What is the future of tech lead in XOM Downstream refining? Is having board review to pass the competency is common all across the refining?
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“This company knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing.”
After reading posts on this site since the actual layoffs a few years back, that sentence basically summarizes the way the Leadership Teams and Management Committee run this company.
It’s a shame that most of these decision makers will be moved on and/or retired when their d-mb, d-mb decisions play out. Of course those still remaining will claim they were just following the advice of Consultants (that were told what their conclusions would be before the “study” even started).
We will 100% be the subject of a case study for others to learn from: “The Fall of ExxonMobil”.
Tech lead in product solutions is not the same as typical contact/project lead. They are more like a construction supervisor.
@1qun ExxonMobil seems to use a rather loose definition of the word “engineering”.
“Tech lead”
LoL what a joke. Go check your emails.
Where is the lol emoji. Welcome to a world where managers and senior engineers are as competent as a mole
Engineering and projects used to be the technical backbone of the company along with R&D. It's very clear that everything will be done by India and the cheapest contracting company they can find. It's already well down this track, more or less fully transitioned in 2025.
This company knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
The people gauging their competency aren't competent themselves, 95% can't size a freaking RO. It's all wannabe-future-middle-managers from the bottom up, we hire contactors to do any proper engineering. EM has a reputation of no one having any clue what they're doing, and nothing will change at this point.
OP, there's no future in technology at ExxonMobil. Darren's ki-led all R&D activities except in his favourite country, India. There no money for anything anywhere else. For sure engineering's been decimated. I hear the research folks're having a very tough time right now.