Thread regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs

There was a teammate they stuck on a PIP. I’m not even getting into why he was NSI’d. I was asked to “coach” him, I thought sure, I can help. But it became obvious their manager didn’t want coaching; he wanted me to send negative notes and nitpick every tiny thing the guy did. He never said the plan was to fail him, but every action made it obvious.
I have kids, and all I could think was: what if someone treated my kids like this someday? It felt wrong, so I asked to be removed from the whole mess.

Who on here has actually passed a PIP? How low did you have to go? Was it worth your dignity? Do you really see yourself in the same way that your supervisor has put you down? Are you that desparate to succumb to humiliation? If so, you have no confidence or belief in yourself. Don't be subjected to someone else's lies about you. No job is worth your mental and physical well being. Get out as soon as you can, put it behind you and keep on making the positive contributions that you are capable of before it is too late and you end up six feet under. Life is short and having a job that you don't like will make it exponentially shorter.

And if they’ve already decided they don’t want you to pass, the humiliation and psychological torture hit a whole different level. That’s when they drop the corporate mask and show their real selves ...

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

If they put you in the NSI category, the first thing you should ask yourself is why me, and is it actually justified? They never put people they want to keep in that bucket — regardless of their so‑called “performance.” I get that the job market isn’t great, but if you accept a PIP, know that outcome is no longer in your control. And even if they decide to let you pass, you should still be looking for another job.

I’ve been dragged through this sh---y, performative process for years — the kind that rewards brown‑nosing parasites who treat su-king up as a career strategy. I was PIP’d not because of my work, but because they shoved me into the least lucrative assignment and then manufactured a ‘lack of collaboration’ narrative out of gossip from a pack of mean‑girl opportunists desperate to claw their way to the top of the rankings. It wasn’t evaluation — it was orchestrated sabotage.