Really resonated with me…
https://www.businessinsider.com/work-loyalty-gen-z-millennials-gen-x-boomers-employee-engagement-2024-2
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"We Are ExxonMobil" translates into "Exxon Mobilization or Assimilation" or "We Are The Borg, We Will Assimilate You."
Rallying cries are always needed for difficult times.
For example, the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy. It simply stated: “I pledge allegiance to my flag and the Republic for which it stands—one Nation indivisible—with liberty and justice for all”
Bellamy’s goal was to promote “Americanization” and assimilation, particularly for new immigrants from southern and eastern Europe.
Over time, variations of the pledge of allegiance were used until it was standardized during World War II with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of the U.S. Flag Code.
Why some folks always try to tack diversity and inclusions as the root cause of all problems that exist at XOM??? You need to reflect on your mindset biases.
Loyalty did not exist for a long time. People do not understand the phrase “We are EM”. When an executive says that specific phrase it is from the mouth to the people behind the executive, not to the people in front on him/her, who is usually you or we.
Regarding loyalty at work, the thing people keep missing for some odd reason is that Diversity and Inclusion is a glorified and morally justified form of discrimination.
It's sole purpose should have been to remove biases and eliminate discrimination. In reality though, it translates in having to hit a KPI of X% females, minorities, etc. in the organization no matter what, which is of course is an "institutionalized" (since it becomes embedded in the processes) form of discrimination in itself.
IMHO, this is one of the root causes for all others that aren't part of the club mentioned above to not give 2 sheets about loyalty at work. They soon come to the realization that the game is stacked (against them) and the rewards in the old days for loyalty, hard work, etc. is now passe in most organizations.
For my Layoff Fam
https://youtu.be/mj1dd0Kcq8A?si=xJ3VIMBA9iplX_pk
All I’m seeing is bias and favoritism. Hypocrisy at a high level. Know Darren and every LT below that are doing the same. Working very little for highest returns. The dysfunction is palatable. Even you too fast trackers. You’re not the answer either.
Y'all just remember what my dearly departed Pappy who retired (forced out @ 55) once said to me: "THEY LOVE YOU TILL THEY DON'T!"
My modified version of his saying is.....I LOVE YOU VERY LONG TIME. Oops, sorry I confused working here with my recent visit to Amsterdam & Thailand!!!
The article is spot on. I now go into the office and do as little as possible. I am going continue taking their money for the least amount of work. They call that return on investment.
Loyalty is built on trust. Exxonmobil has broken trust on every level with many of the employees.
it's the boomers and Gen Xers who actually remember a time when their companies treated them better. For them, the broken "psychological contract" I described in my story isn't some historical artifact. It's their lived experience. "You summarized everything I experienced in the last 38 years of my career," one reader wrote.
Readers told me they have watched employers renege on the social contract in a variety of ways. One boomer, a retired banking executive, acknowledged that he himself was lucky to have spent more than 30 years with a single company that treated him well. But starting in the 1980s, he watched as other businesses caved to the whims of Wall Street, cutting employee benefits to squeeze out every last penny for shareholders. Today, he wrote, "Corporate greed is paramount at the expense of everything else."