So in addition to a hiring freeze, I’ve seen a lot of unposted promotions/managed moves in the past month. This definitely doesn’t fit with bp’s established transparent hiring process. I assume they are trying to protect chosen people before the layoffs begin. Has anyone else observed this?
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@gpq+1tkKrJBH definitely trust your own experience. You are coming from an honest place. I wouldn't give most of that C-suite a job washing my windows. I think they could save a packet of money by showing GC the door. What does she achieve?
I wasn’t talking about bpx specifically.
Those who have moved and excelled are not dead wood. They’re the opposite.
What needs to happen to fix the bpx issue? If you were placed in a position to make this better, what action would you take?
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Your comment seems to imply that people don't get promoted at Bpx based on their behavior. I will say that I've seen many of these people get promoted who are down right awful to work with but their buddies will say they are great. They lie, manipulate, gossip, and they are very immature. However, they got promoted because they are buddies with someone or connected to someone. I've heard you talk about deadwood here before. You've mostly likely read some corporate leadership book that used the term so now you use it to stifle the reality that its not deadwood that feels this way and sees this stuff occurring.
I personally know more than 7 exceptional engineers, geologists, and analysts that left this place a while back and they are thriving at other more respected companies. That doesn't sound like deadwood to me. That sounds like toxic leadership if you have enough common sense to read between the lines.
Your attitude is a great anecdotal example of the cruddy attitude these leaders have here. I'm out first chance I get. I regret ever coming to work here. From what I can tell noone really trusts you guys. You can't keep top talent because top talent won't stay at a place like this.
The ungratefulness and victim mentality of some posts is incredible. You won’t get promoted if you’re not good enough or you can’t get along with people. Blaming people apart from yourself is frankly pathetic. You sound like a self obsessed teenager. News flash: the world doesn’t revolve around you.
Hope there is a re-org to cut some of this dead wood away.
I have not seen this
I don’t know about the OP but I’m in an operational business in the US, and I can confirm this is happening.
What business or region are you in?
MA, KD and the C-Suite all swear this is not a reorganization or head count reduction. But this is what we always do right before mass layoffs. Should we trust the leaders or our experience?
Yes it’s happening all over the company. If you’re not one of the lucky few who gets preferential treatment, you aren’t going anywhere at bp. Best to cut your losses and find something better.