Supervisors were told to pick who they dislike the most and that HR would endorse it as that employee not being valuable. This did not matter what previous ranking was. Did not matter on the employee's tenure. Did not matter on the employee's... — read more 

Exxon was a cautious, serious company, dedicated to long term employees. Sure, a__l retentive at times, but processes, safety and integrity were non-negotiable and most people, technical and management, were not monkeys. Over time, with the... — read more 

Source below... - Exxon, a 'dividend aristocrat,' plans more cuts to protect dividend... Exxon Mobil Corp. is mulling over deeper spending and job cuts as it seeks to preserve its dividend, Reuters reported Thursday citing people familiar with... — read more 

Taken straight from a document. English isn't perfect because this looks like it's a performance feedback training for supervisors in Asia. Sam has been in company 25 years, and has been on current role for more than 5 years. He is very... — read more 

A report by Reuter’s Exclusive: Exxon prepares spending, job cuts in last ditch move to save dividend https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-exxon-prepares-spending-job-152701171.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN24V2RP Layoff round two coming soon!

It’s just not clear to me how the shadiness of this all seems such a big oversight to XOM - now there are even leaked audios from the article that just came out. Besides the financial benefit of saving the proper severance money that would go to all... — read more 

https://www.businessinsider.com/exxon-managers-dub-some-employees-poor-performers-cut-staff-2020-7 There's a paywall, but if you stop loading it at the right time you can read the whole thing.

How about perspectives...we are all in only 2 categories. Category 1:employed. Category 2: Not employed, either by force or choice. If we are or were forced out by XOM or any company, we cannot let that define our value. Next perspective is WHY. I’m... — read more 

I have been seeing that some people were offered a PIP, 3 months of pay, or to retire. I have been seeing others were told to resign or be fired. Any idea why some recieved a PIP option or 3 months while Others were told to hit the road?

I am near retirement eligible and I was offerred "Documented Performance Counseling", which I suppose is a PIP without calling it one - a way to avoid age discrimination lawsuits. I was not offered another option (severance, bridging to retirement... — read more 

Wanted to point folks to an older post for an informal demographic survey: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/15Uol3nC As an engineer at heart, I want to see the data behind this "performance based" layoff and unfortunately, the only way we can do... — read more 

I have been contemplating this for a while now & am not sure how what is happening should be viewed. Is it a lack of ethics? Is it a moral issue? I just cannot put my finger on it. All I do know is that it is wrong on so many different levels. What... — read more 

For those new hires that received offers last year and are just coming in. How has your experience been so far? Have you noticed your new team acting differently? What are your plans to survive the next performance evals? How are you gonna... — read more 

Is there anybody here who can identify anything positive to come out of all the changes that have been implemented in the past year? Anything that you could point to and say, yes this is much better and it's made us a better organization than we... — read more 

There was a rumor going around that XOM had a July 31st deadline for finishing up terminations. New hires had a 7 day notice, so the last day to inform new hires would theoretically be July 24th. Has anyone been laid off since then or heard about... — read more 

To all poor souls out there - I am giving away a great tip here. I learnt about it purely by accident. You can take FMLA leave while on PIP. The moment you get the PIP, be ready to ask for stress induced FMLA on the spot - prepare the paperwork in... — read more 

Anyone PIPed that will be 52, 53, or 54 at year end?

So if you’re over forty you had 2 options or 3 options if over 55. PIPs need to be communicated by the 31st of Aug so have you seen yours? Is it achievable? Or did you decide to take the 3 months pay and make like a tree and leave? — read more 

The majority of those who were PIPed were meeting their business objectives so managers force you to believe you are an issue. If you were smart enough to question your ranking, you were treated like a criminal up for parole. The ploy is to force you... — read more 

Many talented people will leave once the economy improves. XOM needs to take immediate action reducing overhead costs, streamlining the organization by eliminating many layers of supervisors and middle management, and improve productivity. Many of... — read more 

Anyone PIPed for challenging management or being outspoken? Two people I know personally who have been PIPed are vocal in their support of sustainability and tackling climate change. Is this a trend?

I was asked to resign or be terminated with one week’s notice. They classified me as NSI for a reason entirely out of my control, and only assessed my performance during training, not my contribution to my team, which had just begun at the start of... — read more 

I keep hearing about lots of changes before the end of the year. Does anybody know or has anyone heard rumor of what any of the so called changes are? Just curious what has been said on the street

I expect headcount at XOM to drop from 76k (2019) to 68k by 2022. Field/asset sales, PIP, lower hiring, normal retirments plus people encouraged to retire, plus lower pay raises and promotions may get even good performers to look elsewhere. Note... — read more 

They are forcing people out who have 20 years with the company who are disabled, but not retirement eligible. These employees will lose their medical insurance ASAP, will not be able to draw their pension for years, and likely will not be employable... — read more 

First, sorry to all those that are being let go. Curious what you’re planning to do career wise? Can anyone comment how fast they are able to find jobs? Are you leaving Houston? Leave O&G entirely? Go to another giant? Start your own company? — read more 

So does this mean all hope is lost? Do we just roll over and show our bellies? I don’t think so! I’ve been out there a long time and I’m not retirement age. I’m not giving up just yet. Stand tall and fight to keep you job if you want it. If it’s... — read more 

I was pretty surprised along with others I showed the “Waiver and Release” documents to to read that there was a clause saying “I will not apply to for future employment with XOM”. I’m glad to know that Exxonmobil thinks of us more like a condom and... — read more 

When its ExxonMobil. https://techstaffer.blog/2020/07/24/exxonmobil-uses-performance-reviews-to-justify-job-cuts/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2020/07/24/exxonmobil-reportedly-changed-its-employee-review-process-to-increase-performance-related-job-cuts/

For those either in or out - you always out. early: penny to pound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51cUfyBFVuY bit later: under inspection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7Mw9phRcsQ climbing: spect... — read more 

https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-documents-exxon-changed-performance-reviews-cut-workers-2020-7

Former employee here. Sad to see how bad things have gotten. I’m skeptical about ExxonMobil’s business prospects, but now isn’t the time to leave to other Energy companies. You won’t find many companies that can offer you similar pay and benefits... — read more 

1). job security is no longer there. so Pension is all b.s. 2). ranking system is unfair and never performance based. ranking system is politics-biased. whoever has a bigger/aggressive sponsor gets ranked higher. => unfair career advancement 3)... — read more 

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It maybe dated but it is an Excellent Article! https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/so-you-want-to-be-chairman-of-exxon/