Thread regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs

@1jw Exactly. They control the pass/fail outcome. Sometimes people get PIPed just to manage salary, raises, and promotions, and they still let them stay. The PIP isn’t about performance; it’s JUST cost control.

I passed a PIP. I had left a toxic group just prior to ranking and that group used me as their PIP sacrifice without losing anyone in their group.

My new Supervisor was great and helped me pass the PIP, but that year there was no target headcount reduction to meet, so everyone theoretically could have passed their PIP.

I would not have been able to pass a PIP if I had stayed under my previous id--t Supervisor.

I have heard that this year their is a target headcount reduction with a specified number of PIP sacrifices that must be reached, even if the Improvement Plan is aced.

@1hz My condolences on being sentenced to another year in toxic culture prison. But the upshot is if you pass the PIP you’ll have 15 years service with no discount on your pension, making it significantly larger. Do the time then run for the door. I hope your service anniversary is early in the year. Good luck!

I’m 60yrs + 14 years of service. Excellent reviews until I hit 60 yrs + 14 yrs of service. Got PIP and told I would get PIP for the rest of my career (1 yr). With that outlook who would try to improve what’s the benefit?

“We are ExxonMobil,” “Compete to win,” “Take initiative,” and of course the legendary “It’s not just what you did, it’s how you did it,” “why‑what‑how” and 360‑degree feedback .......

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.