Thread regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs

I left in my late 30's. It was the best decision I ever made for my mental health. My personality wasn't a good fit for the many abrasive managers I encountered at Exxon. Maybe it was a mistake that I valued producing excellent professional work over the office politics. I learned the two often clash. It takes good political instincts to survive there long-term, and I often refused to engage in political games. I was always rated highly and management was somewhat surprised when I resigned. But in my heart I knew I would flame out in that environment and never reach retirement age . I decided to listen to my heart. I found there to be no shortage of employers outside Exxon who were willing to pay for good workers.

@2mmd, short answer: money. What firm would even consider class action against EM $56B deep pockets??

You should not have to live in fight or flight mode every single day. You should run from a tiger instead of living in its cage every day and waiting to be eliminated. The old slogan about putting a tiger in your tank has changed for employees in the U.S. to living with a tiger in your mind. It's not worth the health consequences.

What legal recourse? It's not illegal to offshore jobs dummy 😂😂. Either force your senator to make it illegal or unionize. Otherwise, better become some sort of cyborg made of chatgpt and a low cost country cause your job and the job of your grandkids are gone!

You were told?? They are taking mine bit by bit but haven't officially Saif they are taken it and I am out. Interesting! This would be interesting to know more about.

So why doesn't anyone take these jerks on toe to toe and hold them legally accountable? Seems like a bunch of people letting themselves be bullied and abused. They will do it forever if no one says NO! I don't understand victim mentality!

Run Forest Run.......run away as fast as you can

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@OP Just quiet-quit (i.e., work-to-rule) and start applying to other jobs.

Despite Fortune, Forbes, and their fellow-travelers trying to gaslight everyone into thinking that we facing a “looming recession”, the job market is white-hot and you’re pretty much guaranteed to get an offer if you’re qualified for the job that you applied for.

I left this toxic place without a job lined up. The only regret is that I didn’t leave sooner. This place destroyed my health. I’m still suffering from effects of psychopathic supervisors. I have PTSD but the anxiety episodes are getting fewer.

My advice to anyone who is suffering to protect your mental health. Leave as fast as you can. There is nothing worst than to waste a career spinning your wheels knowing the only things you advance are the careers and coffers of greedy undeserving individuals. There is no career longevity here and they will dump you at first opportunity to cut costs.

After leaving, I managed to get several job offers. My new employer value me. Job market is good. Life is much better outside of XOM.

I can only speak from personal experience. As someone who grew up pretty close to poor, my main focus was always security and money. I traded my health for those two.

I volunteered for assignments. No one else wanted to be valuable to the company. I burned out 50 and manage to survive to 56 until they made me so mad that I told him where to go.

The biggest lesson that I learned is that although the people around you and perhaps your supervisor share about you. The company does not. If you were to die at your desk today, your coworkers would be sad, but someone would be in your chair very soon.

Once I left this toxic company, my stress level disappeared. I’ve never slept so well in my life. My mental health is much better and my physical health is getting better.

If you have the skill set and the wherewithal, I suggest leaving as soon as possible. Take some time off and decompress while sending out resumes. If you get pipped, take the three months, then file for unemployment, until it runs out, and look for your next career.

No one will ever look out for you the way you will.

You could use a life coach to help you find some guidance towards life. Like other users said, just stake it out till they let you know. Don't be a hero, just do your job and go home no time to ppl that you care about.

You can also take advantage of Magellan. I assume this is still an option. You can talk to a psychologist. I’ve used this service a few times. It did help. It also opens your eyes that you are not the only person struggling.

There seems to be a trend here. I posted this one a bit earlier on another thread. This happened to me. I think I know where you are heading and you do NOT want this to happen to you. Surviving is not living.
Hope it helps.
You really need to pause and take a look at what you're doing to yourself. I've been in IT for a very long time and I have watched people destroy themselves without even realizing it. I lost many friends and people I greatly respected due to stress and the impact it had upon their health - some died at work or at home and were found by their coworkers or families. I swore I'd never be one of those who let the stresses of the job get to me, but guess what - I did it myself. Last September , at 60 years old, I was told I had a 50/50 chance of dying within 2 weeks if I did not have a triple-bypass. Not only was that a shock to me it was a shock to my doctors as I had no symptoms beyond a little bit of pain when I walked up an incline. All prior physicals and tests determined I was a healthy male.

My caution and concern to you all is this: The short of it is that stress ki-ls and we are all part of the statistics we read about and assume we're immune and everyone else is at risk but not us. Stressing and constantly worrying about the job and all of the insanity that comes along with it wherever you work is a recipe for disaster. I read these posts from people who claim that so-and-so doesn't care about 'us' or this-n-that and they are probably correct. Chances are those people will live a lot longer in better health because they have accepted that carrying & stressing too much can ki-l. I've seen it and have experienced it myself. There's some health conditions that you must pay attention to and do everything in your power to avoid regardless of the job & paycheck. I wasted years overachieving on the job and as a result I've cut many years off of my future. All for nothing when you look at it from this side of the fence.

I agree, stay until you get severance, then take some time to figure yourself and your situation out. Take them for what you can. If you know it’s coming for sure, throw out the anchor and let off the throttle. Just cruise to the end. In the grand scheme of life, this is nothing. You won’t be thinking of XOM when it’s your time my friend.

Keep your job until you get your severance package and take some time off to re-evaluate your direction. FWIW, I've heard more folks say they regret not doing something rather than doing it.