How about letting the Justice system handle this? Just a thought. Isn't this still supposed to be the United States? Facts are it is none of your employers business what you do in your personal life and I am certain that a high percentage of society in general is on board with lack of principles, morals and even the capacity to identify right and wrong. As demonstrated every second, every day but "CERTAIN POLITICAL PARTIES & ERG GROUPS"!!! Whatever he was doing there it likely wasn't a wise choice. But who the h-ll are any of us to judge? Is your slate clean? And for the lefties- don't even judge!!! Some live this so they can deflect away from themselves. I am NOT DEFENDING THIS!!! Clean up your own cr-p! I am sure you have it! Even if you wave flags and normalize certain things, you know down deep they are wrong!! MOW YOUR OWN LAWN!
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@4crh+1p5rB6d2 Not Guilty is not the same thing as Innocent. “Do I really have to explain this as well???”
@3iox+1p5rB6d2 so hilarious it rules out all curiosity anyone might have about your ranking. I'll see if I can simplify this for you. Being arrested and having it posted on the police or sheriff's website means zip regarding being found legally "guilty ' of those charges. He is entitled to a trial by jury and then it will be determined if he is guilty. That is the normal process but there are variations to even this scenario. Bottom line not guilty until it is determined by a trial. How can you not know this???? Regarding what you read online or saw in the news. Do I really have to explain this as well??? Bless you honey! You might need to look that one up too. Southern meaning of course. So alarming you think you know so much! Stunning!
@3lti Replying to your own posts. Classy.
OP - agree 100%. The thing to be aware of from the Company point of view is we get judged (and ranked!) by the Company on our behavior. Behavioral ranking is separate and in parallel to the PADP process. Much of that has to do with how we represent Exxon. As one's potential is high so is the level of scrutiny which goes Into it. Think about that for a second in light of what happened to Mr. SVP.
@3njl Pulled directly from the Reuters wire and verified by checking MCSO arrest records, which are public.
If you happen to live in a world where facts don’t matter (seems to be the case), then there’s not much to talk about.
@3zkb Uh…he was arrested at the scene dude. That means the cops caught him doing something illegal.
This isn’t a case of some hypersensitive Zoomer filing a lawsuit for having her legs looked at for more than two seconds. He was caught (on camera) soliciting and paying for s-x with a pr-------e. That’s illegal in TX.
The SA charges do need to be substantiated, to that I agree.
And no, women don’t “lie all the time”. It’s the opposite: they stay quiet because they don’t think people will listen or believe them.
If he was innocent EM wouldn’t be silent and he wouldn’t have contested surrendering his Aussie passport. We’ll know more when he’s arraigned on the 25th.
Question: why are you on here defending this douche?
@3gsh+1p5rB6d2 Yippee!
@2fdq+1p5rB6d2 no wonder our justice system is so failed. If any of them base life changing decisions on facts like you have without due process, a trial or anything other than allegations and preliminary perceptions. We are all in deep trouble!!
@2miv+1p5rB6d2 I hate to burst your bubble but he is no different than any other person at Exxonmobil or any where else! Flesh and blood person! That's All! I know you would love to make their paycheck somehow relate to their importance but it just isn't so!
@2azx+1p5rB6d2 GOLLY surprise,surprise, surprise! Y'all sure do know alot! Y'all musta been there!
@2aac And they were probably arrested too. You just didn’t hear about it because they aren’t senior executives at Exxon.
If your comment was intended as a defense of his actions it failed.
No - In over 20 years with EM I saw more people released for much smaller things, not ever arrested. EM very
Much gets involved in the personal lives of its employees - just like at all the time spent on potential “conflicts of interests”. You can’t have a side gig unless you disclose it upfront and get it approved, because they feel you don’t bring your best self to work. Not to mention things said in Annual Reviews involving one’s personal life! So DS breached Standards of Business conduct, participated in this behavior while supposedly working from home and got caught and arrested. His lawn is mowed by default of EM and their policies.
I'd love to see the video from the LaQuinta lobby. Lol.
But if he was with pt**s, weren't they committing a crime too? LOL🤣
Those who say “don’t judge” are thinking about this as a regular employee. He was not a regular employee. He was a senior leader. The company has the right to apply moral standards when they select a senior leader to represent the company’s values both internally and externally. This is not at all an employment law matter, and even if it were, Texas is an employment at will state.
@1qwt Here are the facts:
- He solicited, paid for, and used the services of a pr-------e in a state (TX) where pr---------n is illegal.
- He was arrested at the scene of the crime by responding officers, meaning that a crime was in progress or had recently occurred.
- He was granted bond but his release was delayed because he initially refused to surrender his Australian passport.
- He is being arraigned on felony SA charges in Montgomery County Court on 10/25/2023.
These are the facts. If this were true for almost any salaried employee at Exxon, they would have been fired for cause as soon as the circumstances of the arrest were made public. Consult your employee handbook; he’s met the threshold for causal termination several times over.
P. S. I have no idea why people keep floating the prospect that one of the women was his wife. All that changes is the nature of the adultery, which isn’t what he was arrested for.
What if one of the women is his wife?
@1clr - cheating on your spouse doesn't get you fired. If he wasn't at work but was supposed to be (i.e. not on vacation) - that might get you a talking to. But not fired. And maybe he took a vacation day.
Don't get me wrong - he sounds like a sc-mbag. But we cant rule by emotions. The facts have to drive the narrative not the other way around. That attitude has caused a lot of problems in this country lately.
@zuk He’s been released on bond. Confirmed by Reuters. Check out the SVP update thread.
He’s being arraigned in MC court on Oct 25th.
@1tpi If nothing else, the dude was cheating on his wife while he was supposed to be working. He was also arrested at the scene of the crime, which means the police had reason to take him into custody. His release on bond was also delayed, because (like all innocent people) he refused to surrender a foreign passport.
BTW: pr---------n (i.e., human trafficking) is illegal in TX.
Question: why are you on here defending this dirtbag?
Nothing has been proven yet charges of SA, or even just frequenting a prost-tute. Until something is proven we can't and shouldn't do anything. If the facts prove he paid for s-x - sure then apply standards of conduct.
For somebody yelling not to judge, they sure are judging a lot.
Read our public domain “Standards of Business Conduct”. Moral turpitude is a career limiting move especially for an executive. Countries routinely use pr-------es to compromise executives.
How does DRS have access to a cell phone in prison? Why is he posting on thelayoff.com?
@hhe+1p5rB6d2 huh! Aren't we all equal?????
Mower also wonders about what glass house you live in!
You are defending him. Full stop
@OP If this upsets you, go tell the c-suite to stop promoting predators.
Expectations are higher for those in very privileged positions. He was abusing his advantages in multiple spaces and so it is not unfair to judge, critically if needs be.