All companies in the industry seem the same. Too big, bad leadership, fundamentally stagnating and seemingly growing through acquisitions, too frequent layoffs and general disregard for the workforce, increasing overtime, offshoring, toxic work environment, and the list goes on. Differences are superficial. One can maybe slightly improve personal conditions by changing companies, but it’s overall bad. It’s the necessity that conditions our job search, almost never better prospects.
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OP is correct in that major league companies are pretty much the same rubbish, I'm leaving in January to go to a much smaller company that I hope will be hungrier faster fitter leaner and discipline focused at the core, but with decent enough management that own it and so will be driving it's growth in the right ways.
On reflection, I think it's true that EM hasn't been right for at least a decade, but since Woods came in it declined further for the rank and file, significantly so through covid and ever since.
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It seems to me you all are in the same rut. Oil and gas.
What if you diversify and work on skills that are transferrable? If you have the smarts and willing to learn, you can be employable almost anywhere. This assumes you have enough time to pivot to something else. If you don’t, then your options are limited. So hang in there a little longer.
Exxon was the premier company two or three decades ago. It no longer has the same appeal for most young people. It’s a dirty job in an aging industry. Management style is outdated and frankly dysfunctional.
Even if supervisor does not support you upskilling, do it anyway. I did. I paid out of my own pocket to take classes that I needed to do my Exxon job. Burned the midnight oil to do it. Supervisors oblivious and doesn’t have a clue about the work. I gave up on educating them long ago.
I eventually moved into different areas. Got several job offers
Don’t trust anyone with your career and wait for things to happen. You are the master of your own destiny. Change will happen when you least expect it. Make sure you futureproof your career.
How you gonna apply to jobs at chevron? They're about to lay people off.....
Guess what, so are all the other oil companies...
Grass is not greener, just gotta go to the one that has the highest pay tbh and deal with the same bs everywhere
A lot of EM people have been rage-applying to Chevron. Not sure why. Other than that it’s the usual suspects as far as large operating companies around Houston go.
Anyone have ideas of companies worth going to?