@93ke so I put up my hand for pip, cos I’m leaving this year.
I don’t understand why not pip those leaving under redundancy, as long as it’s not their second time in 5 years, and they pass a reasonably executed pip? It’s only practical, help people who already have one pip in last 5 years so that they get their package, save people who are staying
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Some department head or leads are playing dirty. They are going to use this PA to PIP those that are leaving under redundancy program.
If you are reading this, my advice to you is karma will hit you back. If it doesn’t hit you, it will strike your loved ones.
Don’t play dirty. It’s despicable.
HR is making money la, just need to withdraw the redundancy package then give you PIP, easy money saved. DOn't need to run the plant, just run HR
@93gj As if the upstream is making money LOL, they are the one who got positive margin
Scp make money? Always so entitled
Don't worry, polymers is blooming now, so many movement, must be tons of promotion! The SSP BTL is really driving the business team! Kudos!
So who as--ulted who, no court case?
There are still lots of posts on Linkedin about "i am thrilled to join Exxonmobil as a xxxx". I can only say, for those who failed to stay or get promoted, and for those who were asked to leave due to whatever reasons, YOU have failed yourself, not the company.
Singaporeans very passive 1 leh, usually only the foreigners will feedback because they still want to farm sgd for their retirement
@92cn I can see it, maybe scroll down a bit?
Pip is coming for everyone except the "chosen"
@admin why is this thread not appearing in active?
Continue to raise ticket to HR, and ask through various internal channels- supervisors, managers,, discuss openly. Lodge a ticket with MOM-TADM, you can easily google for the site. Write to your MP. If we don’t speak up and advocate for ourselves and our community, then we are just sitting around waiting to get fck. Don’t be a passive Singaporean wait for messiah to come save you. Advocate for yourself
Looks like a lot of panic across the sites. Many people asking if the new PIP system includes 2022. Efficiency gonna drop further until the next clarification session
So who is the puncher and who is the punchee
Even smaller companies do much better by honoring what they communicate to the retrenched staff.
And stop talking about trust and that checking in … all retrenchment benefits will be gone if one is terminated because of poor performance instead of retrenchment … what a cr-p
@922z hundreds of people getting laid off, and the company nastily trying to avoid paying retrenchment by doing this 2x pip and you are out. I did not get pip before so I’m saved. But
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
You think you are the main character? Why will the mp help you? Only the wp spoke up about the layoff but no debate thereafter. Use skillfuture to upskill bro
6 November 2025
NOTICE PAPER NO. 219 OF 2025 FOR THE SITTING ON 6 NOVEMBER 2025
QUESTION NO. 789 FOR OR-L ANSWER
MP: Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong
To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Government projects further layoffs in the petrochemical industries following the announcement by a US energy company of its plans to retrench up to 500 staff in Singapore by end-2027; and (b) if so, whether the Government is extending support to these companies or to affected workers directly in the transition to a low-carbon future.
Answer:
The member may be referring to ExxonMobil’s restructuring announcement on 1 Oct 2025, where the company said that it would be retrenching up to 500 workers in Singapore by end-2027.
The Energy and Chemicals (E&C) sector is a global industry, and Singapore is subject to global developments in demand and supply. With any mature industry in transition, we also expect to see some churn as companies transform their operations. However, there will be opportunities for reinvestment and renewal. For example, as we transition to a low-carbon future, there will be new job opportunities for locals in growth areas such as specialty chemicals and bio-chemicals. Since 2021, there were over 30 new specialty chemical projects across manufacturing and R&D from global companies such as Arkema, Cariflex and Kuraray. When fully realised, these investments are expected to create more than 1,000 jobs, across roles in manufacturing operations, R&D and innovation, process engineering, sustainability, and corporate functions.
Should retrenchments occur, the Government’s priority is to support affected workers with employment facilitation. The Taskforce for Responsible Retrenchment and Employment Facilitation, comprising representatives from MOM, WSG, NTUC, NTUC’s e2i, EDB, and ESG, proactively reaches out to retrenching companies once notified of a retrenchment. For ExxonMobil, the Taskforce has offered career matching services and referrals to career switch programmes if workers wish to move into other growth areas. These include the Career Conversion Programmes and Mid-Career Pathways Programme. We understand that ExxonMobil has also proactively engaged the ExxonMobil Singapore Employees’ Union and is committed to working closely with them to support affected workers throughout the restructuring process.
The SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support scheme will also provide temporary financial support of up to $6,000 over six months to eligible retrenched individuals to support them in finding a job that makes better use of their skills and experience. The Government will continue to work closely with companies to support workers in the transition to a low-carbon future.
my mp happen to be tan see leng, minister of manpower. is it time for me to go mps? but he busy with suing bloomberg. which ministry that gave Exxon lots of tax incentives, was it mti? but oil crisis now the country is dependent on Exxon. we the workers, who can help us
finally HR becomes a profit center
hearsay someone got punched? anyone can share the story
The irony, just imagine we lose people and end up not being able to run the plant. How to still produce refined products to Australia? Wanbao needs to know this scoop
The reason for this is also because HR needs a big item for PDS. Probably this was a 10 years plan but forced to be more aggressive because the boss says they need to do more
lol someone interviews today, get asked the stupid qn where do they see themself in 5 years? only correct answer is pip out
@91r7 I think now NI will have mandatory PIP too if I understand the email correctly. For people who are less than 5 years in the company, NI is part of MLRP.
