Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

Canada fired 120 people yesterday.

Ladies and Gentlemen keeping up with the flavor of the posts here, the decisions of who they kept and who the fired made no sense. To be honest I should have been let go in my group. Several of the people had much more experience and education than me. I was quiet and kept to myself and interviewed as I thought I was done. Me not being engaged kept me employed. In Canada the oil field is SLOW SLOW SLOW.

I have no clue what to do in my new position. Do you think I will ask? Nope. I will just be quiet collect my paycheck and go home. They put me in a project team? I am a technical person. I have a doctorate degree and have no understanding of project execution. But guess what I am in charge of it????

I did not even apply for that position?

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Comment! It's anonymous!

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Post 113932 is a great example of why the company fails. As a stockholder I find it disconcerting.

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To the original poster - I know it's more fun and cathartic to fume and rant about what morons management are and how they have trouble finding their way to work each morning, but consider another possibility. Maybe the decision makers think you are good at what you do and show potential and don't want to lose you. Perhaps, just perhaps, it's a COMPLIMENT! Maybe they thought that you had more potential to do this job well than the other possibilities, despite your lack of experience in this area. If you really think you shouldn't have this job, go tell your boss. I'm sure he/she would be happy to put you out on the street and give it to someone else who is now without a job. Since I think the real problem is that you're frustrated and mentally unprepared for the change, and perhaps suffering a bit of "survivor's guilt", take a day or two to get used to the idea then use the skills you developed in learning new stuff while you were doing your phd work to start figuring out how to do your new job. BTW, I'm not management, never have been, never will be, and I have a phd too. I've always been technical but have been placed (twice) by others my into jobs that weren't on my radar screen, for which I had no experience and that I had to learn from scratch. Both times, it was nerve-wracking, but turned out well in the end. Good luck.

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I know this sounds unbelievable but its true. Stay out of any negativity. Do not worry about results. Results will piss someone off. Be nice to management. tell them they are GREAT. I have never done project work. NO EXPERIENCE I am on the G&G side. I let my ego get to me and thought it was my Ivy League Degrees. But no one knew where I went to school so I know they did not look at My GO-400.

From the sounds of the Pennsylvania BU it's truly keep your head down and smile and say everything is great.

The good thing is that this ROM is so bad senior management will get removed. I think we all see the potential with the right leadership.

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thanks for sharing info. Have you been busy with projects before?I thought they may let idle people go, especially high pay , but no work to do..

to your points, what is the best way to survive?

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thanks for sharing info. Have you been busy with projects before?I thought they may let idle people go, especially high pay , but no work to do..

to your points, what is the best way to survive?

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