Posts about people leaving their current employer (usually O&G) for a posh job with ideal working conditions and huge pay increases are (at best) unsubstantiated, and can be found on every board on this site.
Reality: The people being shown the door or leaving on their own are mostly men over age 50 with expert knowledge in legacy systems, and the only work they’re finding is of the 1099 type consulting for specific short-duration projects related to those systems. How do I know this? I’m the one receiving the resumes and conducting the interviews. I’m not fooled, nor should anyone else be.