Our org manager asked us to stay home Monday ahead of the inclement weather in houston but has made it mandatory to come back fully even though there is still Covid at large. We were split into groups coming in rotationally every week but now both groups have to come back. I don’t mind going in but the double standard doesn’t seat well with me.
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I love that they can't make the call to close campus until the last minute... guess what, no one is coming in tomorrow anyways! They'll probably keep it open just to force the janitors to drive in. Are they still making them park on the ring road or now that 20% has been fired there is space for the lowly janitors to park their oil leakers next to our Teslas in the garages?
I am aware of a US employee (non-Texan site) who was asked by Supervisor last June if he would be willing to come back to Office job in July - Yes or No.
This was asked of all members of his team in separate Zoom calls for this sole purpose (no other topic).
This was the conversation:
Supv: "Will you be willing to come back to office when it opens next month?"
Grunt: "I'm not sure. My wife is just finishing up her Chemo treatments. You know that."
Supv: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you're not willing to come back. OK. Thanks."
In the same boat as all of you. Just a very evident observation that many on this board are very inwardly focused. Oh, I worked at exxonmobil, I should have been treated better. I should have been given more money. I should not have been PIP'd whaa whaa.
Also, this is a layoff board talking about people having to return to campus. What?! If you're laid off, you wouldnt care about this sh1t. This thread is very evident of the worthless employees that we still have hired and are soon to be the ones let go when the next wave of layoffs (oh I mean performance assessment) comes around.
This is a layoff site for employees and ex-employees to vent. Who the heck are you calling them prima donnas? An outside troll?
Or maybe mods removed it because of the employees who were crying about getting a check worth pennies in the mail and whining that the company needed to put tracking numbers on that.
As always, exxonmobil employees think they are the center of the universe and should be catered to. Jeez, what a bunch of Prima Donna's.
Hyperbolic statement. No one said covid isn't real. No one said that covid isn't dangerous. Covid is manageable risk, just like many other things we do day in and day out.
You know that driving a car every day has the risk of an accident and putting you critically in the hospital? Or even worse, in the ground? You don't see everyone up in arms shutting down the economy over that.
The thread on “pension checks” being sent via USPS ordinary mail got removed - probably due to such flag bearers (and the abusive foul language).
Shell - top performer
YeeYum - NSI
Hey - probably did not mean 'funny' ha-ha.
Meant funny like 'funny' intubated and Zooming own sarcastic words to the family.
I heard Shell WFH until June possibly longer.
There is nothing funny about families across the country having to risk their safety in order for others to sit at home warm well fed and safe because they refuse to risk getting sick. Not talking about young or elderly, but those capable but unwilling to work or help others and sacrifice for the greater good. But don’t worry, you will be cared for, despite your sarcasm.
Where did it say Covid was not serious? Where? Where did it say it affects just a little number? Where? Any more misstatements from the one who sits atop the high morale ground?
You can state your own opinion, but not your own facts. The post was factually correct as to where Covid transmissions are most likely to occur. Not at work, not at restaurants, not in your front yard, but instead, within your own home. Pray for people that deceive others and who try to make themselves holier than others.
Wow Covid is not serious ? So insensitive of you. So many have died and lost loved ones and you say it affects just a little number. I will keep you in prayers
The majority of accidents happen at home. Only a very small percentage of accidents happen to white collar workers at the office. Also estimated that over 70% of Covid transmissions occur within the home. Very small percentage at work, restaurants, etc. Stay in your cube and you will probably be fine. Greatest risk might be electromagnetic interference and radiation while driving your electric car to work. Consider a bus. Stay safe.
To all not COVID believers. In Midland one worker got COVID, and after certain weeks, the group was asking to pray for him. Do you think that the virus is a game?.Cr@p people like all of you need to remember, just you are a number. EM drones.
Other companies are still working remotely. Some businesses don't have this option due to the nature of their work.
For XOM, unless you are on a rig or at a plant. You do not need to be on site. You are not doing anything in the office that you cannot do from home (with stable internet).
Are you shining shoes ? Are you cutting hair ? Come on now....
If grocery store clerks, small business owners and employees, first responders, military, and most Americans can work during Covid, so can EM employees. Every clown that cries to stay home probably goes to stores, restaurants and so on multiple times a week. Why do some people spend all of their time trying to figure out a way to not work?
Two bits:
- It is true there are company flag-wavers stomping in to raise ruckus and deviate from the topic. Possibly also to get the thread removed so discussion is destroyed. I think these people are not paid a bonus, but as noted in another thread, perhaps this is the only job left in parts of Spring.
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I am aware of a US employee (non-Texan site) who was asked by Supervisor last June if he would be willing to come back to Office job in July - Yes or No. This was asked of all members of his team in separate Zoom calls for this sole purpose (no other topic). This was the conversation:
Supv: "Will you be willing to come back to office when it opens next month?"
Grunt: "I'm not sure. My wife is just finishing up her Chemo treatments. You know that."
Supv: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you're not willing to come back. OK. Thanks."
The Grunt of course confirmed his own PiPing.
@1lub+19nIdLYW anti-Exxon? Lol. All I see is chicken sh1t employees complaining about covid.
Have you all noted that there is a person (or group) that posts messages with “mo-ns”, whenever they see an anti-EM post?
The purpose seems to be abusive so that the thread gets taken out! Many threads have messages with abusive name-calling “mo-ns”! It must be the same person or group!
You guys are mo–ns. Incliment weather in Houston is serious. Covid is not, it infects a small part of the population. The mo–ns that are scared thinking they need to stay home should be NSI.
It's really just "lawsuit safety" for the company. If you get injured driving to work in inclement weather when they mandated showing up then they get sued. If you get COVID on campus there's no way to prove it was contracted there thus no lawsuit.
Nobody gets hurt.. when we can be sued.
Obvious - company needs folks driving into work as much as possible so gas demand in our key market goes up!!
Thanks this makes so much sense
One reason that everyone in your group may have been asked to show up on campus is to see who continued to work from home due to Covid concerns. It was common knowledge that managers and H/R in the Greater Houston area were monitoring employees who continued to work from home. If you elected to not come to campus even though you were asked to come back, your decision to continue working from home was another check box for dropping you in the rankings into the NSI category to be PIP'd. The words "insubordination" was even mentioned by one H/R manager if an employee continued to work from home even though they were asked to return to the campus.