Thread regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs

You could flip it out there during the normal UIA (controllers book these at every site usually ever three years) or during the actual Controls Audit. You could tell whoever runs your Controls catalog. You could call the Hotline.

Yes and they did absolutely nothing about it.

Go ask the Permian whistleblowers how well that worked. And keep records. Detailed records. Printed detailed records in your home office.

Maybe an external PWC/SOX Audit will get you some traction.
But I would predict that EM managers would intercept and “manage” before it becomes something.

If you ignore it and it becomes a thing then by not reporting you are willfully negligent, if you report it and make your mgt look bad, then you are dead. Your best option is to provide a detailed written report to your manager and hang onto it should audit ever come around. Put monkey on your boss' back.

Several years ago, I openly shared information about potential environmental issue that people should pay attention to. Immediately told I should bring this “offline”.

Hmm…

Didn’t help my career.

Call the Texas Hammer

I reported a policy violation to HR that a department manager told me.

That department manager was forced to retire immediately and I was instructed to write a message officially withdrawing my complaint.

Shove the problem under the rug and destroy all evidence above that rug.

Open door policy is bull$hit.

You didn't specify if this is an operational issue or a policy violation. The path forward would differ for each. Surely you're not the only person who is aware of the issue? What do your peers think? Might a group effort be better to push something forward? If you decide to pursue, I suggest you create a personal journal to document your past and future efforts to get resolution, including dates, times, meetings, people present, responses, etc. Written records are better than memories.

If you report it, you will last maybe another 2 years there, tops. They will slowly destroy your ranking (there is no ranking: that would take work. People are frozen in a range at some point. It took me years to understand that part). It has been their way, because someone will look bad. There is no hope for that place, as it has been driven by punishments and fear. You have seen the latter already.

The hotline should be used when you discover something that goes against our standards of business practice (fraud, conflict of interest, theft, etc). They take those tips and phone calls seriously,

If it’s an issue that’s costing the company money due to something like an inefficiency or non-favorable contract or another company billing is incorrectly, then it would be more related to audit. They would only review this during a scheduled audit. Audit will not go review one of cases for an entire organization. They do keep a watchlist for upcoming audits if they are aware of a potential issue they should specifically look into next time the organization is audited, but you’d need to inform and auditor about it.

Agreed with what was said earlier about your risk and controls manager. Each organization has one. You should be able to talk to them (assuming no upcoming audit and not a standards of business conduct violation) and work to discuss the issue.

Send an anonymous letter

There are 2 phone #s with the COI email you should have gotten recently. The ball is in your court now.

There's a hotline. Call the corporate number and you can select the hotline from the directory

Talk to the people involved and see if you can get a piece of those millions being wasted…

Is this about the stealing by salaried maintenance employees at a certain refinery?

Contact your local Process and Controls team. If they find something, you’ll look like you did your part, were a team player, and helped the BU correct an issue, etc. If you go to audit and there isn’t a real audit or controls violation issue, you risk looking like you don’t know what you’re talking about or are trying to sabotage your bosses.

Just put that monkey on your supervisor's back and your part is done.

Hurt career.