In an attempt to create a bit of transparency and expose the company and HR, it would be kind of those souls who affected by 2020 layoffs and PIPs starting 2020 their experience and how were they treated by company and colleagues unaffected during and post layoff. Some have been horrific from what I have heard others sharing.
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Not exactly true @4mac+1telpQZ4. Prior to the Assessment process and its NSI it was a ranking process where there was a bottom 10%. You only could tell folks the third they were in or in the bottom 10%. While there were required distributions across the quintiles it was NOT mandatory to have folks in the bottom 10%. If someone was ranked in the bottom 10% it did result in a PIP. New hires were under a different process (MARG) for the first 2 years and assigned one of 3 Rank Groups(RG). If there was a new hire that received the lowest RG they were terminated. If someone was truly a poor performer you could assign an RG under 10 to force a PIP. Most folks were only told what third they were in.
Actually the PIP system always existed. It was a system to exit out new hires in year 1 or 2 that did not meet expectations.
The first time I know of when it was used against employees with more than 10 years at EM was around 2013 or 14. Each manager was given a target number of PIPs. I only know one person that did not take the 4 month PIL and tried to work through a PIP that year. He worked really hard and achieved every goal targeted, but failed the PIP because targets had to be met. He could have sat home those 4 months paid instead of working so hard for nothing.
PIP was not based solely on performance, as the department manager made statements about each targeted person to let entire room know whom to defend and whom to drop.
Getting NSI means you were targeted, not that you performed lower than anyone.
That system was revived on a larger scale in 18, and remains to this day.
OP just to be clear, the disguised layoffs started in 2018, not in 2020. DW started testing it in 2018 and it was deployed in 2019 and 2020. Just for you to know.
There’s not enough time or space to document the horrors that I witnessed during that time frame. My manager lied so much I quit listening to her. Yes I also hope karma is real.
Young people were pip’d after 1 year. They used to be protected because they are still learning.
This is just a sh*tty company.
Where do I start? I’m thinking my EM experience was all a bad dream.
But, WE ARE EXXONMOBIL! And this not a place to work, IT IS A CAREER!
There were recent graduates who joined in 2018-2019 who were pipped. 21-24 years old and taken through an improvement plan.
It was horrible to watch. I am
Sure they continue to suffer with that traumatic experience.
Yes, I hope there is karma too.
The pandemic was used as an accelerator to downsize the HC10 headcount and move work to BTC ahead of previous plans.
Extremely cowardice.
The people pushing for the accelerated downsizing give each other multi million dollar bonuses while they fire long term EM staff, impacting and sometimes devastating the lives of the former employees and their families.
I hope Karma is real.
@uwg+1telpQZ4, concise reply and on point. Nailed it.
PIP-ing people during the pandemic (2020) was so cowardly. There are examples of other oil companies that didn’t layoff people in 2020. If they could have waited until 2021 to do it, when the effects of the pandemic were waning, and said that they need to reduce costs, that is understandable. At least, things were returning to normal in 2021.
Correct. Not an inclusive work place. The higher you climb, the more toxic it becomes. They only reach out if you have something they want.
Basically it is like you no longer exist. Same as when you transfer to a new role and people who you thought were your friends never call or answer your calls now that you aren’t in a position to help or hurt their career. It isn’t a family. It isn’t even a community. I really don’t know what it is but no one cares about anyone and the minute you aren’t needed you are fine. There is no loyalty. The minute they pay you they owe you absolutely nothing more in their view.