out over Exxon 24/7. When the last big layoffs happened, I nearly had a mental breakdown because I was not in a position to lose my job. My... — read more 

What happened to this post? Truth gets deleted?

Management is really pouring generous cups of the koolaide. Their 90% survived the PIP last year charade is really pi----g me off. I’d like to know the true metric of how many who were NSI last year are still employed today.

Get the company in an SEC investigation. I’m not making this c––p up. Unbelievable!

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exxon-sues-energy-transfer-over-204156872.html

Doesn’t management realize we just went through PIP followed by long drawn out “studies” of staffing level then layoff and now we are starting it all again? I’m going to lose my mind. And yes I am actively applying for other jobs.