#career

Management keeps saying how they cannot get any Americans to work in the Permian but then those who want to work in then Permian are told their career is limited and ranked poorly for not being mobile. WTF?

Seeking guidance from folks who quit and moved on to other opportunities. I assume you must have done some financial due diligence on your monthly expenses, found something that meets or tops it. However what other housekeeping activities did you do, in order to not look back at T or scavenging for info from T’s internal websites.

Telecom used to be the kind of industry where you could build a career and retire from it, especially for engineers in RF, Systems and Networking. When many of us started out years ago, we accepted that trade-off: other fields might pay more, but telecom offered stability as long as you did your job well and stayed sharp. That sense of security is gone now. With the field clearly in decline, there’s really no reason for engineers to stay, or to encourage the next generation to work hard just to become one.

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• Carpenter
• Welder
• Pipefitter
• Millwright
• Firefighter
• Police officer
• Paramedic
• Physical therapist
• Occupational therapist
• Speech therapist

How many people got an email this week about the restructuring of the titling system…. And how many were a demotion? My guess is all of them.

I was hired on and the future was bright.
High salary, good options, good bonus. Lighter work load but very interesting work.
That became the status quo for the first 2.5 years.
Then onto a project that had legs but should have been completed in half the time.
The excuse in length was, don't #$%@ up the brand. Valid but the program still took entirely too long.
All the time the better than avg salary/options/bonus arrived.

The next 4 years flew by but the work was not mentally stimulating. In the back of my head I knew I should leave to stay sharp but those golden handcuffs kept me.

The last 2.5 years have been terrible, still a great pay package but at this point in a career there needs to be more. There is not.

No bright future for the company, no groundbreaking tech to boost a new footwear line.

Just backstabbing and cliche high school atmosphere which does not fly in the FAANG corporations in which i have previously worked for.

Its a shame as I loved Nike in those early years and would have bent over backwards to forward the corporate agenda.

I'll stay but no longer have that fire.
Too many VPs to count and absolutely no clue what some do. How a corporation can justify the cost of VPs that barely contribute but a slide deck now and then. Slide decks do not keep the lights on.

Nike is down, Portland downtown is down, that 2016 vibe is long gone.

I am just planning to milk the Nike te-t until my day arrives. It eventually will.

People will say then just leave. Not a chance in this Portland job market. My family would take a hit and that is not happening.

Here's one guy's take on this move vs. don't move.

ACCEPT:

If you are a L2 or L3 with little or no experience outside of AT&T. As in, you joined out of high school, military service, incomplete college, or an online degree
If you are in a role/job title in which you do not meet the minimum qualifications. As in, AT&T calls you a PM but you have never actually managed a project or if they call you an engineer but lack the qualifications to work on a L1 NOC.
If your role recommends an advanced degree but you never completed the undergrad.
If your 'industry experience' means that you are familiar with most of AT&T's products.
If you feel that your job at AT&T challenges your mental abilities.
Or, the inverse - If you feel that AT&T is a cake job and you feel like you get paid for doing nothing.
If you accidentally/purposefully took credit for work or ideas that weren't actually yours.
Finally, if you believe that losing your job at AT&T would make you unemployable at the salary that AT&T has shackled you with.
If you answer yes to any of those, you should consider relo. You are the kind of person AT&T wants.

REJECT:

If you have at least 1 prior position working in your chosen field with 3+ years of experience prior to AT&T.
If your supervisor has ever disparaged formal education or prior experience.
If you do not feel challenged by your role and consider that to be a 'bad thing'.
If the idea of fighting for office space reminds you of being back in kindergarten.
If you're tired of having to explain technology basics to your coworkers and managers.
If you feel that AT&T puts dividend checks before employees or customers.
If you're tired of hearing the story about that time your id--t director almost played a significant role in that billion dollar startup.
If you're tired of inept leaders who frequently remind you that Bill Gates, Michael Dell, and Steve Jobs didn't have college degrees all while they rely on chatgpt to make up for their 8th grade writing skills.
If you are competent, confident, and employable.
If you answer Yes to most of these, you should hit the REJECT button. Take the package, brush up on soft skills. Practice interviews without using "AT&T" in every answer. Don't talk to your leadership any more than you have to. You aren't under any obligation to train your replacement. "I support my team and my customers" is a perfectly reasonable answer. If your director or VP can't explain what you're working on, tough luck, buddy. Guess that's another thing you don't have in common with Dell or Zuck.

