Is there higher number of zero pay rises this year than previous years? Feels like there’s an underlying strategy to reduce workforce without having a planned and structured “event”.
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Raises less than inflation indicate EM wants to increase attrition.
Very simple concept: Reduce HC10 and increase Indian headcount because experienced engineers in India willing to work for less money than a Janitor paid in USA.
How do you think google knows what percent raised Exxon gave out? Or as the XOM heritage people say salary treatment. 🤣🤣
The average raise for EM US workers was 3.6%. How did I find this? Google. This is down considerably from 2023.
How did we get here when the company made record profits? The job market. Benchmarking. Consultants informed EM what our peers are wiling to pay. Essentially the US job market is “soft” and we all benefit. /s
Maybe when all the boomers retire, the collective workforce will have the upper hand again. No shade, just saying there are a lot of them.
Too many people from Pioneer stayed. Need to make people leave
They made that mistake at Covid paying folks to leave in a structured manner. Now there are only PIPs, no salary treatment and benefits reductions used to reduce workforce. This management team on knows how to manage down