Warren Buffett Says You Can Spot a Great Leader by Simply Looking for This Trait Marcel Schwantes - Friday www.Inc.com A trait so often overlooked in identifying true leaders. Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, has wise hiring... — read more
Incompetent Sup
My supervisor has ZERO technical knowledge, whenever I share any problem answer is big long monologue with no solution and that one slide People + technology BS. Worst decision to join this company. Fed up already. I know you are reading 😁
Bonus Question
I heard that EM doesn’t pay employees bonus at all levels? I am negotiating right now and would feel better if I knew the answer to this question.
Team Lead for GBC Org
There is a lot of friction between teams here in Bangalore and also a lot of people are leving. The job market is hot and people are jumping ship.
Blind leading the blind
That's the impression I get regarding XOM and its leadership. The company has turned from an industry giant into a laughing stock under their watch and I don't even think they care. For as long as their wallets are getting fatter, they're convinced... — read more
The new travel service provider...
... is TERRIBLE. Just like all of the other changes, as our leadership desperately tries to ruin what used to be a great place to work. This is all. Thank-you
PIP is Okay - let’s be real
Given a significant number of mo--ns working in the company Given that most employees have been d-mbed down to become lethargic and unproductive creatures Given that we have been hiring toxic and similar fake people for years Given... — read more
Think about early retirement
If you're worried about being laid off or PIPed due to your age, my advice is to consider early retirement. A guy who left my team about a year ago (early retirement) took six months to decompress and then started looking for something to supplement... — read more
People Of The Year Award
Seems like my LI feed was full of People Of The Year Award grareful post...Believe the award only being implemented at the Budapest Office...Can't wait to see that it us being implemented at other sites...Another platform for the nominees to brag... — read more
Early Career Pay Gap
I was hired a few years ago and just received my first raise and promotion. However for my CL I feel that I am way underpaid. Can anything be done? Do any other early Career folks feel this way?
BTC is future
I really like BTC compared to my previous org (Indian O&G) my supervisor is cool, work is fine, may be good place for next 10 years. Not sure why so much hate on BTC here. xx
Fawley Hydrogen Hub
https://energyfactor.exxonmobil.com/reducing-emissions/fawley-blue-hydrogen-hub/ Does this project have legs or are they just giving the impression that the site has a great future? Will the Corporation invest $bns into Fawley and will FAST go... — read more
The Empire Strikes Back (LinkedIn)
Looks like the PR department is fighting back on LinkedIn to try to drown out the cube posts. My feed is flooded with “go Exxon” posts. All boosted by an ExxonMobil account. It’s kind of hilarious actually because it’s so obvious what they are trying... — read more
Do you see a lot of people leave your group?
I think a lot of people are quitting.
TSA is Back - Nature garage today
After missing for months, it looks like the TSA is back on campus. We can’t clean the grime off the buildings or clean bathrooms, but we can harass employees.
Time writing question
Here at BTC we must time write and account for every hour against a Jade code monthly, these Jade codes are business unit specific so all of our hours must be “charged out”. Failure to charge out the hours results in supervisor and manager... — read more
Peak Smugness
You know a HiPo has achieved peak smugness and arrogance when they start including a digital image of their handwritten signature and a photo of themselves (either a professional headshot or some photo of them in "action") in email communications to... — read more
DW Holiday Message
How tone deaf can a manager be. How did this guy ever become CEO of one of the premier American companies. I have worked for other Fortune 100 companies. I have never seen someone so unpolished and out of touch.
Can you recover from NI/NSI?
I am early in my career as an experienced hire MPT in Houston. I have avoided NSI/NI so far, but based on attrition from lower rankings, lack of promotions, and a variety of other factors, I’ve come to accept I will be NSI or NI come... — read more
Hope you enjoyed my video
I sure hope you hotshots enjoyed my video. I looked really good next to those lesser known execs and it showcased my “softer” side I needed to show. Enjoy those pitiful raises you fools, and to those of you leaving in January, Good Luck!
