XOM prefers younger employees who are willing to work for half as much (or even less) than somebody who actually knows how to do the job. Yes, they save money on the employee but lose money overall when the rest of us have to put our work on hold to help finish what the new guy should know how to do in his sleep but actually has no idea how to handle. I just wonder who'll bail them out when they get rid of all of us old-timers, which is obviously the plan.
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Whoever is left still has to contend with the hunger games style performance assessment. Better pray that the folks in the Capitol - Houston/Dallas loves you. Otherwise, you will be k–led by more favored tributes!
Funny, at my site it seems like 80% of the people eliminated were with the company less than 10 years, which all the highly-paid managers and "experienced" employees stuck around.
Bottom line is, there's waste that has remained, both old and young. Poor grammar usage, poor work ethic, and all around a– kissers.
Stop whining about your age, and stop getting angry at your fellow employee. This all boils down to poor management - period. Remember, don't hate the player...hate the game.
Some of these boomers don’t even know how to use excel, neither do some of the GBC clowns
Ok Boomer. I would take a 7 year employee over some 30 year “old timer” that doesn’t know how to use how a computer and is incapable of accepting any new idea any day of the week.
You must be one of those NSI that we've all been hearing about.
You are one of those XOM flavored koolaid drinkers.
Previous post is right. Most of employees with 20+ years of service have been eliminated through the layoff. Those over 55 are going to be thrown out through this year’s oversized PIP (continuing what started last year). Those who are today NRE will be taken care off by next PIPs. The model is that of the old, pre-merger Mobil, who systematically found a way to get rid of people as soon as they got around 50, just before legal protections start. I remember how Exxon management at the time was looking down at these illegal practices, essentially saying: “These bums... we would never do something like that.” How times change... Of course, eventually old Mobil got in trouble because of lawsuits... we shall see...
I think the original post can also be pointing at those employees that are 40 to 50 years old in the U.S. Those employees who have been with the company 20 plus years and being cut before they have the chance to retire. I know of at least 5 employees in this age bracket who were given PIP. And these are well respected, hard workers who trained younger employees, helped them complete projects, checked their work, etc. Not only was the PIP a disguised lay-off (to not pay severance), it was also disguised discrimination for many older employees. If supervisors/managers would come clean about the extent they went to micromanage to build cases to cut older employees, the truth would be known. The bottom line is if an employee becomes too expensive (because age, years of service, disability, taking off for family issues), they become an easy target. A case can be made to get rid of them for performance, without it looking like discrimination, especially with the new ranking process. The company might have itself covered legally, but if this system was exposed, I think most of us would agree it is not ethical. All of us will be older at one point (if not already)...
If you don't know how to use skype or zoom, its probably a sign you should retire
It’s amazing to me how younger employees went through everything that happened in 2020 without understanding anything at all. In a nutshell, the company’s new standard for employee value is now inversely proportional to how much they’re paid. The “best” employees are those in Bangalore, because they’re dirt cheap. The “worst” are those with 20+ years of service in the US, because they’re expensive. The latter have to be eliminated, through real or forced retirement (those who are over 60), veiled forced retirement (all low to middle level managers over 55), or forced retirement through the PIP (technical people over 55).
Two things that younger people might want to think about:
- Why more experienced people are paid more by the industry ? Because the management has a tender hart or because in normal circumstances it is clear to any leader that they can deliver much more because of their experience and expertise ?
- What will happen to younger people, say those with 10-15 years of service in 5-10 years ?
Instead of denigrating those with experience, younger employees should rather focus on what’s going to happen to them, because they won’t have the luxury to retire, even at 55 with 75% of the pension.
Old timers think the company will fall apart if they left or that they're the glue holding the ship together. A learning I had in my career: nobody is irreplaceable.
Don’t even know what you’re talking about buddy, from what I experienced the vast majority of those let go were new hires and then there was the early retirements if you were in your sixties. Boomers again, always making it about them.
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