Thread regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs

GWP in the new single organisation would be an oxymoron for the downstream, seeing as only 1 part of it has any business case to grow...

Since Chemicals, Fuels, and Lubes is now a combined company mainly driven by Chemicals under one President, maybe "Growing with Purpose" will return.

Perhaps "Growing With Purpose" should be renamed, "Shrinking With Purpose" since we are going to continue reducing OPEX over the next two to three years.

Even with GWP, you also still have fake leaders pretending they care, but they just want to have their name attached to GWP...seems like with WAEM, it is a total failure because many employees have opted their way out - We Are Not EM

Minimum level of Flair is just using the WAEM-themed PowerPoint template, but anyone who wants to go above-and-beyond is “Leading to Win” by using the same fonts and color palette in Email.

The biggest difference between GWP and WAEM, was that GWP was designed to be a bottom-up initiative. It engaged all levels of the organization in an attempt to “right the cultural ship”, and it actually empowered early career employees and encouraged their input. JV was a huge supporter, but DW and Dallas was not, and it cost JV his job.

WAEM, on the other hand, is a top-down, management edict culture change that is designed to breed compliance and break the will of the individual in much the same way cults brainwash their sheep.

Numerous clichés come to mind- “beatings will continue until morale improves”, Hunger Games imagery, remember what happened to King’s Landing in GoT? Really sad to see this happening to a once great company that used to be a great place to work.

GWP was actually quite compelling in Chemicals. It was outward looking, aspirational, unambiguous, and had the external world at heart. Just as it was really beginning to make headway and make a real difference, Dallas decided it was bit too radical and it got ki---d and replaced with WAEM which whilst not being bad does not have any of the redeeming qualities listed above. No wonder then that those of us who were on the journey with GWP, now reject WAEM as it just reinforces a bunker mentality.

Trying so hard to force a culture change seems artificial. People see straight through it.

Only people truly buying into cultural change are those that are already zombies following the herd.

Critically, I don't believe we've made improvements in any of those elements above. Good share. Put it on yammer!

08801 it’s always been BS. Research is over at this site, we were never Empowered! D&I moment during safety meeting always awkward, you can see management struggles..what a joke…..

Vague and worthless goals make it easier for the chosen employees to be ranked higher...otherwise it will be hard to justify why the chosen one is ranked higher, even not meeting specific target and goals... :)

So true

Cool thing about vague and worthless goals like this is you can always say you met them whether you did or not. It’s why you never see SMART goals at the executive level.

Sounds like Growing With Purpose from Chemical... :p before corporate decided to have WAEM :) a lot of blah blah on the culture change...only lips services but not really to drive the culture change...if you like company with extra curricular nonsense event, then please join EM :)

Cool thing about vague and worthless goals like this is you can always say you met them whether you did or not. It’s why you never see SMART goals at the executive level.

I'll come right out and say it.. a big, fat, ZERO. A PIP-worthy performance by all senior leadership. I'd love for them to re-do the Denison survey. I can only imagine how bad the scores would be since the last time, which were quite dismal. If you're unhappy, you leave, and it's likely for better pastures (I did, now I'm way more valued and so much happier). I only come back here for periodic entertainment and to root for others to jump ship from this dumpster fire of a once formidable company.