and EM starts hiring again - which we all know will have to happen at some point - would you ever consider returning? A former colleague managed to find a new job but he's still always asking me about this place and hoping to come back. And I just can't figure out why. If I'm gone, I'm gone.
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"When you are laid off and get any severance pay, you will be forced to sign a contract that will prevent you from applying to ExxonMobil and any of its affiliates. "
This is not the case unless you were put on an action plan. If you are laid off you will be eligible for rehire.
There are tonnes of companies out there that will treasure your talent. Always give yourself a chance to try out new environment and job scope. Most of the time there will be pleasant surprises.
I was also PIP’d, and can second that my letter included the “no future work for ExxonMobil or affiliates” clause as well. I was a new hire with approx 1 year of service, and all my friends in a similar position had the same clause. So no, new hires didn’t have special ability to return
@OP - my PIP/PIL letter included the caveat that I would not apply to work at EM ever again. However, I guess that doesn't mean that they are stopping themselves from bringing back retirees as contractors.
Nope. The culture is c-ap.
Laid off / PIPed folks will probably never be hired again. Look at the track record, how many laid off folks were rehired? How many you know on campus? none!
Unfortunately, that will be an opportunity to hire college hires, reduce the workforce age and overall compensation. Bitter but what the truth is: there are reasons why you will be laid off and for the same reasons you wont be hired back.
I was only with the company for 2 years, I was referred by someone, wasn’t really looking to get in to Exxon. I left when pip-ed. Found another job with much better benefit and even pay. Exxon was not a good fit for me, so I would not want to work for it in the future.
Yes, only if I were planning to stay in Houston because a job is a job at the end of the day and this place does provide some fantastic benefits. We are all cogs in the wheel no matter where you go.
When you are laid off and get any severance pay, you will be forced to sign a contract that will prevent you from applying to ExxonMobil and any of its affiliates. If you are normal retiree, you could come back as a consultant.
I would, and I’m a new joiner. My group is a good fit for me individually and if I’m forced out I’m confident it would be a last in first out type thing, which would be somewhat understandable based on the makeup of our group (i.e. everyone is competent and hardworking).
I don’t expect another major with comparable remuneration would pick me up a week after being paid off, so if I got a job lower down the food chain and XOM gave me a call a year down the road, I’d do it.
If I leave I will not return. I will go else where to make new friends and colleagues.
Honestly, I would not. If my loyalty for all the years I have been here is not recognized why would I even contemplating coming back. There are other fish in the sea and way better cities than Houston.
Not a chance anyone under 3-5 years would have a desire to come back.