Just remember, if you are willing to let your employer dictate your very life, you are EXACTLY the person THEY are looking for. Make no mistake, you aren't valuable to them. Just the opposite, you are a peg to fill a hole. You are table stakes. And yes, you can be L3, L4, or higher and still be table stakes. Need I remind you of our engineering SVPs who clearly weren't technical but they fit a particular hole for a period of time.

I've made my decision. I hope this helps you make yours.

What would you tell your excited and full-of-hope self?

Laid off 6 months ago and so far all I’ve heard through my applications and recruiters is that their experience with former SS&C employees have not been good.

Not my fault that 3/4 of the company are subpar offshore & H1B employees that fail to practice even the most basic software standards that anyone would learn from a freshman level undergraduate course.

Worse for me considering this has been my only experience since graduating. Worse for SS&C considering me with no other experience other than a bachelors degree has more knowledge than supposed “senior” engineers.

Fun fact, if you’re a senior engineer than maybe you should know your database issue that your team has been working on for 4 months is because you guys somehow decided to put whitespaces in the column names which we’ve been trying to tell you is a horrible practice

What does everyone think of this ridiculous week of career expo training? My only goal at this point is to not lose my job - forget about all of this BS!

Recently things have been looking up for me. I had a bad run at Oracle. Was sabotaged along the way and eventually left when others were getting credit for the work I did. It's a bad place to work.

After leaving I had time to think about what had happened at the company. I posted several things on this site thinking that I might be able to warn some people who were still there. Perhaps some of that got through, perhaps not. It's difficult to tell what the result of that was, except for the harassment that ensued from trying to warn others.

But, I find that that harassment has a silver lining to it. I have learned a great deal about what was done to me and also about the people who were involved in it all. Over the years I have learned more about others who are associates of those people.

I have also learned a great deal about how they manipulate people, both at the company and elsewhere.

And in the past few years, after leaving the company, I have found that there are others, probably not in their network, who are using the same set of skills as they were. It has become very easy for me to pick these people out, as they all look for the same things and all function in the same way. Trivial really, once you know what they do and what to look for.

I have done some studying of my own, lots of DVDs, etc on the subject are available. I find it very interesting, although, I probably would not have pursued it without the steady stream of harassment that has come my way.

Recently, I have created a list of others that I have found with similar skills. Seems like everyone, really. It's really an epidemic although most people are unaware of it.

I have decided to pursue my list.

I am hoping that as I produce information on each one in turn, I will be able to share that with authorities and hopefully gain the trust of authorities with my skill in exposing those who manipulate people in this way.

I think it can be done, and really, these people have left me no other alternative.

I start this week and am really looking forward to it. No money involved, but there is knowing that I am helping others and that is very important to me. Maybe a couple of books might come out of it? Who knows?

Good luck to everyone.

Look, I'm over fifty and I've seen the cycles here. You bust your gut for years, hit your targets, and then watch rounds of layoffs target the highest pay brackets anyway. It really makes you question why you should pour extra energy into a place that seems to value your cost over your contribution. Frankly, most of us at this stage are protecting our energy and just meeting expectations while we plan. It’s hard to stay motivated with that hanging over you.

After being here a few years myself, I'm curious about the perspective of people who joined more recently. Do you view Chevron as a company where you can genuinely build a lasting career? I think the expectations are just different now than they used to be.

I've decided to accept another offer, even though the pay is a bit less for now (10%). Staying here just waiting for a potential severance package is costing me my peace of mind. I need to work somewhere with better structure and respect. My self-respect is worth more than a future payout.

Do you enjoy your actual role and what you do for the bank

Get that resume updated for anything that's coming up sooner than expected..

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I got offered a job in a small startup. Less than 30 employees. They're doing great right now, and the offer is really good, but I'm so worried. While job security here is an issue, with startups the whole company can go under in a heartbeat. I have no idea what to do.

You stayed at dell to long and you working for a company like Dell never turns in anyone’s favor unlike if you worked for a company like tootsie roll who takes care of there people like family

To those who choose to stay, good luck for the next 5 years until this sh&! Show starts all over again.

Have been at Nike for 1 year only I beg you all please don't write anything negative on thisnpost.... Send me positive thoughts. OK, so it has been quite sometime that my higher manager has been casually discussing converting my role to an IC role paid by hour!!!! That means saying goodbye to my health insurance, and monthly stability as my income would be based on whatever number of hours I will be needed.....
I am freaking out! I am a single mom with3 kids.... Now all of a sudden I got an email that my manager wants to speak to me about this transition to IC tomorrow... It is decided... what if it is just for one or 2 months until I finish my current workload and then suddenly there will be no more hours????¿ please keep me in your prayers tonight and yes I am so lonely I did not have anyone else to turn to to vent...

