Thread regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs

It’s not just about inappropriate behavior — the culture itself can feel hostile to anyone who is positive, social, or simply happy. We had an energetic woman on our team who was always helping others and brought a lot of positivity. I could see our manager genuinely appreciating her attitude and her technical work, but some of the senior employees started undermining her and influencing how leadership perceived her. Eventually she had enough and left. Experiences like this make the environment feel deeply biased and discouraging.

Do not trust anyone at EM.

Even your closest work friend will throw you under the bus to save his job.

I was betrayed by a work mate in such a horrific way that it is unbelievable that EM would keep such an id--t employed.

The next round of staff reductions in HC10 countries will approach 20% per location.

I hate the way the other employees look at me as we walk past each other.

They look at me as if sizing up a competitor.

They look like they are calculating the odds of them getting the next PIP or me getting the PIP.

EM HC10 has become a back stabbing competition where employees engage in conversation simply to help strategize how to beat you.

@bx The brightest and greatest has spoken. The defender of the faith that thinks he or she is the above everybody.

Wait until they target you and get rid of you. I spoke up to the brass and a year later I was out the door. They tried every underhanded tactic to try to get me to quit. I retired piptired that is. Every report I did was somehow full of mistakes.

Yes, sounds like BRRF from a few years ago.

You just bre brilliantly described Baton Rouge

@g4 Proving the OP’s point with every post.

I wonder if you happen to know the DEI guy? Similar pathology and writing style.

@g2 probably another MLM joker

@f4 So you also dislike WFH (surprise, surprise).

I have no office overhead, I capture and retain top talent for less than median compensation, and my customers are happy with the level and quality of services we deliver. Everybody wins.

@eh another Dua Pao Xian.

All symptoms fall around favoritism which based of the pds non sense

@eh lol own a business and visit layoff forum. Probably an employee that got weighed and deemed unworthy for EM.

WFH has shown it doesn’t work. Unless the employee is compensated solely based on performance and zero output = zero $$$… Team mates ended up meeting their friends, doing their personal family matters that does not contribute to the bottomline. Good luck with that!

@bx Your post makes me think you might be part of the problem.

There’s more to business relationships than the point of transaction. If you’ve ever owned a business (I happen to), you’d know that talent is hard to find, hard to retain, and hard to replace. One employee who is paid and treated well is worth three who aren’t and costs way less in the aggregate.

I left O&G some time ago and pivoted to consulting. I source my talent globally and let them WFH. I have a workforce of about 10 specialists who produce the value of 50 people. I’m happy, they’re happy.

Learn something about scaling a business and managing top talent then get back to me.

@bx totally agree with you

Exxon is an exceptionally toxic place. I have worked many places and exxon ranks at the top of the toxic pile. The amount of damage from gossip and bad talk is extraordinary. I know a supervisor who rose to the top by constantly backstabbing others. They were the worst and did underhanded things to others. I love how exxon stresses working with others and collaboration. It is total bs and false. I have seen employees who did not deserve to be piped because of this toxic a hole supervisor. It is rampant at exxon this toxic behavior.

Thanks everyone for proving OP's point. What a bunch of a@$holes!

@OP you forgot to mention the poor quality of toilet paper

@OP you know something… if you dislike it so much.. QUIT! No one asked you to stay. You get your salary at the end of each month that’s your reward. Purely transactional and business. Those articles on sharings etc.. they are just doing it to put into their performance assessment

Good news coming, finally we can drain useless from the company. Make EM great again!

@OP Well, yeah. Water is also wet.

Question is, what do you all plan to do about it? About the only thing that would stop this is unionizing, but every time someone says that, you all call it communism and go back to letting yourselves get stomped on.

Grow a pair and do something about it, or stay quiet and take the abuse. Just stop whining and doing nothing hoping it will fix itself, because it won’t. Ever.

#1 employer and best place to work yo! Jokes aside, HBF is good lah.

and yet, this is the best job OP can find?

Isn’t this most corporate American companies?

Just FYI, all jobs are the same