I got PIPed in July two years ago, though I had good performance feedback from those I served. It was because I was "old" ExxonMobil manager after thanking me in April 2020 for excellent work, in July said I am placed in PIP. I got three options - stay and improve in 3 months, stay 3 months and retire, leave immediately and get 3 months salary. I left immediately and believe me - I have slept better, feel better. I have more time to relax and found a better job, nicer people, 15% less pay, but I also do fun side gig and overall am much better and happier. So anyone feeling uneasy about anything about ExxonMobil, job, security, future - remember you have only one life to live. Yes I made good on salary, pension and 401K and stayed close to 25 years at ExxonMobil. Looking back - was it worth it?? Salary+401K+Pension was good, but heartache, stress, grief cancelled out those monetary stuff. If I were to start all over again, I would rather be in a Russian Siberian jail, believe me, I am not joking, I was harassed, hounded and stabbed my many political managers who hated me for trying to be creative and come up with new ideas. If you love to work for IRS, then you will be a great fit for ExxonMobil. If you love to work for the federal government then you would be a great fit at ExxonMobil. If you think and act like Na-i SS police, then you would be a great manager at ExxonMobil. Long live crude oil, long live ExxonMobil, may the kn--e in the hands of ExxonMobil managers remain wet with fresh blood.
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No dog in the hunt but some of these negative responses are either managers or media manipulators hired by xom. Pretty heartless folks. Congratulations OP, hecklers your what’s wrong with the company if in fact your getting that check.
@1czx I plan on retiring well before I end up in a situation like yours or that of your peers (i.e. having to remain in the workforce past retirement age due to poor financial decisions).
@ Everyone: If you’re still working for a paycheck past age 55, it’s because you screwed-up. In the next life (if there is one) plan better.
Congrats on your anniversary, OP! My 2 year anniversary is coming up next February 1st.
I feel so lucky to have been let go by the company. I’m living in a new state with access to hiking, skiing, and mountains, beautiful mountains!
The money was good, but I agree with OP, the money probably wasn’t worth it. It’s nice to have college for the kids funded at 40, $1M+ in retirement and a house paid off, but, well, ok. Maybe it was worth it. But I’m so glad I didn’t stay til 55. That probably would not have been worth it.
But if you are in a place where you are comfortable, have saved, and can consider taking less money to be in a better location, then you should totally do it. I’m valued by my new employer, it’s more stable, and I still make decent coin.
It’s hot and miserable down in Houston, so
GET OUT!!!
Response so long, I didn’t read. You got fired two years ago, stop whining and move on.
OP is just another irrelevant old fool with too much time on his hands now. Take up fishing or bridge and let us worry about the work.
OP again - Sorry this was not directed at @1auf+1hXiUPdB, typo, sorry.
OP here, message to @1mfq+1hXiUPdB, @1auf+1hXiUPdB and @1nst+1hXiUPdB.
I am not whining, I was celebrating my 2 years anniversary - feeling much better and doing much better than while at ExxonMobil. You three got it all wrong. I stated I am happier. I was ranked in top 33% until I started giving more creative ideas and producing positive results and benefits in the control room. I was not culpable or responsible for getting PIPed. I was treated like this because I was 58 and coming up with new ideas, I was not a good fit. No one can change what we did years back. My message was if I had to start again, ExxonMobil would be my last choice. I feel sorry for the three of you @1mfq+1hXiUPdB, @1auf+1hXiUPdB and @1nst+1hXiUPdB. You probably got hired by ExxonMobil as your first job and do not know the world out there. How can you? If you are always in a sewer, how can you know about a nice beach? Now get back the three of you, do an LPSA, you are not supposed to waste time reading this, you need to do LPSA, JLA, a risk assessment or remind someone to hold on the rails while walking down the stairs.
@1auf+1hXiUPdB
Doesn’t it hurt to be that stu_pid? Just wait your turn to be insulted by a younger mo_ron, except you actually deserve it.
Two years ago and you’re still whining about it? Glad you’re not at the office, don’t wanna deal with people with over inflated sense of self worth.
Why is it that every time someone tells you people that you could solve all of your problems instantly by taking severance and moving on they get downvoted?
Can’t handle the truth?
Management is awful, but most of you have culpability. You doubled-down and remained in work way past your prime, usurped payroll, and forced the use of something like a PIP to normalize the workforce. Now everyone is miserable.
Instead of writing long screeds…
Why not just quit a job you hate and hates you back? What are people like you thinking? That you’re upholding some kind of principle? You’re not.
Leave while you still have a little dignity to your name.
Same here, excellent reviews throughout my career, my problem was I was XTO, absolutely no loyalty with xom. It’s a popularity contest there.
This was a while back, but I also left after a few years under my belt. It's very eye-opening to see how much different my whole attitude changed. Not being under constant stress, working on weekends at least twice a month, bringing work home, arriving early at the office and being the last one out the door every evening. It wasn't living, and it wasn't a life, it was mostly he-l. Wish I had left sooner, honestly.