If you make it through a PIP but they fire you anyway, is there any payout? And does unemployment still apply?
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There is no company severance at exxon. Only pil for 3 months. I am on texas unemployment and exxon's account is being charged. Once exhausted I will start drawing some of my IRA to live on.
ExxonMobil will not contest unemployment if you take the Pay-In-Lieu (PIL) or being terminated before you retire or until you are gainfully employed at another corporation.
Once you are gainfully employed, you are no longer eligible for unemployment benefits.
@mh Are you referring to company severance or government unemployment benefits when you say you are on unemployment right now?
Just because you retire does not mean you are getting money from your pension. I got fired from exxon and was retirement eligible. I transfered my 401k into an IRA and my lump sum pay out as well. On the unemployment site it asks if you are receiving any retirement income. I will not until my unemployment is finished. Again make exxon fire you so you get unemployment. Just don't do anything illegal or try to blow up the place. Just give them the same s heet they give you. Be condescending to the managers and supervisors.
That sounds more like a layoff since the PIP was passed. In that case, a severance pay is in order. And yes, unemployment benefit could be filed after the severance expires.
@ag How are you receiving unemployment if you are retired? Don’t you need to be actively looking for a job?
@OP If you make it through a PIP and they fire you anyway then you should lawyer-up.
\When you fail pip you sign that you failed and are leaving the company quitting. If you refuse to sign the pip they can and will fire you. If you sign and quit you cannot get unemployment. If you are fired it usually for poor performance and you can get up to a year of unemployment. There is no payout or severance at all. If you are over 50 you can get your pension lump sum. I was piped and refused to sign the pip and terminated. Exxon wants you to quit or sign the pip so they dont have to pay unemployment. So give them he-l and make them fire you. I am on unemployment right now and retired early. If an employer contacts exxon they will not state the reason for the separation.