ByJudith Magyar,Brand Contributor. “Digital transformation often gets mistaken for an IT upgrade,” said Kurt Aerts, business venture executive at ExxonMobil. He was speaking at the ASUG Best Practices event for Oil, Gas and Energy in Houston, Texas... — read more
CoPilot Summary of ExxonMobil's Performance Improvement Process (PIP)
Why ExxonMobil’s PIP Process Is Controversial ExxonMobil’s Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is controversial because it is widely perceived — and in some cases documented — as a performance-based exit mechanism rather than a purely... — read more
15 year
Is there any benefit in having 15 years with the company if you aren’t 55? I’m contemplating leaving, but I don’t want to lose out on any benefits by leaving before I hit 55.
Goodbye to our Aussie Colleagues
I believe its another month before Aus moves to Woodside. Hows the mood there? Heard the first thing they're getting rid of is PDS.
Clarification on PIP Process
I submitted a few names for KOFS, and my manager emailed me saying he didn’t approve the names I chose and that I needed to replace them with the names he wanted. During the PDS review session, he kept emphasizing the “improvement” sections. Even... — read more
P&GA
What’s happening? It seems like every day there’s a new LI announcement with someone leaving.
Career Growth? Give me a break
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-companies-2026-10-best-employers-grow-your-l243e/ Which career ?
D&S sc--wed me
D&S totally sc--wed me. Spent months telling me they had. A job lined up and then at the last minute changed the job to something totally different that we hadn’t even been talking about. My new job is a job I do not enjoy. There were several better... — read more
The End
I am so tired of it all. No joy left in life.
Benchmarking Compensation Math
Can anyone explain to me the actual process and math used for benchmarking of compensation for employees and executives?
CareerConnect Goals, training plans, etc are a Joke
Long time employee here. I have never had a supervisor make goals, training plans, or anything else with me let alone document anything in Career Connect. All they want is an update so they can pretend they are in the know when they talk to their... — read more
Expat compensation is a joke
It is becoming more and more of a joke. Housing allowances that are insufficient to pay for housing and are even less that what our EPC contractors pay their employees Premiums in war zones that are less than half of what the premiums were... — read more
Employee service systems are a joke.
Not sure how to do something? Fu-k you. Got a question? Fu-k you. Need some help to understand something? Fu-k you. Spend 2 hours researching or start a ticket and wait 5 days for a response. What a waste of my time.
Polaris is a joke
Polaris efficiency is really just shifting of work to a different cost center. A few examples: I now spend time every pay period downloading my paystub and emailing it to myself. This used to be automated. With Lolaris I now take time to do it... — read more
Retirement postings - much more than usual
This past weekend, I noticed more-than-usual number of retirements posted on LinkedIn and FB. I am aware of a Canadian program driving a June decision for some employees, but that does not explain all of the postings in Houston. Are there other... — read more
BMCX Leadership
How much lower can the BMT leadership stoop? I’ve worked there for years and haven’t seen the DH level so incompetent, and the Management level so disconnected from the bottom. This place keeps getting worse.
Leadership Gaps and Team Power Imbalances
For my second assignment rotation, I scheduled a meeting with the manager of the proposed team to understand their work. He repeatedly said he was not technical and redirected me to a senior team member for any meaningful discussion. Once I joined... — read more
Baytown a family affair that is unfair.
I have been working at this awful place for 5 years. In those 5 years I have been ranked VG and good. I have constantly tried to move up kiss the bosses areses. Nothing I did helped not even staying late and working extra. I am salary so I dont... — read more
Pioneer check in
How is it going heritage Pioneer peeps?
Bring back auto emailing of pay information
Such a step backwards to no longer offer automatic email copies of our paychecks. Why in the world would this functionality be removed?
Polaris rot
All the systems I use that Polaris has touched are worse now. Not user friendly. Takes me longer to complete simple tasks or is no longer possible.
Lost safety focus
People have stopped holding the handrails. Walking while starting at cellphones. Driving across parking spaces in the parking garage to get to the exit quicker. What is going on? Leading indicator of lost safety focus?
Bakken told to lean in on BTC model
Bakken beware. Management instructed Bakken to lean in on bringing more BTC workers to USA and outsourcing as much as possible to BTC.
Company Plan Insight on Employees
What have you seen in company plan that is insightful? What insight can be shared on plans for employees?
Expat compensation reductions
Executives feel expats are making too much compared to those who “stay in Houston like them and do the heavy lifting and strategy work” so rather than raising Houston compensation they plan to continue lowering expat compensation. Plan accordingly.
Permian Operations CL Reductions
Executives feel Permian CLs are inflated and have a plan to reduce them. If you are in Permian Operations and lower CL prepare for no CL promotions. If you are high CL already prepare for being told you are over your salary curve even if assessed... — read more
Qatar Assessment Meeting
Supervisor here. It makes zero sense to me that those were told to leave Qatar are being punished for leaving Qatar in the assessment meeting. How can you punish people who were not given the opportunity to stay for not staying?
Take PIL+retire or just retire?
I heard that a guy offered the PIL had a lawyer review the terms and there were some clauses in the PIL agreement which gave EM some rights to reduce or cancel his retirement benefits. Are there any clauses in the PIL agreement which jeopardize your... — read more
How do you see your career in five years? My Five‑Year Plan? Watching Everyone Else Leave First.
Corporate environments today are not the stable, lifelong paths they once claimed to be. So often we see people changing assignments, leaving the company, being put on PIPs, or facing layoffs. Stop repeating corporate talking points “At ExxonMobil... — read more
The Fully Optimized Employee
If Career Connect, AI, outsourcing, rankings, and reorgs are all wildly successful, what does the ideal Exxon employee of 2035 actually look like?
The way I see EM today
EM will drain your energy You're just a numbr benefits will continue to shrink U will be watched constantly gossip is survival currenc Trust no one at work Your words will be used One mistake can end you PIP is always hanging over... — read more
Who was the last person who found anything via Exploration at EM
With the Trinidad farm down news- who is the last person who found something via true by the bit exploration that is still with the corporation? Is this a sign?
D&S For Hipos only
D&S is totally focused on the few hipos. No thought or effort placed into roles for everyone else. You are lucky if they even take the time to find you a role. And forget any chance of it being explained to you how the role grows you or your career. — read more
Assessments don’t matter when there are no raises or promotions
When inflation is so high and raises are zero to nothing what does it matter how you are assessed?
EM compensation not keeping up with Houston costs
Housing costs in Houston are up so much since 2021. Really su-ks for those of us the company sent away and now expects to return. Meanwhile those who never leave Houston have their sweet low interest rate mortgages and bought their houses for half of... — read more
NSI these obvious choices:
PIP/NSI these obvious choices ASAP: Your fellow worker who does nothing but attends meetings. Your colleague who is addicted to International Business Travel and spent most of their time looking for and scheming for their next company paid... — read more
Ranking Process
I’m still pretty new to this whole process. My first year was MAC, and in my second year my manager told me, a couple of people in ranking room talked for me, so I was moved one level up in the ranking(VG to E). I was confused because I always... — read more
NI % ?
Title says it all
Is career connect totally updated
Is this end game for career connect or are their other changes pending? Seems like there's less information and features available than before the transformation. What was the point?