Since they are now getting rid of the lowest performers, I'm going to assume this means whoever gets put on a PIP is as good as gone? Or are they going to skip PIPs altogether now? I know a few people who were put on a PIP years ago and managed to come back from it, will that even be possible from now on?
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PIL is recorded as a non-regrettable separation initiated by the employee. Logic is the company gives you a choice. You can go on a PIP or resign and get paid. If you take the PIL you are resigning.
The wolves are about to roam in Annandale,
Anyone know if they code the PIL as a firing? Does it make a difference? Most companies will only say that they are or are not eligible for rehire.
Also, I’m pretty sure that the waiver you sign to select the PIP states that any future performance issues can result in termination.
That means that the following year when you are in the NSI bucket they will fire you! No second chance at a PIP. No 3 month PIL. Nothing!
There was a time when the PIPs were more about performance (but equal chance that it was a supervisor who just had it out for you). In those days you might be able to work for years and even climb in the rankings after a PIP. Those days are long gone.
Think long and hard before selecting the PIP. And even if you pass, plan your exit so that you can resign rather than be fired.
Once you have been put on a PIP, if you survive, you will barely move in the rankings, therefore your raises will be far apart and very low forever. Also, as xom lets people go, those left drop in the ranking. So if you were close to the bottom you may very well be at the bottom next. Always waiting for the door.
Geoscientists were moved into UIS SS East and West groups at a fast rate. Just as fast, they were let go. When asked if there was a reason for the growing teams, the Manager denied all claims of a layoff aka SPOSA. How can anyone work for a Company that can’t be honest. They lie about everything from expense reports, time writing, hiring quotas, diversity, any type of reporting. It’s all lies! ExxonMobil is beyond pathetic!! Get out! Don’t compromise your integrity.
This new cheap and dirty way to separate people and be cheap is very new and surprising. What happened to offering decent packages across the board? We treat 50+ like sh-t in the rankings but don't have the ba--s to offer good package to leave.. sucks azz
No matter what your HR rep says, the overall assessment process is still a way to “optimize the organization” (ie its layoffs). Technically, the term “its not a layoff” is correct, but it boggles my mind the company actually thinks anyone believes that. I never though I would see so much arrogance from EM. While the company has largely been confident in the past, its just flat our arrogant now and completely disconnected from what other companies are doing to manage “lower performers”. The fear of a lawsuit drives the MLRP process and the terms being used to explain this to the employees is flat out wrong….HR will tout this as a success and say “we are seeing more movement than ever before” meaning someone in NI last year might be in VG this year….just remember the other side….that means someone else has to move to NI….its a forced rank system and a % requirement for someone to be in the very bottom.
It doesn’t make any sense to even talk about “low performers” in the context of the never ending disguised layoff called PIP. Any low performers are long gone, this is purely a game of musical chairs, decided mainly based on salaries and therefore “savings” to the company. Ranking has always been part fake (hipos always on top), part highly subjective (whoever the supervisors like most), but now “assessment” is absolutely a joke, bearing no relationship whatsoever to performance. Remember this is going to keep going on, with some of today’s best people labeled tomorrow as “low performers”. The oil industry has always been tough, but EM just succeeded to define new lows and to carve itself the reputation of being the meanest, most hypocritical corporate environment.
The Annual bloodletting has begun in the gulf coast. Let the hunger games part 2 begin. So horrible watching good people and good performers getting told they aren’t good enough. There’s a special place for the people pulling the strings on these people.
Try to be there for them and help them as much as you can. The double cross may drive them in the ground but let them know they are supported by real humans. Forget the hunger games and be an encourager. Next year it could be you. May the odds be forever in your favor.
The company will make certain a specified percentage survive the PIP to make the process look legit. However, your career path within the company is basically dead and you will always be on the chopping block each year. The best scenario for most is to pass the PIP and look for a new job and get out on your own terms.
Depends a lot on your individual situation. Some can survive. Others not. Have to read the room and decide for yourself.
The PIP is not designed for your improvement. It is a disguised layoff. Take the PIL and move on. Even if you pass the PIP, when you land back on the NSI list next year there will be no PIP, no PIL, just fired.
Go ahead and ask to see the PIP. If it seems achievable and you’re a masochist then give it a go. But if you do it and pass, then the day after you pass you had better start applying for a new job. The process will repeat itself next year and you’ll already be branded NSI and will be fired and offered nothing.
GET OUT!!!
Guess you missed the article last week. PIP will happen for the next 5 years. Major headcount reductions still needed.