I guess workers at campus aren’t allowed to consider unionization. Good luck to everyone, shame.
Such a lack of transparency
When did XOM management become so cowardly? No transparency whatsoever. Are they afraid we'd all up and leave at the same time if they're honest with us about what's going on with the company? I truly wish it was that easy to leave, but we all know... — read more
PIP with performance reviews
I heard ExxonMobil will stop associating PIP with annual performance reviews (ranking). Does anyone no if there is any truth to this?
The company has only itself to blame for the toxic culture
This certainly... — read more
Retiring
Just turned 55 and decided to retire after 25 years. Six years salaried. Enjoyed my time working for ExxonMobil until COVID. I know the COVID layoffs exposed the bad parts of the ranking system. Hopefully corporate sees this and will make things... — read more
Downstream technical career- refinery and Emtech
I am an experienced hire new to exxon interested only in technical career. Would like to hear your thoughts about technical careers in the refineries and the spring campus. How difficult is it to succesd and make it into some of the senior positions... — read more
Can someone explain CL and potential?
New hire here trying to understand this hidden information what is executive level CL? And equivalent positions? what is senior executive level CL? And equivalent positions? what is the average years worked to get to CL26 and position? ... — read more
Production Engineer role in BTC
I have been seeing the same production engineer role for BTC getting reposted multiple times on LinkedIn. How many engineers are the recruiting?
API sues EPA over requirements for EVs
I just read an incredibly bias article about that lawsuit. EPA requiring 56% cars be electric by 2032 is an outrageous overstepping of its authority yet that article is extremely bias towards EPA being justified to stop planet warming emissions. ... — read more
What pay range is CL28?
Are RSU granted at this CL?
Threads on RTO/WFH keep getting nuked. What gives?
Are we all doing something wrong by discussing this? I didn’t see anything rude or profane on the latest thread that was removed.
California and Hawaii suing oil companies
To respect the states suing oil companies, all oil company products should not be made, sold, or imported into any state suing oil companies. Continued use of oil products by those states is full admission that oil benefits outweigh the... — read more
Clinton relo package
How is it for people who need to sell their house in NJ and rent/buy in Houston
What a concept!
https://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/11/pharmaceutical-giant-bayer-ceo-bill-anderson-rid-bosses-staff-self-organize-save-2-billion/
What’s going on in Finance
It’s pretty clear to me Finance is dying. Already have seen so many jobs migrated overseas. It’s cheaper and just as educated population overseas. No doubt more is coming. So many external hires at the top in finance also makes me think the... — read more
Middle Management Perpetuates Toxic Environment
It’s been my observation that a big problem with the toxic environment is middle management and supervisors. They left the career path that developed marketable skills long ago and/or never did have them so they jumped on the management merry go... — read more
Attendance Dashboard
Well it's here. There is now a dashboard that tracks if you are on vacation, coming in, or "other absence" aka working from home. "Workplace Insights Public: My Organization Details"
Clinton Resignations
How many people have already quit in the last few weeks and how many have made house hunting trips to the Houston area?
People Conflicted Working For Exxon Mobil
I’ve notice a trend that more and more people working for Exxon Mobil basically hate everything the company does from a social and environmental view. It seems that many try to publicly justify this by saying they are working to bring about change... — read more
Would you be as upset if jobs were being sent to, say, Scandinavia?
I thought I’d ask because I’m personally convinced that the main problem most of you have with outsourcing to India is the fact that the median Indian is some shade of brown. Considering that most of you seem to reside in Texas I just put 2 & 2... — read more
PIL
How does PIL together with retirement work.
When will we hear about rank results?
I am waiting for rank result to update my LinkedIn status
Clinton closure- NJ mandated severance pay?
https://www.nj.gov/labor/employer-services/warn/ IMPORTANT UPDATE: There are changes to the law effective April 10, 2023. In the event of mass layoffs and closings, employers should browse this page to understand their responsibilities to their... — read more
How many BTC personnel at US Sites?
I see a shocking number of BTC personnel on Campus and at refineries in the US. I have worked with several BTC folks directly and I fully understand the Company’s effort to give them more experience. Problem is that every one of the BTC folks on... — read more
Industry Acquisitions - ConocoPhillips/Marathon and Chevron/Hess
There have been 2 major acquisitions in the industry in the last week with ConocoPhillips just announcing acquisition of Marathon Petroleum and Chevron purchasing Hess Oil. These plays not only strengthen reserves but look to leverage downstream... — read more
Subsurface townhall feedback
What did you think of that clown show?
Where do we see our CL level
I just started. Where do I look to find the CL level or is that something that HR tells me at some point ?
What are the % for each ranking?
OWD O E VG G NI NSI
Are expat moves still worth it?
Asking for a friend. Financially - with or without family Professionally - career development Longevity - career survival
Clinton move prep
So the initial equipment checklists are done, with tagging for relocation now being done. Game plan is then June through September for survey teams to further review the tagged equipment with staff. I don't know, but this sounds like a faster... — read more
Good Article on Exxon/Chevron/Hess
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/an-oil-patch-brawl-over-a-53-billion-megadeal-entwines-the-legacies-of-three-ceos/ar-BB1n6kWU?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds
Has DWW ruined our relationship with Chevron
We are competitors but partners in Kazahkstan and Australia with Chevron. Has Darren’s compete to win anger sc--wed our relationship; wouldn’t it have been good to have Chevron there with us vs against us?
BTC vs KLTC
Is the end game one Tech center to stay ? Why do we need 2 ?
WAEM Survey in a nutshell (from Work Chronicles)
Manager: The latest employee engagement survey is in. Manager: There's a big decrease in employee satisfaction since I became the manager. Manager: So I need 5 initiatives on how are you going to fix this by next... — read more
BTC recruitment process su-ks!
Interviewed for a role in BTC. Had the first round which was supposed to be a "technical round" and was hardly technical. The next round was even worse where the questions were vague and very generic. Cleared both the rounds and still there was no... — read more
Getting the desperate vote for Darren
Love the desperate vote for Darren page within the intranet. Is he getting nervous. Should he be nervous. Let’s all vote against him
Advice to Exxons
Prepare to be PIPed. What Pioneer staff remains will eat your lunch. Even if it’s not free. Lucky for you the best have departed already. Unlucky for you we can do in a day what you can do in two weeks. We cannot wait to play dirty politics. Buckle... — read more
Survey, lack of participation?
Multiple emails today from management indicating a low participation rate ,by department , regarding the WAEM survey with “encouragement” for the teams to participate. Gotta love it…
Advice to Pioneers
EM has never added efficiency to any company that it has purchased. Get ready to explain every little piece of logic to your new EM Boss. Verbally explaining will not be sufficient, a PowerPoint One-Pager is required every time. Your typical 5... — read more