Thread regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs

@8csc
drama queen. Would you have preferred they don’t say anything, then suddenly on 15 Dec call everyone into a room and say you’re fired? I can tell you, the folks who left in 2021 gone in 2 months after announce, hardly had time to do their VPE, refinance their mortgage, etc. Don’t compare us to contractors lah, you can also walk away and say you’re done. Contractors got no package bro.

Shell announced cuts >1 year before releasing people; Chevron in SG announced in August and only recently told people selected for next year’s release. Lol this is our industry norm. At least I already done VPE, seen my med specialist, applied for credit cards in the last 1 month.

It’s perfectly reasonable to have negative emotions - feel betrayed or angry or disappointed with company, because it’s big impact to livelihood. But don’t unnecessarily let keyboard warriors make us angry for nothing. We need to focus on what we can do and see beyond this company. We will be okay

This ExxonMobil layoff system is honestly one of the most shameless things I’ve ever seen. The way they let people hang for one whole month like dangling us there just to see who breaks first is downright cruel. And they dare to call this “flexibility”? Please lah, it’s just them giving themselves the power to drag people around however they like. This is way worse than being a contractor. At least contractors can say “I’m done” and walk away. Here, if you’re waiting for the package, you’re trapped in limbo and cannot move, cannot resign, cannot plan your life. Like kena held hostage for their convenience.

And the best part? They actually had the audacity to end their briefing slides with “We have values.” Wah, that one really next-level irony. Values? Where? In which universe? Because what we’re seeing here is the complete opposite. Don’t talk about values when you’re running a system that treats people like disposable parts.

Whoever designed this whole setup clearly never thought about the human cost. It’s unethical, it’s manipulative, and honestly it feels like modern-day captivity dressed up in corporate language. Someone really needs to look into how this kind of practice is allowed to pass off as “standard procedure.”

I genuinely hope one day the people behind this mess are held responsible for the stress, uncertainty, and mental strain they’ve dumped on everyone. This whole thing is way out of line, and they seriously need to wake up their idea. Hope they and their family kena karma. Ameen.

@8crw ok la better than you reeking of low ses

If you are a SLS doing ranking, would you put a person who is confirmed leaving in the next 1 year above any of your guys who are not? Would you spend time and effort to fight for this person in ranking, knowing it won't matter in a year's time?

If this person then gets PIP, would you spend effort and time to draft a realistic plan for him/her? Knowing that this person will he automatically booted out within a few quarter's time.

Good luck to those whose severance are in late 2026 or in 2027.

@8cqw what a big mo--n. glad you will be fired

@8cra why was this morning’s webinar nonsense? I’d rather be told early, than to one day turn up at work and realised I can’t log in and escorted out. I respect that management tried to give us info as early as possible, rather than hide a lot of things under CA, and have rumours flying around.

There’s no perfect way to execute a retrenchment, to be honest. And remember all our career trainings all these years, the three-circle Venn diagram, it’s always “company needs first”.

Yeah I’ll attract a lot of scolding here but we want to be treated like adults so also need to behave like it

@8cra to be honestly, most of us do not have any choice. We are just waiting to be told what is our future like. We still need our salary.

I’ve never heard so much nonsense as I did in this morning’s webinar. Dangling the severance package like a carrot is beyond demeaning. At this point, if you have any self-respect left, you’d walk away, severance or not. There’s far more dignity in leaving on your own terms than in staying beholden to an organisation that clearly doesn’t respect you.

@8cqw how sad to be living a life with so much disdain and hate for people who’ve never done anything wrong to you. To be honest, HBF folks are thankful to our colleagues at the site. I hope you see a EHAP counsellor. And it’s hard to imagine someone with this level of anger will be kind to their family so please be kind to yours. I won’t see you at the site cos I’m leaving. Take care.

Manufacturing MPT is also impacted. I remember seeing global ops has the biggest cut. 200 positions will be gone.

@8cqz

Manuf site = EM product solutions

Hi what is EMPS

Glad these arrogant b-ms at HBF are being taught a lesson that they are not infallible. All of us at the manufacturing sites are the ones doing the hard work on the ground

Get rid of those useless HBF fools who only yap all day but no value to the company. Trim the fat and sack them. Now you know all your jobs can be outsourced to India: ours cant. So who has value now?

So happy that finally they got their retribution. This should serve as a wake up call to the remaining monkeys who think they are better than us. See you at site soon!

@8cgm 500

1) Communicated on getting the package in Dec 2026
2) get squeezed dry and exploited in 2026
3) package gets retracted in Nov 2026
4) get PIPed in 2027

ask those people who are purchasing crude for the refinery. ask them what are the restrictions

Why are our competitors are doing better than us? SRC and Aster? I don’t get it.

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/esg/buyer-shells-refinery-has-set-aside-us2-billion-singapore-investments-hungry-more-deals

Energy and chemicals player Aster has set aside US$2 billion in investments for the Singapore market, and is still looking at more deals, said its group chief financial officer Andre Khor.

“There are a few other deals in the pipeline,” he told The Business Times in an exclusive interview after the company signed a sustainable aviation fuel deal with Aether Fuels on Tuesday (Nov 11).

“I cannot disclose (the deals due to) confidentiality but, fundamentally, we’ll pull it all together. It’s about unlocking synergies; it’s about integrating Indonesia (and) Singapore,” said Khor.

@8cgn who are the snobbish elitists?

Hope these time those snobbish elitists get it.

600 to go

Who are lucky guys getting $200k-300k severance package this Thursday?

How many percent of employees will fall into PIP?

@8cff watch this space on Thursday 🎊😃

Any latest news?

@8c82 relax bro, clearly that person is just curious ma, I dont think anyone here will spill names to get him or herself into trouble. Take it easy and let it flow man, we are all on the same boat.

@8c82+16zEvLP3 (JUST GOOGLE IT, IT IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE TO FIGURE OUT RETRENCHMENT)

July 30, 2025

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sound so boomer with all the hearsay from this or that without naming who is the higher up or which level of the higher up. Talking about senior engineer in different functions to fight with each other, fight up club ar?

So obvious you are trying to phish information or just trolling when you talk about package or downgraded work. You clearly forget about nsi/pip

It's either you are stirring or just a broken radio, fossil from your glory days.

I heard from higher up that the senior level engineers will need to compete with other senior engineer to become the overall senior engineer for the integrated functions model. What will happen to the seniors engineer which lose the battle? Will be they downgraded in terms of their title and doing working level stuff or will they be given the package?

@8az7 although writing by a troll. They always use this to escape the gallow… we should really stop this WIN nonsense.

hbf people can also do plant jobs better than engineers. They should be included to fight for the available jobs.

We should expect that a minimum of 25% of the technical, engineering, and management seats to disappear from the integrated Singapore refinery and petrochemical plant organizational chart.

Who’s Johnny sin?

All Technical and Engineering SLS has to fight for AET position. How many BUs across SGCX in future, 7?
25 folks will compete for 7 AET seats.
CL26/27 engineers may go to Shared group, but how many will be axed?

Based on the engagement yesterday it means T and E will merge, does that mean no T-lead/SLS role? Working level report to the asset lead?

It’s official many plant people will be fired they useles

Getting closer, any one got any update?

So did Johnny remove the post?

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