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The cut should be swift and real
Redundant company presidents, redundant executive VPs, redundant vice-presidents, redundant country managers, etc. The cut should be swift and real. But this is exxon so it will die by a million tiny cuts, cosmetic at first, rearranging the... — read more
Other than no job security, what's the worst thing about working at Exxon right now?
I'd go with managers: most of them have no idea what they're doing, they are quick to take credit for things they had nothing to do with and transfer blame for their own f—ups onto their subordinates, and some are even verbally abusive. I've never... — read more
Release the Tiger from the cage
Any one else think them dragging the results of the study out is just hurting morale even more? Given this is no secret anymore, the news just needs to come out for the US.
Credibility lost
EM senior management no longer has any credibility, neither inside nor outside the company. They are so desperate to control the narrative that their lies are getting bigger and more obvious. Here is one of my favorites: they brag about the... — read more
'A message from Darren Woods'
'A message from Darren Woods' Sources below... I hope that you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy as we continue to manage through this unprecedented time. Today's environment is one of the most difficult our people and our... — read more
Singapore - why are people over there so frustrated.
We are all angry but Singapore is another level... WHY? This is a frank questions, just trying to understand it. See this thread: @OP+16zEvLP3
How many real friends do you have at Exxon...
How many real friends do you have at Exxon... I am talking about folks that would come and help you move or borrow you something valuable...
Our CEO just said
Quote: "Fortunately, the work we have done over the past few years has positioned us well. Our investment portfolio remains the strongest in industry, and the organizational changes we've made are enabling further improvement opportunities."... — read more
Pay cut?
I've been working here for a few years now, but I really want to leave. I've been looking at entry level IT positions recently but most companies don't post the salaries, and if they do, they're about $20-30K lower than what I'm making now, which is... — read more
DW Town Hall
Anyone else think that this will be the layoff notice we’ve all been waiting for? Seems suss...
Slido Questions for Darren Woods
I noticed many are fearful to post their questions on Slido. We might as well do it here, for those leaving EM to post our questions for us. Personally I was shock when Ian took out pretty PowerPoint slides 5 years ago and said it was relevant... — read more
Odd Timing of LinkedIn Visits
Though nothing vital, thought I’d share an observation...With all the unknowns surrounding possible layoffs, who will be targeted, how, why and so on I’ve found it rather interesting, perhaps odd, that over the last couple weeks my LinkedIn profile... — read more
No Pride in the Exxon brand and heritage
Check these links out and you will understand. The company would be on top of its game if they still ran these type commercials. https://youtu.be/XMYl39-_6ZI https://youtu.be/VDqftcicpFY https://youtu.be/dPMWEevnhXw
Let this sink in
XOM and IOL hired finance and accounting grads who put together the financial statements every quarter and most of these people still bought company stock. These so-called best and brightest didn’t see all the mistakes being made and the BS moves... — read more
PIP terminated and unused vacation
If your are terminated at the end of PIP, do they pay out your unused vacation?
US Medical
So any benefit cuts or actually seems the same? We use my spouses benefits so I didn’t do a thorough comparison but anything worth knowing?
Let’s get back to what brought us here INFORMATION
I enjoy the commentary and complaining as much as everyone but I NEED THE INFO. Pony up! What do you know.
Mo Money, Mo Problems
Pity your high-paid leaders because they have expensive tastes so this downturn hurts them more than it hurts you as they have bigger homes, bigger cars, more toys, financial commitments. That was the message today at an EMIT Canada town hall. — read more
Opt out of United Way emails
How can I opt out of receiving those pestering united way emails. They are sending us 1 or 2 emails of those per day. Come on! Give it a break for heavens sake!!!
Upcoming Milestone Dates Only
Think EMCAPS. Thread for Posting key upcoming milestones / gates.
Don’t forget to use/adjust your benefits While you can.
FSA - do you lose unused contributions if separated? PPTO- theyre not required to PIL unused ppto 401k - will they continue deducting 401k from severance pay? Consider stopping contributions and focus on IRA for now if you haven’t maxed it out... — read more
State of IOL
OP: @qmg+17q0ooeO Imperial Oil, majority owned by Exxon, was Canada's largest and most reputed fully integrated O&G companies. It truly was a matter of pride to mention amongst friends, neighbors and family members that you worked for ESSO, the... — read more
First in a series of redundancies?
Does anyone think this is it or are we going through the first of a series of redundancy drives over the next 4-5 years?
DWW is coming out of his cage (Oct 21)
And he's doing just fine Stock's gotta be down Because he wanted it all It started out with a miss (-management of a giant corporation) How did it end up like this? It was only a miss (-management of a giant corporation), it was only miss... — read more
Chevron Exxon?
A Chevron takeover would be wiser. https://www.barrons.com/articles/exxon-and-chevron-should-merge-analyst-argues-51602517256
If ExxonMobil were a person how would they act on a date/ at lunch?
This forum is getting a little ridiculous so I thought I’d contribute even more to it. Let’s pretend ExxonMobil is a person and you’re going out to lunch or on a date with it? What is ExxonMobil saying and doing? :) let’s have some fun. I’ll... — read more
Quick question
While working at Exxon have you always bought in to the idea that you are/were working for one of the best and largest companies in the world? Every EM employee I have known seems to think they are the best at what they do on the planet and have a... — read more
It's not just pandemic to blame
I got interested in this article about the bad circumstances that led to EM doing significantly worse. Ok, I’m sure that everyone knows that the degradation of this company began long before the pandemics, and that a list of circumstances and moves... — read more
Result of a sleepless night
After screening through several of the posts & comments I think if only 50% of it would be true, there is enough feed to make a movie out it. As I am not looking like an actor, I volunteer to write the story. Initial proposals: — read more
25 years - gone just like that
25 years in this company. Gone just like that. 2.5M lump sum, $5M 401k and $3M in savings. 63 years old. How am I going to make it now? Who's going to hire me?
20+ years, over $1M in lump sum pension, 60 performance points and an other wise great and fun career dumped in one meeting without any warning.
If anyone would have told me that Exxonmobil was going to do this to their employees 6 months ago I would have laughed. But just shy of retirement and without a single statement of any kind of performance issues, missed expectations, nothing... ... — read more
Big announcement coming Nov. 1
Latest rumor is we’ll hear a big announcement on November 1, I guess to be expected with the 60 day WARN act requirement. I was checking some executive level calendars in F&L, does appear many of them are in the same significantly long meetings next... — read more
Is carried-over vacation compensated during layoffs?
I am deciding whether to use all my vacation this year or carry over into 2021, given risks of being laid off in, say, Q1 2021 before using carried over vacation.
Job Options for Petroleum Engineers by Degree
Hello friends and colleagues, I used to believe working ExxonMobil was my dream until a couple of years ago when I started realizing how unfair this company really is and how it doesn't really care about its employees. I have been working here for... — read more
Failure of leadership
Exxon is no longer the largest oil company in the U.S. as a result of so many wrong decisions, small and huge, made by this ELT. The decisions that striped this company of everything that it once was. They've turned Exxon into a place hated by its... — read more
PIP / Updates
About 2 weeks left. What are you guys hearing...
Day to day
Outside of Yammer, PowerPoint, Salesforce and Conference calls, what does anyone actually do from day to day?