It is not doom day la if you decide to leave Exxon. Looking at how Darren does things, he will get his increment no matter what happens, sad to say those on the ground, work until they die also might not get...
Scenario 1 If the effort you put in to improve stuff is recognized by your boss consistently, I am very happy for you! Because your boss really appreciated the work that you had done, and please stay it is hard to get such a boss..
Scenario 2 For those who put in the effort to improve the system and your boss say "YOU ARE JUST DOING NORMAL ROUTINE STUFF or YOU NEED TO DO MORE, LOOK AT ABC HE /SHE DOES THIS AND THAT" then I think is time to look outside else where liao..
It can be your boss is not competent enough to see the amount of effort you put in to get things done or it is just not enough for them...
if you belong to Scenario 2 . while chasing that endlessly enough, let's remind ourselves that life is short. When we sacrifice, we put our family aside and put in the amount of hard work just to make everything better, but all you get is nonsense, who will be there for you? if you work until you fall sick who cares? or you work until you burnout you think your boss will say "GOOD WORK THIS YEAR YOU WILL GET A"???
When you wake up every single day going to work and listen to the stupid speech that EXXON is not making any money but Woody salary kept increasing?? Stupid 'ONE TEAM' slogan?
why wanna waste your precious time there?? Does it do any good to you?? remember times flys, a second you spend in Exxon these are the times you cannot get back..
If I am talking nonsense here, please feel free to give me a thumps down thanks