Ok I got nsi ed this year. I am a 27 year veteran of this place. I came with the mobil merger and did not know what to expect. I started in Upstream which was slightly dysfunctional. My downfall came when I was moved to downstream. I had performed excellent or good in my 25 years or so. I was always never good enough to move up. I saw employees sleeping, watching movies, working 6 hours a day, and hiding out at work. They were never nsied or piped.they were always ranked good or nice. I found out they were protected because of who they knew or were related to. In my last few years here at downstream I started to drop in ranking with my age. No matter what I did It did not help.So I started to purposely f off. Last year I challenged the young clueless stupivisor and others. I mailed it in and just did not give a f at work. I figured if I am going out I might as well have some fun while going down. I spoke out during meetings about the dysfunction and lack of working together. I challenged the weam and inconsistent safety processes. I mocked the inept moc, procurement and bruacracy at exxon. So in general I went down in a fireball. I was not surprised when I was read my ranking. The stupiviosor asked what was my choice. I told them to take their pip and stick it up exxons a ss. I had already started the retirement process and have money saved for this. I was told I might be able to pass tge pip and it was not the intention tk get rid of me. That exxon only wanted me to improve was the reason for the nsi ranking. It was total bs read from a playbook. I had my office packed and I was ready to leave. So I retired after 27 years at exxon and it felt good to get out of h ell. The a hole supervisor tried to shake my hand and I refused. So for once in my career at exxon I got the ranking I deserved. To all that are still at exxon I have seen things go downhill and it does not look like it is stopping.
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@ej Just be glad you didn't work at Beaumont.
Execs that come up through D/S are generally d-mber and less socially adept than u/s & chems counterparts. Follow /make procedure! Cut opex! is extent of their business skills (smh). Fringe benny, they universally seem sc-mmier and cattier people as well. Extra yuck
D/S culture is the worst. Especially in process safety with RP and former supervisor JG.
I never sc--wed anyone over in my entire career at exxon. My hands are clean. I actually covered and helped out employees during my time. It was frustrating though because the ones who f ed over others were promoted and boosted. Management loved the gossip and information even if it wasn't true. I never slacked off or pushed my work onto others.
Yes downstream specifically baytown was the worst. The people are so bad here. I have never encountered such vile insecure people like these. Everyone runs around trying to look busy and out do Everyone else. I was told it was competitive but found it was a toxic backstabbing s heet hole. The untrue gossip destroyed many employees lives. Lies and deception are the norm here. There are groups that operate like gangs trashing outsiders. Baytown, baton rouge are truly evil places. I am glad I retired before I punched these a ss holes. The upper management and hr allow this to continue like the prison inmates who control the inside of jails.
Downstream is a toxic environment.
Work environment was slightly better when they moved me into chemicals. Got sideways with an insecure supervisor who felt I was competition. I think he was behind my move me back to DS. I hated it. There was no sense of belonging. I was not NSI or pip… just couldn’t take the negative culture and lack of control over career. Wish I had the courage to tell them shove it. Good for you.
As long as your antics did not negatively impact your coworkers, I’m all for it. If they had to work extra hours to pick up your slack, that’s not cool. My integrity would not allow me to sc--w over my teammates to prove a point to a corporation they does not care about me in the slightest.
The typos and grammar alone are going to give me cancer.
You come across as an overachiever, at least regarding ego. Not sure how you made it as far as you did with your attitude...
I was actually very pleasant to work with. I helped and mentored several employees. I was always willing to help out less experienced techs and engineers with ideas and correct ways to do things. I told the younger ones it did not hurt or help me if I helped them out. My career was over and I could not go any higher at exxon. My downfall came with the competitive downstream people. They were arrogant and suspicious of my help. They did not like to accept help from me or admit they did not know. So I was labeled a know it all and dropped in ranking. I would watch as young engineers and technicians would try wrong solutions to problems I faced years before. They wasted lots of money and time on incorrect solutions. It was comical and hilarious. So yes I was a delight to work for most.
Thanks for taking one for the team.
@OP You must have been an absolute delight to work with.
Stay retired. We’ll all be just fine without you.
Awesome. Well done !!
Happy healthy retirement bud
I don't blame you. They make things impossible to pass and decide who they have it out for. If anybody deserves nsi its the HIPOs and swamp creature bunch!
To all those that will say I should not have done it and bent to exxons will I say it felt good for once to speak my mind and the truth. The looks on the faces was priceless. I felt free to say what I wanted all those years. You can say what you want because it does not affect me anymore. No more pds or stupid ranking for me. No more useless meetings or complicated processes. No more backstabbing or backpack. Just freedom from this he ll hole.