Everything is taking twice as long as before because most of the people I interact with are fresh college grads who are still learning their jobs and most of the time need me to explain to them what they have to do. Due to avoidable mistakes they keep making, the costs are also going up. With the loss in productivity and an increase in costs, can somebody explain to me how are we saving money?
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This seems very true in EMIT. Simple requests seem to take days or weeks, if you even get to talk to someone. Usually i get a broken English IM from someone in India trying to help.
This seems very true in EMIT. Simple requests seem to take days or weeks, if you even get to talk to someone. Usually i get a broken English IM from someone in India trying to help.
If you’re out, chances are you’re not the best. You never were. Just a severe case of FOMO really.
Agree that the best have been self-removing for several years now.
Unless handcuffed with time/pension/etc.
EM has not been a professional or scientific Big for a decade now.
The profits made it deceiving for a while.
Not news.
I can assure you that the best of us left (or are leaving) of our own volition when we saw the ship sinking last year. The getting was good - lots of great job offers and now a superstar at my new company, I am very much appreciated. Finally. Recommend anyone who knows their own value takes the leap and finds the end of the rainbow. Those who are just shy of the 15 yrs should try to hold on then go! It is wonderful to hear colleagues happy in the halls again. It will be a long time before that happens again at EM.
Since most of the people here have down’s, I suggest they follow this best practice executed in Walmart to maximize personal value for the self shareholder
https://apple.news/AmXsbyo5KTUmIFkNEcypjWA
What are you talking about, our best is DW and he isn’t going anywhere.
Another version of it is that having experience and decent skills you get moved into a new role as they need to feel the void of the ones leaving. You then get zero handover, zero training and you are surrounded by colleagues with even less experience than you! Of course it's taking me thrice to do even the simple tasks! No one can help or advice!
The best left a long time ago, they’re not the ones being forced out
If I save $10 out of my budget but it cost you $100 out of yours. Win for me (not the company)
This is part of Exxon culture problem. The "best". Employees are bad of they struggle. Sometimes a little coaching turns a "bad" employee into a "good" one. But exxonmobil would rather see if it can force them out. Most of these go on to successfully contribute on the outside. Keep wondering how does the outside beat us? They hire people you thought were bad and get performance out of them you never thought possible. Maybe the problem isn't the employee. Maybe it's hiring good managers. In my career I've had a handful of good managers. Not one of them was at ExxonMobil.
No one care about that ..
your manager, supervisor and VP will still get their pay increase and bonus without doing any work.
Are you sure those forced out are the best?! Don’t make me laugh.
This is clearly the genius of XOM Management!