I see a shocking number of BTC personnel on Campus and at refineries in the US. I have worked with several BTC folks directly and I fully understand the Company’s effort to give them more experience. Problem is that every one of the BTC folks on... — read more 

There have been 2 major acquisitions in the industry in the last week with ConocoPhillips just announcing acquisition of Marathon Petroleum and Chevron purchasing Hess Oil. These plays not only strengthen reserves but look to leverage downstream... — read more 

What did you think of that clown show?

I just started. Where do I look to find the CL level or is that something that HR tells me at some point ?

OWD O E VG G NI NSI

Asking for a friend. Financially - with or without family Professionally - career development Longevity - career survival

So the initial equipment checklists are done, with tagging for relocation now being done. Game plan is then June through September for survey teams to further review the tagged equipment with staff. I don't know, but this sounds like a faster... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/an-oil-patch-brawl-over-a-53-billion-megadeal-entwines-the-legacies-of-three-ceos/ar-BB1n6kWU?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

We are competitors but partners in Kazahkstan and Australia with Chevron. Has Darren’s compete to win anger sc--wed our relationship; wouldn’t it have been good to have Chevron there with us vs against us?

Is the end game one Tech center to stay ? Why do we need 2 ?

Manager: The latest employee engagement survey is in. Manager: There's a big decrease in employee satisfaction since I became the manager. Manager: So I need 5 initiatives on how are you going to fix this by next... — read more 

Interviewed for a role in BTC. Had the first round which was supposed to be a "technical round" and was hardly technical. The next round was even worse where the questions were vague and very generic. Cleared both the rounds and still there was no... — read more 

Love the desperate vote for Darren page within the intranet. Is he getting nervous. Should he be nervous. Let’s all vote against him

Prepare to be PIPed. What Pioneer staff remains will eat your lunch. Even if it’s not free. Lucky for you the best have departed already. Unlucky for you we can do in a day what you can do in two weeks. We cannot wait to play dirty politics. Buckle... — read more 

Multiple emails today from management indicating a low participation rate ,by department , regarding the WAEM survey with “encouragement” for the teams to participate. Gotta love it…

EM has never added efficiency to any company that it has purchased. Get ready to explain every little piece of logic to your new EM Boss. Verbally explaining will not be sufficient, a PowerPoint One-Pager is required every time. Your typical 5... — read more 

Is there anyone who likes the yearly hunger games? Is Exxon so arrogant that it won’t change the process that is making it lose good people. Is Management Committee so out of touch. Come on DW - humility is a leadership trait. This is bad process... — read more 

This year I have delegated 100 of my 2 minute employee performance summary to ChatGPT. I just copied and pasted whatever my reports wrote in their PDS forms and asked ChatGPT to make the summary for me. I have not read a single word they wrote, just... — read more 

Has anyone ever had a manager tell you not to talk to HR? Reason being is they would handle all communication between HR and yourself? I mean to me that sounds wrong

Ugh. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/report-donald-trump-to-visit-houston-oil-execs-in-fundraising-bid/ar-BB1mO4xB?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=f73103be9f9840bbb190a34e92bc85da&ei=80

Word on the street was they were overpaid after over progressing work. ... — read more 

We keep saying industry standard but the industry can’t have awful process like low cost call centres, low quality engineering support like a BTC or account payables that don’t pay the bills. What other examples

With reunites about Fawley being sold, are you seeing EM doling out more NSIs and then trying to make people leave or laying them off? Is that possible in the UK or is it just Texas that hates employees

I was sitting in an assessment session for lower CLs earlier today, and was advised by HR that we were not meeting expectations concerning BTC distribution. So, we elevated a number of BTC underperforming employees, and artificially placed them... — read more 

This company values those who do simple things very well. I am the supervisor of group of engineers who are more strategic and have added lot of value to the corporation, but are now being assessed lower than those who delivered minuscule simple... — read more 

I thought PIPs are always handed out after performance review meetings, and yet I've heard of a few folks being put on PIPs recently. How is this possible?

It's an unwell culture that doesn't encourage development and growth of the majority of the working population. The company does not view it's staff as a value add differentiator. That indeed is no different from any other capitalist venture. The... — read more 

ExxonMobil annuitant here who retired 2 years ago and will turn 59.5 years old next month. I still have my 401k in the EM Voya plan allocated in EM stock, S&P 500 index, and the extended market index. I have never sold my EM stock so NUA comes into... — read more 

Anyone knows what the PIP rate will be for employees in the US for the 2024 ranking season?

I will be retirement eligible by this summer. I am not good at politics so my ranking stays low since COVID. If am ranked as Needs Signifacant Improvement can I take the 3 month PIL then retire? Are do I have to retire immediately, if I refuse the... — read more 

Heard from some manager zoom channels. Can anyone confirm?

If you could go back to Day 1, when you were hired, what advice would you give to your younger self about working for ExxonMobil?

This company just doesn’t feel the same as it used to pre-Covid. How are others feeling? Going to work everyday just feels so daunting.

Rumor circulating in the Basin, all XTO office positions moving to Houston. You don’t want to go, kick rocks. Are they doing this?

If you don't want to wind up the loser in office politics, read The Hatchet Man's Playbook. It's all about the nasty games managers and unscrupulous co-workers play to get ahead and how to beat them. Definitely comes in handy at the Big X.

With BTC focus on moving staff employee jobs to India, shifting to moving engineering contracts to India, and then moving procurement to India, and also moving construction to India, the new KPI should be how many Executives and Board Members sourced... — read more 

The best lesson I learned since I joined Exxon is to work smarter instead of harder. When I worked hard to prove myself, I would end up getting some pats on the back and much more work while everybody around me was getting big raises and promotions... — read more