This upcoming week is going to s—. Good people will lose their jobs; a few bad people won’t lose theirs. Life isn’t fair. For those that will struggle accepting the fact they were selected for the involuntary severance or who aren’t emotionally... — read more 

At UIS, RTD (former Upstream Research Company, aka URC), this is what we had: A division/function of 42 total employees included the following full time overhead managerial staff (full-time work involved arranging safety meetings, useless gate... — read more 

Management would do well to study and understand how to motivate their workforce. Most basic human needs are for security and safety. The yearly ranking program and constant threat now of layoffs in addition to the yearly PIPoff will drive behaviors... — read more 

Apologies for the long post, but I think it's worth reading. We're all smart people here, so I thought it'd be a good idea to share a quick investigation & exercise I completed a few weeks ago. "We're all in this together", our management claims... — read more 

Target price $90/share by YE 2022.

Save $1B/year in the process and pay the dividend! That’s what I want as a shareholder!!

How long will it take to get a human on the phone tomorrow after the 900+ volunteers are told to make arrangements for there packages? Bahahahaaaaaaaa

Nov. 28, 2020 9:45 PM ET Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)By: Carl Surran, SA News Editor52 Comments Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) is still not bringing in enough cash to fully fund its dividend payout despite the recent coronavirus vaccine-fueled rise in... — read more 

I know you or one of you PR folks will read this. ExxonMobil used to be a have the reputation of being a great company to work for. Ever since you took over, you have come across as to relaxed. The shoes you had to fill are still too big for... — read more 

Interesting looking at hashtags, for example #winning (search: https://www.thelayoff.com/h/winning). Everything before July 2020 was from other companies (Oxy, Chevron, etc.), then the floodgates opened during PIP'ing season. Indicates how... — read more 

Why can't ExxonMobil cut capital investment in oil and gas and invest in H2 from solar and may be buy an electric car company and then grow it? Instead of spending $10-20 billion on more oil and gas why not new energy? Wall Street will love and PR... — read more 

I would rather know now instead of waiting for a 1:1 invite to pop up on my calendar. The fact that my sup doesn’t know anything just increases the anxiety. They should have just told us a week before instead of playing the wait and let’s see game... — read more 

Anyone else sick of every manager beginning discussions with the case for change discussion? How about sharing a compelling vision of where we are going or how we are going to turn this thing around? Where is that discussion? I think much of the... — read more 

Compare to DEC (Detail Engineering Companies) which don’t have pensions, and even no severance payments (except two weeks notice, but the IT guy will grab your computer immediately upon HR notice of the ax), EM guys here should just stop whining... — read more 

Even if I survive, I’ve lost almost all motivation to work for the company. Anyone else feel the same way? Next 2-3 years will seemingly be hunger games 24-7. No 401k, no salary treatment. What’s the driver for working hard? Just to survive 2021 PIP?... — read more 

Is this word coined by XOM, like all the other B$ internal acronyms? What does it really mean and am I even spelling it correctly?

I worked in few other companies before and currently work in BTES - Baytown Tech and Eng Specialists. In other companies, there were no SLSs, no department heads. I used to report to my manager who had 75 people reporting to him. All of us knew... — read more 

Has anyone been voluntold to resign? Is it legal?

Can anybody advise the living expense pkg details the USA expats we’re getting for working in Milan Italy prior to COVID?

From 1986 article - The Exxon Corporation's move to slash its work force through a voluntary resignation program has startled both oil analysts and longtime employees. Exxon had indicated earlier that it, along with other oil companies, would be... — read more 

I’m an accountant who has been PIPd. I want to get into an Ivy League MBA program so I would like to stay with A fortune 500 companies excited since I did not go to a very good university. Is anyone aware of any accounting positions at a fortune 500... — read more 

Ha ha freaking thing is getting rusted and eaten from inside out by its corrupt employees. Those who will get fired will suffer temporarily but those who survive will go back to their greedy slurping way of mooching of and suffer permanent brain and... — read more 

See this post: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/17Gt8IRY Didn't want it to get too buried in case anyone needs the advice. Happy Holidays and stay safe.

https://www.660citynews.com/2020/11/24/imperial-oil-set-to-end-syncrude-services-contract-as-suncor-become-operator/ More Layoffs in EMRE expected after Suncor takes the lead on operations CALGARY — Imperial Oil Ltd. says it will relinquish its... — read more 

Lmao anyone else blocked from the hotel thread after your posts were deleted? Nothing against the rules was posted yet I’m somehow blocked? Hm

As depressing as this sounds, should I get dressed up, while working from home, to get fired on a Zoom call? I'm one of those who would welcome the opportunity to come back to the company in the future and I don't want the last impression of me... — read more 

Reductions will include positions at Imperial Oil Ltd, ExxonMobil Canada Ltd and ExxonMobil Business Centre Canada ULC, the company said. Oil... — read more 

Could someone explain NRE. Is there some measure of protection for NRE folks.

F&L leader sent an email today about the Canada study. The email ends in (you guessed it!) - “ we will get through this period together”. Are our company leaders (using that term loosely) id–ts? Here in the US, the severance package is pathetic... — read more 

Are experienced hires more likely to be laid off? Thoughts?

100 upstream 100 downstream & corporate 60 EMIT (33%) 40 EMC

Can communicators on the board please share what the talking points are when we get laid off? Just trying to be mentally prepared on what to expect.

Layoffs are OK - everyone understands it. PIPing 8-10% isn’t OK. That too in the midst of the pandemic. It’s legal but is it ethical? That’s not something one should be thankful for!

Be thankful you have your family Be thankful you have your health Be thankful you’ve been paid well and saved for a rainy day Exxon is not doing this to spite us, the whole world is going though this and many companies are laying... — read more 

Why waste money migrating from a perfectly-working standard repository (EMEPS) to a c-appy Specify

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