ExxonMobil closing Moncton office, 250 jobs to be lost

Shane Magee · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 11, 2025 11:46 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

ExxonMobil is closing its Moncton telephone centre, resulting successful 250 radical losing their jobs by the extremity of 2026.

Employees astatine the multinational lipid company's bureau on Ocean Limited Way in Moncton were informed Wednesday.

According to the provincial government, the jobs astatine the concern enactment centre volition beryllium chopped betwixt June this twelvemonth and December 2026. 

"There are nary plans oregon opportunities for unit redeployment wrong the company," states an email from the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, which was obtained by Radio-Canada.

A spokesperson for the U.S. lipid institution confirmed the closure in a little statement. 

"We've decided to adjacent our Moncton bureau arsenic we absorption connected different planetary concern centers," Michelle Gray, a spokesperson for ExxonMobil, said successful an email Thursday. 

"This determination was not made lightly, and we convey the Moncton workforce for their dedication and service."

The institution didn't accidental what led to the decision. CBC News has asked the institution for much information.

The email from the provincial authorities says the institution is committed to supporting the affected employees and is offering counsellors and benefits. The email besides says the state volition connection further assistance done the WorkingNB portal.

The occupation losses are the latest successful a bid of cuts the institution has made to its workforce successful the province. 

In 2013, it announced the closure of its Saint John office, which affected 210 jobs. The institution said it was consolidating operations successful Moncton. At the time, the institution had 1,100 employees successful the province. 

Hundreds of jobs were affected successful a restructuring successful 2021, Radio-Canada reported.

ExxonMobil opened its archetypal bureau successful New Brunswick successful 1998 with 40 staff.