Hello I have 2 years experience as a chemical engineer from college at exxon mostly doing midstream safety engineering, is it wise to leave as a process engineer in say a chemical company like Dow, BASF etc? I wonder what the pros and cons may be. I haven't found many openings yet, but I wonder if that would be a difficult transition. If you have any insight please let me know, please no stupid troll comments. Thanks.
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I agree. I am from EMCC. I am seeing the issues that people here are talking about, but everything seems to be less severe here at EMCC.
for example, from me to our president, there are 4 levels of management, which seems to be less than other parts of the company.
Exxon has a chemical company that is doing well and can always use good safety engineers
@OP: I came from another chemical company to EMCC as a very experienced hire. I don't regret it at all. For now EMCC pays much better than other petrochemical peers. Get to EMCC as soon as you can, stay off the managerial ladder, and continually improve your/learn new skills.
I'd recommend trying one of those Chevron Joint 'DS'/Chemicals outfits, where all the parts are in motion at the same place (possibly down to packaging!).
That's all Chevron will be doing with carbon in the future.
Your safety engineer skills good on the resume, no matter what you do.
Anywhere is better than here.
Chemicals are solid without forced reductions. Very smart people. I highly recommend.
With only 2 years experience, you will still probably be considered a new hire. Therefore, your degree and transcript will probably count just as much as your relevant experience.
That said, read the layoffs boards for those companies too...to get a flavor for the downsides of those companies. All companies have their faults...and you don’t usually figure them out until a year or two in.