C&SI predictions
When? What? Who? Where?
Keep it brief
Please stop reposting long articles from the internet. This is a layoff site.
Oil Surplus Returns as Supplies Climb and Omicron Hits, IEA Says- 1st Quarter 2022 Demand Expected to Be Reduced by 600,000 bbls per day
Oil Surplus Returns as Supplies Climb and Omicron Hits, IEA Says Agency cuts first-quarter demand view by 600,000 barrels a day Extra output is coming from OPEC+, the U.S., Brazil and Canada By Grant Smith December 14, 2021, 4:00 AM EST Source:... — read more
Why It’s So Hard to Keep and Recruit Employees Right Now
MIT Sloan Management Review Lynda Gratton December 14, 2021 https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/why-its-so-hard-to-keep-and-recruit-employees-right-now/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sm-direct In a webinar I conducted in... — read more
When Strategy Walks Out the Door
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/when-strategy-walks-out-the-door/?social_token=70aa2a3ee330adb093efb239374d23e0&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sm-direct MIT Sloan Management Review It’s ironic that companies often spend... — read more
Upstream RTD formerly URC - worst example of behavior
A post about UIS/RTD (formerly known as Upstream Research Company - URC) was recently deleted due to the lowly intervention of management minions. It correctly pointed out RTD/URC and Upstream's very disingenuous and incompetent presidents and other... — read more
GSC LT Gratitude Message
Gotta love GSC LT high-fiving one another on a great year while at the same time attrition is crazy high and raises were total cr-p for the same individuals they enthusiasticly praise. Corporate America at its best.
Chevron, BNSF, and Caterpillar Trumps ExxonMobil in Partnership for Sustainabie Transportation
Caterpillar, BNSF and Chevron Agree to Pursue Hydrogen Locomotive Demonstration https://www.chevron.com/stories/caterpillar-bnsf-and-chevron-agree-to-pursue-hydrogen-locomotive-demonstration DEERFIELD, Ill/ FORT WORTH, Tex./SAN RAMON, Calif., Dec... — read more
Executive pay - Is it worth it
ExxonMobil always keep dangling the Executive Compensation carrot in front of CL28/29 with recent communications that the number will be reduced significantly. Can any demystify the executive compensation - looking at say the CL30-34 range.
How to find a headhunter
Taking the first steps to considering life beyond EM. I am looking at jobs on LinkedIn and all that but would love to work with a human on the job hunt. Does anyone have any recommendations for head hunters to reach out to our how to find one in the... — read more
10/29/2021 ExxonMobil Plans $10B Stock Buyback
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/exxonmobil-xom-tops-q3-earnings-estimates-plans-%2410b-buyback-2021-10-29
Vague titles
I only have a few years with the company and It’s not clear to me what exactly do the majority of the Advisors and Planners do?
EMIT Raises = Disappointed
IT has worked so hard over the past two years to keep this ship floating despite Execs shovelling in water. Long hours, afterhours work, and doing the jobs of multiple people. Raises for USA EMIT workers was hardly nothing while the company prints... — read more
MSP
If all the work need to be done by MSP what I am suppose to do? Approve Timesheet only? Why they hire engineer for such job that can be done by anyone.
January 2022 plans
Setting up to share a thread about your wishes and plans. I will stay first while working on my exit plan. Hopefully I can secure job offer by March 2022 so that they need to figure out another candidate for NI/NSI; was ranked Good in this cycle — read more
Union
Time to unionize?
Hilcorp $100k ($75k bonus + $25k donation), Devon $10k bonus, ExxonMobil $0
Hilcorp employees in line for $75,000 bonuses after meeting multi-year goals By DAVID WETHE on 12/12/2021 HOUSTON (Bloomberg) --Oil driller Hilcorp Energy Co. is lavishing $75,000 bonuses on employees as reward for reaching multi-year expansion and... — read more