Where it’s high it is and high and where it’s low it is typical compared to historical attrition.
They aren’t going to hire to backfill people in the US unless absolutely necessary. All attrition is desired. Potentially damaging but desired. Dallas HQ doesn’t have to pick up the work slack, others do.
Don’t worry OP, you can keep believing this if it makes you feel better about staying. Hope you can survive the reduction to 50-55k employees by 2025!
Deep down you know people are leaving uncharacteristically and it’s making you uneasy....should you leave too? Do they know something you don’t? For you OP I say “no” you should stay and keep your knee pads tight!!!!! Yes they realize something you haven’t yet.
Wait until they start “locally outsourcing”
jobs in US and Canada. Meaning, you’re an electrical engineer in UIS at EMHC, they are going to get a contract with Jacobs or Mustang or some other engineering firm that actually does all of our engineers work and farm your job to them. They will tell you your role is going to become a contractor role, you’ll no longer be with XOM but you’ll be offered your same role as a contractor.
Don’t believe me? Ask EAPS (formally GREF) folks about what happened in 2016-2017 when they “locally outsourced” hundreds of jobs to CBRE! They weren’t laid off! They still had the same job! Just not as an XOM employee! Winning! Same headaches with no benefits and the company gets the same person but saves money. Knee lockers like you will bend over and say “Gee whizz thank you!” #yourekindaxom