This is the way It seems to me you all are in the same rut. Oil and gas. What if you diversify and work on skills that are transferrable? If you have the smarts and willing to learn, you can be employable almost anywhere. This assumes you have... — read more 

Goodby 40 years of working way up Erik. Hello just arrived Sasha! WTF career advancement is dead

according to a new study by Harvard researchers, high staff turnover is actually being driven by something a lot harder to fix: a lack of career growth... — read more 

Did the bonus make up for the 50% pay cut?

Remember Sears? How long before someone is making a video like this of EMHC? https://youtu.be/TVxhjvWXTcI?si=AVVF9UX2Q3imC2v3

Why doesn't Exxon give bonus to hourly employees? Its a fortune 500 company. Surely they can afford 1,000 dollar bonus.

There is a revolving door of 20 year olds making less than $3K/month that make everything so much harder to do. They are terribly inefficient and have no ability to think beyond their process. Because it’s a revolving door they are married to their... — read more 

Is it a scam? Sounds like SOD wells all over again. Just a scam for someone to get a good promotion.

since we do not have any reliable internal communication platform to share with colleagues about our experience we company enforced policies and such - here we go on layoffs. When you are choosing redemption of your points on the recognition and... — read more 

I’d be grabbing my air sick bag!

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Australia's competition watchdog said on Tuesday it has taken Exxon Mobil's (XOM.N), opens new tab local brand affiliate to court, claiming it misled customers about fuel sold at six of its branded petrol stations in... — read more 

Have to give credit where due - leadership has clearly thought “out of the box” in naming two leaders with no upstream experience at the top of the two Upstream businesses. Question is - does this stop at the top leadership? Shouldn’t other levels of... — read more 

I find it completely disturbing that the corporation is so unsure about the accuracy of their withholding tax, they literally asked the employees to make sure they are correct. How in the world have they fallen so far, so fast that this is the... — read more 

You have no future unless your defined as a Snr Executive potential which is CL38. Anything less than that and you will be placed in good roles (but not the best assignments) but always seen as second (or third best). s&D have been instructed to only... — read more 

In addition to the work from home mandate, Amazon looking to eliminate middle management. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/15/amazon-and-the-endangered-future-of-the-middle-manager.html If only ExxonMobil would follow.

I gave up trying to make this place a better place to work. I tried to help others but was told i was bothering them. I tried to simplify the MOC process for less risk mundane tasks. The MOC overlord stomped on me with the power of the managers. I... — read more 

I don't care if you don't believe or heed this warning. I was told by a IT person that my computer use was being monitored. This person told me which sites I was visiting and my search history. They IT were closely monitoring a person of interest... — read more 

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is already the undisputed leader among international oil companies. The oil giant delivered industry-leading earnings, cash flow, and shareholder returns during the third quarter. It owes its leadership to its advantaged... — read more 

‘Revenge Quitting,’ Employers’ Worst Fear, Expected To Peak In 2025 forbes article. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2024/12/13/revenge-quitting-employers-worst-fear-expected-to-peak-in-2025/ The title says it all. I am revenge sitting as... — read more 

Years ago, a great career here was achievable, especially for high performers. But that all changed about a decade ago when Exxon shifted focus from investing in employees to prioritizing profits through cuts. We knew something was off when we... — read more 

How many people are still there? Any rumors about the potential buyers of the land?

Can someone give a brief rundown about the work conditions, culture, and layoff status at BTEC. There’s a chance I’m making a move there, but I’ve never visited the site.

How is it that the "Number of participants in corporate and technical training" is greater than the "Number of regular employees at year end, thousands"? Are they counting contractors in the training? I wonder if they are counting the mandatory... — read more 

I was told by my old supervisor that I would be NRE for the next three years. My new supervisor is clueless and did not even know what NRE meant. The HR rep was clueless as well. They told me I was not that I needed 15 years in and age 52. I told... — read more 

Years of service 401k amount?

Why is that organization growing and bringing in people from other competitors who are not doing as well as we are?

Very impressive, sigh! Do you find it as such? Well one of the Exxon loyalist on the LI feels so, excited for the first time since post covid. If nothing else, the company definitely have loyalist kooaid drinkers and diehard... — read more 

All companies in the industry seem the same. Too big, bad leadership, fundamentally stagnating and seemingly growing through acquisitions, too frequent layoffs and general disregard for the workforce, increasing overtime, offshoring, toxic work... — read more 

One of my zero percent friends just told me they and few other zero percenters got assigned a new training course. They said the course was something like Salary and employee expectations. They haven t taken it yet so we don t know what it is about... — read more 

Anyone know of a security breach at BRRF? Police had to intervene ai think.

Someone get this man some water.

I swear, giving feedback feels like shouting into the void. Nothing ever gets addressed no matter how important it is, and nothing changes. Whether it’s suggestions, concerns, or ideas, the result is always the same. I don’t understand why everybody... — read more 

I have been through he-l at this company for over 20 years. In that time I have seen many non deserving people promoted and others who should have been not. You had to know how to play the game dirty. Nice guys finished last always. Some good guys... — read more 

What bothers me the most is the pay gap between workers and the CEO types. How do they justify their pay relative to the worker pay. They always talk benchmarking and that is one KPI I would like them to use. How can a CEO be so much more valuable... — read more 

Future of LCS. And then the upstream?

I will start as I hate everything except the pay and pension. If is is one thing I have to pick it is the people all of them. I have not met one that I liked. The people are always trying to make others look bad a fu ck each other over, They don t... — read more 

Ok so I got the big zero percent raise. What to do now? Work harder or stay later and out in more hours. I think not. I will continue at a lower than usual pace. If they pisd h me off I will quiet quit. I am NRE so I am very safe. How are you going... — read more 

Is there higher number of zero pay rises this year than previous years? Feels like there’s an underlying strategy to reduce workforce without having a planned and structured “event”.

Where do they find these guys? I’ve had a feeling with some that they brought them in randomly from the street. Why don’t they simply promote people from that particular field, who do have knowledge and experience? It’s such a pain to be managed by... — read more