1. Your Potential Means Nothing ↳ Results speak louder than capabilities ↳ "I could have" doesn't pay bills → Start delivering before someone asks 2. Loyalty Won't Save You ↳ Companies are loyal to profits, not people ↳ Your growth is... — read more 

Just woke up in the middle of the night. Feel aweful. Was having. Dream about fighting a bully who was kicking me in the nuts.

Literally can’t sleep at night. I joined XOM last March and didnt have the MAC one, so it’s my first ranking experience. From what I’m seeing in posts here and hearing in the office, people seem surprised by being PIPed and say the outcomes are... — read more 

9 Simple Ways To Recognize Your Team (The stuff that’s not in any handbook) 1/ Stop Micromanaging Them → Trust is the ultimate recognition. → Hire smart people—then let them work. → Oversight ki-ls ownership. ***2/ Promote the Competent, Not... — read more 

Now with Polaris!

People are really on edge lately about the ranking/layoffs. Employees look at each other as competitors as we walk around campus. People feel compelled to speak up in meetings to state the obvious in an effort to show their knowledge. It is really... — read more 

I keep waiting for the other economic shoe to drop... Important points in summary. Link to full article at end. ** "Strategic petroleum reserves have been released, commercial inventories have been drawn down." In plain terms, the world has been... — read more 

What is going on with these people in EMTech? I invited a friend who works at a CO₂‑capture startup to do a talk, and suddenly they’re asking me to “see if we can use his models.” We get constant phishing‑awareness emails drilled into us, yet now... — read more 

Has anyone here used the dentist on campus? Curious if the experience was good.

Market Shift: From Crude to Lithium ExxonMobil is officially turning the legendary Smackover Formation into a lithium engine. With a 2027 start date, the project is expected to generate $27M in annual profit by processing 165,000 barrels of brine... — read more 

People are leaving. Retention bonuses timeline expired, so many are leaving.

Why is pretty much everyone on this forum so obsessed with the Tenure numbers? This is a genuine question. I worked for several large multinational corporations and I've never see this as pronounced as here at EM...

We’re making a big bet on India and staffing down all over the world. But has anyone thought about what happens when our internationally unpopular president gets pi---d off at India and we no longer want to be each other’s friends? Seems like the... — read more 

EM announced a target of 30% India, 30% Spring, and 30% sites. Hidden in those numbers are at least 30% of the people at Spring will be from India and 30% of people at sites will be from India. So real target is 50% of all EM employees will be... — read more 

Has anyone else noticed that for the past 2 years we have been making LESS money. It appears that our we-ponized ranking system is definitely paying dividends. A few more people in the PIP aught to do it. Let’s go ahead and run off our most... — read more 

A lot of interest in offshoring and visa fraud. Would be great to get a YouTuber to do an expose on what Exxon is doing. They could visit some hotels near to campus in the morning and see the huge number of Indians in business trips to Houston and... — read more 

Can I keep the 10% gas discount when I leave? If I set up the autopay to be from my bank account instead of my paycheck?

We are a team of six engineers. Last year, I got a great project I successfully delivered. This year, all but me were given projects and I feel like I am just slacking, doing the miscellaneous stuff. Nothing significant on my plate. Am I being... — read more 

Has anyone looked at their paystub for tomorrow and it shows 0?

This is eye opening and exactly whats happening. Outsourcing and offshoring jobs to India. https://youtu.be/IyimKb7Ku6I?si=Qufpqic5fLbb6vzu

I raised some concerns about my work environment and a toxic leader who isn't even my direct manager. Now I'm noticing that my tasks are being scrutinized more closely, and I'm worried that they might be building a case to put me on a performance... — read more 

Ok we're down to about a month and a half until the impending announcement. I'm sure someone who reads these has some details. What are you hearing? I suspect everything finance will be centralized to Houston (i.e. no teams at the refineries)

It’s a dirty game. They rank their own favorites at the top, then use those inflated rankings to hand them spotlight roles, visible projects, keynote slots, everything. And because those opportunities are handed to them on a silver platter, they get... — read more 

5/14/2026 12:00:00 PM Deal includes Chevron assets in Vietnam, Australia, Philippines, Malaysia Deal expected to close in 2027 Chevron divests Asian refining assets to streamline operations Eneos aims to boost overseas sales share to over 50% by... — read more 

While I appreciate your award‑winning lecture on separating work from life, let’s be real. Try it this way and see if you will be still so vocal about it. You’re spending your evenings finishing tasks late at night because your lazy coworker sends... — read more 

I hate XOM!! That is all!

Please stop sending unprepared or poorly matched representatives as the face of the team or organization to seminars and conferences (external events). It was embarrassing to watch our representative at the AIChE recruiting event struggle to... — read more 

I heard some people will always have ratings above VG. Is it the same as being hipo, or just protected (whatever that means)? Does that change often? What does one need to do in order to be in that pool?

Only PIPs?

Did the former Upstream CFO resign because the Finance 2.0 recommendation came back with a 50%+ layoff for the finance organization? Did he actually have morals and just couldn’t continue to work for XOM

I’m still new to ExxonMobil but I don’t know how our leaders think the actions they are taking don’t hurt our long term value. Short termism is very visible. The way good people are being treated is cruel and does not make us younger gen want to stay... — read more 

Only my second year to go through this process. I know what it stands for, but can’t seem to find anything on the intrawebs. Is it 3 months and you just up and leave that day? I thought I read here you may have to work during it? Sorry for the... — read more 

I realized there is no reward for trying hard. Arriving early and going home late is not noticed. Extra hours and effort aren’t noticed. Still trying so hard. There is no recognition or awareness of all you do. At best they will say something nice... — read more 

The title says it all and we know the truth. This mess of a company can be best described by toxic, dysfunctional, hostile, depressing to be around and bad for ones health. If it was a family it would be a toxic, dysfunctional one with violence and... — read more 

Ran into a colleague who was hired same time I was nearly 20 years ago and I considered to be a friend. He has a higher potential than I do. I was so sad to hear the way he was talking. Total disdain for workers. I guess he has become management.

Still debating whether this “feature” was installed during the North Carolina training workshop or long before that, but one thing’s clear: the pattern isn’t accidental. It’s baked in. 2022Barinaga v. ExxonMobil Chemical Company. Executive Arrest... — read more 

In a very small team somebody always ends up carrying the dead weight because the release dates do not move. I carried a complete slacker for a long time... everybody knew he was a slacker too mgmt t knew entire team knew and othing changed. the... — read more 

It is happening. Massive number of retirements and mid career employees leaving. Super wild to see.