there you go guys....

Somehow I suspect it will not translate into any improvements for employees. Also, growth is mostly prompted by crude production. Any other areas contributing to better numbers?

I’ve worked lots of sites from Baytown, Dallas, downtown, Greenspoint, Dallas again, and now EMHC. I’ve been at EMHC for a year now. It’s wild to me seeing so many coffee chats with executives. At other locations there wasn’t really a spot to do... — read more 

If you believe S&D or your skill level plays any importance in what assignments you receive think again! It is just a mirage to give non HIPOS a feeling of control and purpose where there is none. If you aren’t. HIPO there is zero thought given to... — read more 

So much politics right now. Executives taking the merger with Pioneer as an opportunity to kingdom build and settle old scores. Those not seen as lining up on the right side being punished and demoted.

Anyone know where headcount by country can be found? Even better if it is by year.

Company ads used to only feature execs and hipos to stoke egos. Now Exxon ad spotlight hires from what was considered second or third tier universities. And you see more experienced hires company would never consider before. Actually, I wonder... — read more 

I will start years ago one employee blew a solid aluminum plug through a building. It would have ki-led somebody. The reason was they over pressured the pipe section the were testing. I don't know what they were thinking but they did it. It was a... — read more 

The best way to get promoted is to have a competent team. You can then be hands off and spend all of your time managing upward. Basically don’t do your job and spend all of your time promoting yourself to your superiors. I’ve seen it work time and... — read more 

How about they demonstrate they care for people instead of talking unconvincingly about it? How about they start giving material incentives for work performance instead of prep talk? How about they reward people who are willing to take on difficult... — read more 

5 visiting executives congratulating themselves for how much they care about people (except the NSI folks as they don’t matter) and about 150 people. Was it worth over $1M of ExxonMobil money for the hour?

About time this story get out. Someone needs to remind the executives why we need technical people. If anything article was too forgiving of management and executives. Technical people who pushed for Guyana are freaking heros who saved the company... — read more 

Are we finally done with KLTC?

Starting to hear rumor of some labs/areas from Clinton/Sarnia going to Baytown instead of Spring. Anyone else? Is the lab area in Baytown open/ready for an influx of equipment (unlike the Spring lab building that is currently being rebuilt)? Some of... — read more 

Time to tell our overloads that we all need to travel more. Looking forward to that sure visit to all the GBCs and some stops along the way to save on travel costs... I think I can stretch it out to a week or several weeks! See ya! Don't we listen to... — read more 

How can we stop companies from offshore and nearshore all white collar jobs from the US?

Its second time in a week that my inbox is getting flooded by a email thread where everyone just keep asking to remove asking themselves or keep replying all to stop replying all. Is there a special low IQ requirement to get in this company ? I... — read more 

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I have noticed exxon enticing the younger workers with more work and responsibilities. Exxon tells them that it will pay off in the end. It might for a few but for most it won't. There are more chances to fail because of the multiple roles and... — read more 

What’s happening with India? Your org is so confusing, who is leading it these days. Are the jokers, I mean leaders, from US gone back yet ? Is the supreme joker, I mean leader still there ?

If you could tell anyone to “f” off, who would it be?

Beaumont, the last 5 years have been tough for you all. How are you guys doing out there?

What is the worst job family and why? I am an intern, should I join projects or engineering ? Upstream or product solutions or faculties ?

Dont you just love it when Management complain 24/7 about attrition being too high at this asset and then proceed to make a bunch of "cultural changes". Such as....ummmmm...paid burger days yayyyyyyyyyy. Every Wednesday in the summer months we get... — read more 

Exxon will be hiring at the sites to replace many of the employees and contractors that left. They will also be hiring to replace all of the rejected clinton untouchables. Employees that were deemed too worthless to move to Houston. These positions... — read more 

Heard from others that a new HR project is underway. Does anyone have insight into the objective or vision? Obviously there is a need to reduce headcount, but is that the only goal?

Is it PIP time? Or is it too late in the year/cycle for it to be the case? I recall someone mentioning that we can have them late because timing needs to synch up with November being off the books.

Saw this on LinkedIn. This is HOW you recover from a toxic job. Save and study this cheat sheet. 10 steps you may need now, or in the future:   Close the Door ↳ Leaving a job can be tough, so find ways to help you relax and feel good. Make sure... — read more 

Sure, my career outlook has shrunk with fewer senior technical positions available, my daily work is objectively worse since I’m forced to interact daily with BTC, ICSR rules prevent me from making any real progress at the plant, our company has... — read more 

Ok so lets says you re 12 years in and 3 years away from retirement. Things will suddenly change for you. Your ranking will drop and you will get more work and responsibilities. They will question you more and watch you closely. They will offer a... — read more 

All week there was a crew on campus working on the campus fountains by the cube. Don’t you dare go $10 over on a service reward party but millions spent on cr-p like this including the custom boardroom with LEDs.

Sound familiar? Greedy executives destroying the USA. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-13672411/amp/john-deere-layoffs-reason-iowa-illinois-salaried-workers.html

With us turning over operations of Malaysian assets to the government why do we need Malaysian expats? Send them all back to Malaysia for their eventual PIP. They can go work for the state oil company.

I hope the overpaid consultants and executives are happy with the cluster they have created at Joliet. Hard to restart a facility when you have fired all of the experienced engineers. I’m sure the BTC can get it restarted from India over Zoom though... — read more 

I have worked at and with all of these dysfunctional sites. They all have their particular ways specific to their sites. They all have their HI flier, favorites and untouchables. It is going to be interesting to see who will prevail. EMHC should have... — read more 

How is it going gang? Did you think bald man will take care of you?

Anyone who is in a USA org is increasingly growing weirder by the day with visible insecurity. Thi is hidden because they are trained to smile and talk nice but deep inside they hate anyone who is from a certain country not theirs. For all the noise... — read more 

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) is renovating its 385-acre headquarters in Spring to accommodate a new research center, which will relocate up to 600 employees to the Houston area and hire additional people locally. The oil and gas supermajor is... — read more 

People in higher salary brackets are definitely going to be targeted when it comes both to layoffs and PIPs. It's wrong but it's the truth. People work for years and earn their pay raises just to become a target when a certain line is crossed. That's... — read more