If I'm wrong, please correct me
@91r6 nsi
HR should give the folks retrenched a mercy call and allow them to opt to leave earlier. i can’t believe we’re retrenched, told we’d get a package, then being made to wait around to get pip, fail pip, then lose our package. or those who already got pip once, to immediately get pil, sacked and lose package.
What the farking actual fark
Option to PIP is at NI or NSI?
Sell us lah sell us to Saudis or Indo.. the retail people who got sold are so lucky. Those who left with package in 1Q also so lucky
Sgcx shiok. Where's the hr who acted like buddies with us, like wlls or g*ry? Guess we are their stepping stones for their OWD
@91fq You can thank your HR department. They probably hit their 2 years KPI by doing this.
what a complete di-k move by exxon. first they layoff 30% of the office workers, giving notice between 4 months and 2 years, and indicate it's not certain. then put the layoff people through 1 or 2 PA cycles, and if they MRLP for 2 cycles they lose their retrenchment benefit of 1 month for every year worked (max of 2 years' pay for long service people). instead they get a pathetic 3-month PIL and mandatory separation.
why are the retrenched people even made to go through performance assessment and PIP? what is there to improve if we already told we'd be retrenched? this is euphemistically called "employee development cycle", but what the f do we need developing?
folks, we need to complain to MOM en mass. this is nasty.
Many of us who just got the retrenchment notice for 3Q or 4Q this year, or next year, also had 1 PIP in the last 4 years. We are now quite worried whether we will get a second one this year, and lose our package. Because which supervisor will put the people they kept in PIP instead of us.
This company is a complete shithole
2 PIP in 5 years kena fired?
Please lor 1 PIP is enough reason for people to leave, u think 4 years cfm no PIP?
@9149 ???
Wait till Q1 earnings announcement.
don't worry, still in good shape and numbers, continue to monitor
ExxonMobil expects to cut about 500 Singapore staff by end-2027
Updated Oct 01, 2025, 07:04 PM
SINGAPORE – ExxonMobil expects to cut its staff number in Singapore by 10 per cent to 15 per cent by the end of 2027 as part of global restructuring efforts.
The US energy giant declined to reveal a firm number. It has about 3,500 employees in Singapore, so the impending cuts could affect around 500 workers.
ExxonMobil also said on Oct 1 that it plans to move its Singapore office from downtown to the site of its Jurong plant by the end of 2027.
This comes after the company on Sept 30 said it will lay off 2,000 workers globally, mainly in Canada and across the European Union, as part of a long-term restructuring plan that will affect about 3 per cent to 4 per cent of its workforce. There are no planned job cuts in the US, reported Bloomberg.
In response to The Straits Times’ queries, Exxon Singapore said: “We are making changes to how we work so we can improve our competitiveness in an ever-evolving landscape and position the business for future success.
“While detailed planning is still under way and organisational design is not yet complete, we anticipate this will result in estimated employee redundancies of 10 per cent to 15 per cent by year-end 2027.”
The company added that it will continue to maintain its manufacturing presence in Singapore.
ExxonMobil began production at a new plant on Jurong Island in September to convert heavy residue that is left after refining of crude oil into higher-value lubricant base stocks and lower-sulphur fuels.
It runs two refining sites in Singapore, one in Pioneer Road on the mainland and the other on Jurong Island, with a combined crude processing capacity of 592,000 barrels per day.
ExxonMobil also plans to move employees based at its HarbourFront offices to the Jurong Refinery in Pioneer Road.
“As part of this change, we intend to exit our HarbourFront offices over the next few years,” the company said.
“We’ve seen the value of bringing people together in the same location. These changes are designed to improve our competitiveness, increase effectiveness and drive innovation.”
Responding to queries from The Straits Times, a spokesperson for the Economic Development Board (EDB) said the board, Workforce Singapore and job-matching platform e2i “will continue to work closely with ExxonMobil to support affected employees, including facilitating job placements”.
“ExxonMobil will continue to maintain a significant business footprint here, including in manufacturing, headquarter and trading functions,” EDB said.
Chevron, ConocoPhillips and BP are among major oil companies to have also announced retrenchments in recent months in response to falling crude prices in 2025 as the Opec+ group of oil producers have boosted output.
ExxonMobil, however, has been on a major internal restructuring push since 2019 as chief executive officer Darren Woods seeks to simplify the company’s sprawling global footprint that came as a result of the merger with Mobil two decades ago.
The changes have helped ExxonMobil cut US$13.5 billion (S$17.4 billion) in annual costs since 2019, according to the company. It plans to increase this figure by 30 per cent until the end of the decade, reported Bloomberg.
ExxonMobil employed 61,000 people globally at the end of 2024, nearly 20 per cent fewer than in 2019, according to the company’s annual filings.
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/exxon-expects-to-cut-singapore-staff-by-10-to-15-by-end-2027
The Singapore site needs to go through another round of PIP/NSI's in 2026 and 2027.
what's the latest news? no 1 sharing anything?
@8z3e Why?