Thread regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs

There are so many positions that can work from home, but because a few bad apples ruined it with the MC by streaming video at the beginning of the pandemic, the lack of trust continues to reverberate in the organization. This is a condition of management and one more way Exxon is not modernizing. They want to keep old ways of working and this will make them less competitive in the long run. Keep the people who have been with the company 15-20 years. No one wants them anyway they can’t evolve. New talent in office jobs will not consider job opportunities that are 100% in office. Things have changed post pandemic and Exxon has to adjust to compete and retain talent.

I was let go from XOM because I insisted to WFH

I was onsite at campus before 2020 ended. Still Pip’d in 2021. It’s all a cr$pshoot.

OP is asking a good question. Lots of dushpag responses. At most affiliates where the real money is made, MPTs are expected to be available for all scenarios 24/7. 12-14 hour days are typical. Business travel to the production sites and other places is routine. The flexibility to be where one needs to be at any moment greatly improves business productivity. However, local management insists on us making a one hour commute each way, spend time in office with all the covid constraints, give full attention in meetings we aren't primary contributors instead if multitasking, go home and still be available. Except for developing F2F rapport and occasional teambuilding, it's unproductive for the business, just not enough hours in a day for all that. I think the d1ckbag comments are only in the context of pretending to work on Company overhead at campus vs WFH holiday.

We recognize that some people have unique demands of life outside of work, we will accommodate that as you will transition to being a former employee to allow all the time you need to attend to your “unique demands of life”.

You misunderstand the business of business. We are not in business to improve employee satisfaction, we are in business to make more money making things or providing services that customers want than we can make by investing in other businesses. We could close all plants, lay-off 99.9% of employees and just have a few people who invest in other companies (think investment company or hedge fund), but we think we can make more money making “stuff”. It takes employees to make stuff.

After you are laid off, perhaps you should take your own advice and start a manufacturing company where no one goes to work so that your employees can attend to their unique demands of life outside of work. Perhaps your company will improve employee satisfaction and your company will be an attractive workplace in the future of work.

Don’t wait for us to lay you off, start your new company today. Show us dummies how it’s done.

You’ll have to adjust…to no paycheck after you are PIP’d. The two year experiment has proven how many people we DON’T need. Thank you, we’ll give you a good reference. Don’t go away mad, just go away. Don’t blame us, you volunteered to participate in the experiment.

Hasta la vista…a$$h0le!

Remote will stay permanent remotely after PIP season.

It is well known at EMHC that if you want to survive PIP, you had better be on campus unless you have a valid medical reason to not be on-site.

At least in Texas, real estate and other Tax Subsidies (write-offs) are partly based on the number of occupied seats at a given site.
Not a small dollar figure, either.

Culture of this company is about pageantry. Need to be seen physically in order to survive.

Did you know that we are ranked according to whether or not we want to be onsite or remote? Guess who drops out of the barrel.