I really don’t want to get older and find myself looking for a job as age discrimination is real. I’ve always assessed basically in the middle and see no reason for this to change other than my observation that ranking drops as one ages. When do most... — read more 

Hygiene is going downhill fast. Campus now has signs at the kitchen area sinks “Do Not Sp-t in Sink”. Amazing that these BTC folks are so barbaric. Last week I saw an impat from BTC pour her bowl of soup into the trash can near our desks. There... — read more 

Any info on this email from Bart that not everyone got?

Beware if your 1on1 is set on a Friday morning

First refinery manager now division manager, operators dragging up too! Taking on water, man the lifeboats!

what is the expected/target salary for a gasoline trading analyst @ spring Campus

It is June! Time for HiPos to receive their mid year salary increase! If you do t receive one then you’ve been lied to about being a true HiPo. Remember that ranking well does not make you a HiPo. You need a sponsor and to have the HiPo designation... — read more 

WE ONLY WANT TO SEE BTC ENGINEERS IN THE BEAUMONT REFINERY!! Yessir attitude is mind-blowing

Americans are fed up with massive CEO pay packages. More than 8 in 10 (83%) Americans say it’s important for businesses to avoid a major pay gap between CEOs and average... — read more 

“Our Bengaluru Tech Center has grown so much in the last few years.” Then goes on to talk about bringing BTC engineer to Houston. Waiting for the post bragging about the reduction in HC10 headcount and replacing them with Indians including in... — read more 

I hope Darren is watching. Only a matter of time until something happens due to your actions. Tick tock Tick... — read more 

It will take years for the oil and gas market to recover from the 'mother of all shocks,' Harvard economist says https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/gas-oil-prices-outlook-supply-shock-us-production-crude-forecast-2024-1 Oil and... — read more 

Most of leadership aren’t bad people, they’re just quite cowardly. Just keeping heads down, hoping to escape with life changing quantities of money they thought was for being the “best of the best” when they were anointed as HiPos for whatever reason... — read more 

Announcement today : the plant manufacturing LDPE will be severely downsized (38 to 50 positions affected). ExxonMobil in Europe : “this is the end”. For those who can, time to jump off board.

When Gaslighting turns into PIP. Is this Harassment?

Probably senior year of highschool. How little does it speak to supervisors and managers that they asked each president/VP to send a note like that out. Note to presidents, if your supervisors can’t manage simple attendance, they are the problem... — read more 

I guess workers at campus aren’t allowed to consider unionization. Good luck to everyone, shame.

When did XOM management become so cowardly? No transparency whatsoever. Are they afraid we'd all up and leave at the same time if they're honest with us about what's going on with the company? I truly wish it was that easy to leave, but we all know... — read more 

I heard ExxonMobil will stop associating PIP with annual performance reviews (ranking). Does anyone no if there is any truth to this?

This certainly... — read more 

Just turned 55 and decided to retire after 25 years. Six years salaried. Enjoyed my time working for ExxonMobil until COVID. I know the COVID layoffs exposed the bad parts of the ranking system. Hopefully corporate sees this and will make things... — read more 

I am an experienced hire new to exxon interested only in technical career. Would like to hear your thoughts about technical careers in the refineries and the spring campus. How difficult is it to succesd and make it into some of the senior positions... — read more 

New hire here trying to understand this hidden information what is executive level CL? And equivalent positions? what is senior executive level CL? And equivalent positions? what is the average years worked to get to CL26 and position? ... — read more 

I have been seeing the same production engineer role for BTC getting reposted multiple times on LinkedIn. How many engineers are the recruiting?

I just read an incredibly bias article about that lawsuit. EPA requiring 56% cars be electric by 2032 is an outrageous overstepping of its authority yet that article is extremely bias towards EPA being justified to stop planet warming emissions. ... — read more 

Are RSU granted at this CL?

Are we all doing something wrong by discussing this? I didn’t see anything rude or profane on the latest thread that was removed.

To respect the states suing oil companies, all oil company products should not be made, sold, or imported into any state suing oil companies. Continued use of oil products by those states is full admission that oil benefits outweigh the... — read more 

How is it for people who need to sell their house in NJ and rent/buy in Houston

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/11/pharmaceutical-giant-bayer-ceo-bill-anderson-rid-bosses-staff-self-organize-save-2-billion/

It’s pretty clear to me Finance is dying. Already have seen so many jobs migrated overseas. It’s cheaper and just as educated population overseas. No doubt more is coming. So many external hires at the top in finance also makes me think the... — read more 

It’s been my observation that a big problem with the toxic environment is middle management and supervisors. They left the career path that developed marketable skills long ago and/or never did have them so they jumped on the management merry go... — read more 

Well it's here. There is now a dashboard that tracks if you are on vacation, coming in, or "other absence" aka working from home. "Workplace Insights Public: My Organization Details"

How many people have already quit in the last few weeks and how many have made house hunting trips to the Houston area?

I’ve notice a trend that more and more people working for Exxon Mobil basically hate everything the company does from a social and environmental view. It seems that many try to publicly justify this by saying they are working to bring about change... — read more 

I thought I’d ask because I’m personally convinced that the main problem most of you have with outsourcing to India is the fact that the median Indian is some shade of brown. Considering that most of you seem to reside in Texas I just put 2 & 2... — read more 

How does PIL together with retirement work.

I am waiting for rank result to update my LinkedIn status

https://www.nj.gov/labor/employer-services/warn/ IMPORTANT UPDATE: There are changes to the law effective April 10, 2023. In the event of mass layoffs and closings, employers should browse this page to understand their responsibilities to their... — read more