Is it by end of 2025? Heard most people will move mid 2025. Also, heard the percentage of people choose to move are surprisingly high, like 80% of eligibles
Is Exxon ever going to get less stressful?
I honestly don't know how much more of this I can handle. I've been here for a little over a year and things just seem to keep piling up, with no end in sight. Every day feels more chaotic than the last. Is it ever going to ease up, or is this the... — read more
Sanity check
The COVID aftermath and Putin's "special operation" in Ukraine sent oil and gas prices soaring. I distinctly recall DW and others like MW from Chevron on MSNBC claiming the profits were due to performance improvements. They also promised "new... — read more
health insurance in January
What is the new health (medical) insurance in January? Is it going to be worse?
Drive to return employees to the office is...about control, visibility
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4869666-office-death-wells-fargo/ Couldn't agree more!!
Effectively handling offshoring
If you are worried about offshoring, then intentionally sabotaging your peers from India, etc is the wrong way to try and handle the issue. It just makes you look bad when you're caught. Kudos to the person who keeps posting about contacting US Govt... — read more
Opportunities Outside XOM???
I’m an experienced hire (>10 YOE) in the Upstream Exxon Company. It’s absolutely wild to me how soooo many people at XOM love to complain about their jobs/managers etc etc and yet they do nothing about it. People here have drank sooo much koolaid... — read more
Interview question: Why do you want to leave EM?
When you are asked the reason you leave Exxon, what do you say?
Does a technical career path still exist?
I chose the technical path, but I’m starting to have second thoughts due to the increasing amount of technical outsourcing I’m seeing. It’s making me anxious about the future and the opportunities available in this field. I’m also uncertain about... — read more
Worst Career Advice
What are the worst advice you received from your performance assessments? I had a supervisor who happened to be at least a decade younger give me career advice. It was ludicrous. He told me that I need to fake it ‘til I make it. It seems that was... — read more
Mr. LCS WFH
Apparently DA WFH in his Florida home every Friday. Hey DA didn't you listen to all the forums? That's a pattern that's not allowed per HR. Get it together DW and get rid of this clown already
Slow down
I stopped giving a damn years back and grinding non-stop. These days, no one really cares how hard you're busting your a-s - it doesn't help you at all. Just play along with the latest programs and you'll be fine. Do your job decently without burning... — read more
Kiss me I am NRE. Post your journey or story. Relax as we are almost free.
Ok I am NRE a proud of it. When I paid my house of that was the first freedom because if I got piped I could still make it on my wife's salary. I was never ranked below good before 50 and then suddenly things changed. I am now cruising by alternating... — read more
If you wanted to change companies, where would you apply?
Seeing what's going on with Shell, and with oil and gas companies in general making cuts and layoffs despite record earnings last year, I am clueless as to where it would make sense to apply. It seems that everybody is offshoring as well. I’ve been... — read more
Have you ever been ranked by someone in your CL or lower? Not good.
Years ago I was always ranked and rated by supervisors with higher CLs than myself. It was good because they were not in competition with me. That all changed a few years ago for the worst. I was knocked down because I was a threat to the... — read more
Outsourcing strategy
How many on the MC and LCMs are actually American? For XOM being an American company, it is mostly run by non-Americans. And we wonder why XOM is outsourcing so much.
Peak of technical career at exxon
Does anyone know how much a chief in EMTEC can make? Of course cl, yee, etc will determine this but curious it you think 700k range is possible. Any information on this or confirmed max salary info on this would be very interesting
Can Exxon stop rewarding low performers?
Not only do they nearly always manage to get away with it, but instead of being fired, they get sidelined and their work often gets dumped on the rest of us. Ultimately, they get paid for doing nothing and we are punished for being reliable and... — read more
White Collar Recession
https://www.kornferry.com/insights/this-week-in-leadership/more-evidence-of-a-white-collar-recession More evidence that white collar jobs are disappearing and moving overseas.
Supervisors and managers playbook. See if it comes true for you.
Ok I was recently called into the supervisors office. I was told in order to improve and move up in ranking I would have to work on skills unrelated to my current job. I thought how nice of them to be honest with me about how I was doing. They were... — read more
There is no escape oil is dead and outsourced.
Ok we all know exxon s ucks with its bad management and unfair ranking system. So if you are like me you are planning your escape. If your not you had better be. Ok so where to go after retirement, piping or quiting ? Shell is laying off 20% and I... — read more
Goto for the website that tracks attendance?
Want to see if I’m allowed to work from home tomorrow or not.
Raises
Anyone know what expected raises are for CL and rank?
CL Progression (Finance)
I am a CL 24 in Finance. Those farther along, about how many years did it take you to advance to CL 25, 26, 27, ect?
Mohnish Pabrai on EM, OXY and Buffet
One time, I was talking to (Charlie Munger) and he mentioned that he would love to have an investment in Exxon if he could get a commitment from the management that they would do no more cap-ex and they would simply run all the oil fields with the... — read more
Exxon seeks to sell conventional permian
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exxon-seeks-sell-conventional-permian-164845148.html
Why all the Exxon hate?
Im not sure what is going on with all the bad comments and posts about Exxon mobil. Im sure there are some issues but issues exist everywhere. I speak for myself attempting to land a job with exxon mobil baytown as we speak. I pray and look at my... — read more
Timeline for Clinton move to Baytown
Anyone have an idea if there is a timeline or deadline for the Clinton employees to make the move to Baytown? Any idea as to who will get the option to move?
Finance restructure
What do you know about it?
How bad is “Good”?
How bad is it to rank Good?
I’m sorry what?! Someone needs to study this man…
That’s a new level of a-s kissing that I didn’t think was possible… Article title: “ I picked Baton Rouge over New York or L.A. after earning an MIT engineering degree—and am loving its genuine sense of... — read more
Someone should write a tell all book about exxon. It would be a comedic tragedy.
We all have some stories about the lunacy and dysfunction at exxon. There should be a guide book on how to navigate the insanity at exxon. A cliffs note guide to exxon or an id--ts guide to working at exxon. Tips like not to trust anyone and don t be... — read more
Lean project.
Hear me out: some Spring nerd does a company wide study on the cost of your computer taking 20 minutes to boot up every time. They figure out that it's probably in the billions. We all live happily ever after. Well those of us that aren't exported to... — read more
Some supervisor s are clueless. They try to bully us.
My new supervisor is literally clueless with me. They do not know my exact age or care. I was threatened with a lower ranking for next year if I did not improve. They even mentioned firing and they could do it. The supervisor is a young newer... — read more
Is the pension projection in Alight correct?
See a difference of pension payout from 1.6%yr of serviceaverage of highest 3 years of service formula vs what is shown in alight, the scenario used in this projection was 65 yrs (there should not be a social security offset at that point) when I... — read more
CL raise for SLS role
I am currently a CL 25 in the R Lead role, with my next role being TSLS in October this year. I was assessed in 'Very Good,' while last year, I assessed in 'Excellent' category. Given that my average assessment is 'Very Good,' is it still possible to... — read more