I have been looking for a new job for almost 5 months now. I'm already getting a little worried that I'll have to stay here for a long time, but I don't want to accept a smaller pay just to get out of here. Who is still here just because they... —  read more 

How many APC employees that moved to West Texas after the pay cuts actually received all of their wages back including their upkick that was part of your wages back from OPC?

Why so quiet lately? Is it because you have been told that anyone caught posting will loose their bonus? Or is everyone happy with all that is going on.

I have lived in Houston and surrounding areas since 1980 and I have never seen so much crime In Houston as there is these days. If you watch the news there is a road rage shooting almost daily, and even around the Greenway office there has been more... —  read more 

Oxy has become a complete mess. The company is so disorganized that I really don't know how anyone can have hopes that anything will change for the better here. In addition, there is a culture of blame here. Managers don't seem to care that... —  read more 

I'm thinking about quitting but I'm worried that the grass might not always be as greener as it might seem at first.

To many meetings is tiring, highly stressful and takes away from productivity and quality of work. I really don't see the point of so many meetings which are mostly badly run and lack clear purpose. After each such meeting, I feel like I don't... —  read more 

I’m at a major right now and we’ve had a moderate level of people under 35 move on (or get moved on). These were ‘engineers’ who didn’t know how separators or heater treaters worked, didn’t know a gate valve from a ball valve or what the difference... —  read more 

Today I saw a pop up message on my phone regarding allowing Company Portal (I checked it to be Intune app) to track location. I wonder what is the purpose of knowing location for this company app.

If the vaccinated can still get and spread covid (which they can) then why in the OSHA mandate are the unvaccinated the only ones who have to wear masks and test weekly?

What a beautiful game!

Specifically if you are in finance

Have any of you noticed differences in managers younger than 50 and managers over 50? I have and am curious to other’s observations and experiences.

Let’s just say that overall I don’t have too many complaints, I’m happy with how much I’m paid, but my priorities have changed and I need more work/ life balance. I would like to dedicate myself more to my family, but the offers I received mean... —  read more 

This industry is just too volatile and with all the climate change talk, who is thinking of leaving? It sounds like VH isn’t planning to give bonuses any better than any normal year despite record profits for the company. Just doesn’t seem right to... —  read more 

A lot of people I know are angry at the younger generations for being quick to quit their jobs and leave for greener pastures but I can't find any fault in that. The time when a person was rewarded for making their career in one place is gone. The... —  read more 

There's no winning here. I don't know if this is a company-wide issue or if it's specifically my team issue but to say we're overworked would be an understatement. I make sure to stay on top of my work and finish everything in time but it's become... —  read more 

Why do you stay at Oxy? What would you say to convince someone to stay rather than looking elsewhere? Or why are you considering leaving?

For a while I thought all my colleagues would leave. No one has given notice for a long time now. Is it that most of those who intended to leave have already left, or do some still intend to leave after the New Year's?

Well, apparently Oxy is joining the “forced vaccine” crowd. I received word yesterday that we have until March 4 to become fully vaccinated. It isn't the entire company, just our department. Curious if this is going on anywhere else here.

Thought?

While this is true of many large companies, I don’t believe there are many large companies that are more disorganized and dysfunctional than this one. That’s my opinion, but perhaps someone disagrees that this is a disorganized company? —  read more 

What did you all think?

It’s been 2 years since most of the APC crowd left due to the COC. As one of those, I’m interested in returning once my 24 months is up. How welcome would those who left on good terms be? Happy, Indifferent, or Hostile since they were gone when the... —  read more 

With the omicron variant likely being in the US now, and it's ability to bypass the vaccine, do you think we'll go back to working from home again?

A Japanese company and a North American company decided to have a canoe race on the St. Lawrence River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The North... —  read more 

At first, I was annoyed by the person who made sure that everyone knew about everything he did, no matter how minimal it was. I think people like that put more effort into publicizing these daily “achievements” of theirs than into the work itself... —  read more 

Now that Oxy staff on this board are denying the fact that Piper Alpha happened, denying the fact Gas line explosions, Libya illegal corruption and North Dakota billion dollar losses happened under the companies watch, as well as all the other things... —  read more 

A generous bonus might be able to improve my mood a bit and keep me in Oxy for a while longer. Does anyone know anything about the bonus this year?

Asking for tips to get promoted. I heard at least 5 years in one GL to move to the next one, is that true? I am willing to do whatever to get the move to next level.

It is amazing what the tech job market is like right now. I was just a kid during the dot com bo-m in the 90's, but it feels like it's approaching that. A lot of technology companies became mega rich(er) in the last 2 years, and now that everybody is... —  read more 

Make a prediction and tell us what you think about Occidental Petroleum layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

Explain how direct air capture makes money? Just a question and nothing implied.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/occidental-oil-hedge-racks-losses-204124514.html

Are you better men?

The incompetence is staggering

Colorado and Denver are having a huge spike in Covid infections. Yet we are returning to the office. Back in August, when Texas was spiking everyone got sent home. Seems odd.

Stock is tanking today. Maybe the analysts found out our 3Q results are not going to be as good as expected.

I can’t wait to see my coworkers…….not. I’m fully expecting next week to be a ton of meetings on Microsoft Teams. Which could have happened from home.

From Wood MacKenzie: “The agreed sale price of US$750 million is significantly lower than TotalEnergies' US$2.5 billion offer to Oxy back in May 2019, before that deal fell through”. Another brilliant deal.