Worked for 30+ years for XOM with excellent performance assessments, never ended up NSI or had to do a PIP. Year ago I was part of the lay offs. The reason “you are not part of a strategic location” then all the BS came “be proud you worked for XOM” and other BS. As I worked for EMIT most of my career, I was upset that there was still so many opportunities to help the business lines with applying latest technology, so we needed all these great EMIT People in these non-strategic locations. A couple of weeks ago’ I was contacted if I was interested in coming back as a contractor to work on the business transformation project, really!!! I said in a polite way f… you. So desperate they are these days.
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Why cut your nose off?
Come back as a contractor on contractor salary and get your own back by getting paid more than previously.
At Annandale, New Jersey, it is amazing - the worst are the ones staying over in the company. Oh yeah, d0nkeys need to feed their families too. Many d0nks spread out to Spring.
I was part of Global Team that I thought was at the pinnacle of the professional ladder, in which I gave all. However after seeing favoritism, driven agendas, self centered support, targeted, narrative unfounded attacks, nationality discrimination, poor values and a desire to drive out talent vs retention it was time to seek other opportunities and change my own environment.
Environment changed, new opportunities came that where embraced and I am better off for it both professionally and personally. My well being is balanced, have supportive new employers, happy internally and my only regret is not making his change sooner (life lesson learned).
In summary, if you are not happy, you are your one story, make a new chapter, a new book…it’sdown to you! There is life after - dig deep and find it! You’ll not regret it but it’s your choice, no one else’s.
I left after 10+ years because I couldn’t see how I could possibly make it another 20 years with the way things were heading (especially EMIT where I was based). Went to a different industry (not tech) for a nice pay raise and can say that it’s nice to feel valued and respected.
This is playing out every PIP cycle in Annandale, good loyal employees being blindsided, this site is doomed
OP Right answer , company is a dumpster fire 🔥
I've seen too many really good performers who are focused on actual bottom line and plant reliability results sh-t on while absolute incompetent "engineers" are lauded when all they do suck up to managers and speak generically with buzzwords, in circles. Once Guyana runs out, XOM upstream is kaput. The existing plants will just tank in reliability and have ever growing fires.
There are thousands of stories about the wrong people being PIP’d. I personally know many of highly qualified people that were PIP’d and a multitude of lower performers that were kept.
Seems like the people that made the PIP decisions should be held accountable because of their decisions that affected EM’s bottom line and lost us so many valuable employees.
Seems nobody has been held accountable in EM Management either for the damaging hiring surge of 2018-2019 or the damaging layoff after the statement that there would be no layoff.
I am almost an exact copy of your story except I was not IT. I now see a flood of job openings for what I used to do. So short sighted for a company that supposedly thought long term. The solution is a variable pay model that lets you maintain manpower during the troughs of this cyclical industry (what my current company does, and I get to share in this bo-m with a $200k bonus package) but they are too proud to say their compensation system requires an overhaul (including performance).
Man, really sorry for your experience. I had a mentor pip/retired during layoffs. It is not fair and it sucks. And the ‘deciders’ had no idea of that person’s actual knowledge or contribution. They just saw a retirement-eligible older person who was slightly jaded….and figured it was an easier message to sell than laying-off a young-un.
But if you find any silver lining, at least you don’t need to put up with this b.s. anymore. And us other employees were particularly observant through the process, and will never fall for the ‘loyalty card’ again. Through your awful situation, you made the tiger show it’s true stripes.