The biggest reason people doesn’t trust management is we can see with our own eyes what they tell us isn’t true. We work better in person- sure, me sitting alone in a cubicle trying to make sure I click a button a certain undefined number of times is so much better. Indians are our equal partners - sure when I fix something for the tenth time and the guy in Bangalore has no consequences it’s so true. So why would I believe it when they say WFC is a place to build a career when all I see are layoffs?

For the past decade, each year has been progressively worse than the previous one. And 2025 was already really, really bad. I don't dare think about what we might expect from this one. I've been praying for a new job, but having zero luck, so I guess I'll be forced to find out anyhow.

I've seen a pattern recently where several former coworkers who left a while ago for what they thought were better jobs are now quietly reaching out, asking about coming back. Their new roles had hidden problems, worse culture, or just didn't live up to the promise. It's made me think twice about my own plans to leave. Before you jump ship for something that looks better, it might be worth talking to people who've actually made the move. As bad as it is here, the reality can be very different from the offer letter.

After eight interviews, one of which went for five rounds, I still have nothing. I’m starting to develop a complex.

Career development feels like an afterthought at SAP. Whether you advance or not comes down entirely to whatever your manager feels like that week. It’s exhausting and discouraging when your effort doesn’t even guarantee a chance to grow. I need a new job ASAP.

I had a great talk with family over the holidays about my career.

I'm fixing to move on outside of firm as this place stresses me out to much. I'm not waiting around for a new LP offering; VSP or ISP.

I’m exhausted and nowhere near retirement. Leaving feels impossible after investing this much time, but staying isn’t easy either. Sometimes I wish the decision would just be made for me.

Have a buddy starting there as a college hire

I have a job offer that pays about 10% lesser than Honeywell in a Tier 2 company. In Honeywell, the world around me is crumbling with key functions non existent, R&D dying, and daily churn in leadership. However, for me, I have been nominated to a few leadership development programs for whatever that is worth. It might mean I survive the next round of layoffs but maybe not the one after that. If I leave now, I give up my MIP. Is it time for me to leave? Will I regret leaving or staying?

I work in downstream engineering. The company Im interviewing with is in commodities trading. I’m not positive if I want this potential job or not, but I do want to do the interview and evaluate the potential offer. But for some reason I have this nagging that Exxon will fire me for looking at other jobs. Is that true or am I just being anxious?

Treat your job as a lease, not a mortgage nothing is guaranteed. You’re given a space to contribute, and in return, you receive compensation. I’ve been there nearly 30 years, and that’s how I’ve always approached my role. This mindset helps you keep your sanity, and when you’re no longer needed, you can pack up, move on, and find something new and challenging.

No raise for me this year which is not unique but has me wondering if adjusted for inflation I have maxed out?

This has always been a job. If you are lucky enough to move up the ranks good for you. I always put in the time to get my work done and if that included extra time occasionally so be it. However if I got my tasks done at 4:59 I was signed out at 5.

I've only been here for a few months, and a fantastic opportunity at another firm just landed in my lap. With this job market, I know how lucky I am, especially since this is a role I've wanted for years. While my current job is fine, it doesn't compare to this new offer. How bad would it look if I left so soon after joining? Especially long-term on my resume?

Oh looks like he actually just went to be the CSO at Walgreens. Guess he realized high complexity supply chains weren't his calling and he'd rather be back in the consumer commodity world.

I was just laid off by Truist and I think the experience taught me that I don’t want to be in banking. Why would anyone sign up for a career dealing w belittlement and smearing?

I've realized doing excellent work at Citi is frankly an outdated concept. Why exhaust yourself when the real promotion checklist involves laughing at the boss's jokes and volunteering for the flashy, pointless projects? Simply ensure you're the last person they see leaving each night. Productivity is secondary to perfecting the appearance of it.

When I started here, most of my mentors told me this was a great place—pensions, growth potential, the works. Now, everyone who's still left is straight-up telling me to GTFO. The plan seems to be constant reductions. What used to happen every few years is now hitting 2-3 times every 12-18 months."

Oof, that sounds like a classic case of the ship slowly sinking while the band plays on. If the veterans are all yelling "run," it's probably time to listen. Update that resume quietly!