Too "experienced" for most employers to consider hiring, but years away from retirement. Starting over isn't an option with my savings, so I'm just riding it out, praying I survive the next round of cuts. Nobody tells you how demoralizing it is to hit this point in your career.
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Don't sell yourself short. Whatever opportunity is there you have a choice. Make it the best job ever or the worst.
"too experienced" is code for overpaid. Welcome to the real world.
@dh, you ARE your own greatest resource. Just make sure that someone ELSE is not or others are not YOUR only resource and you'll be fine. If not, you may want to find something you're good at and get a job. Too many of you are used to getting a paycheck for contributing very little. It's obvious.
Chevron will be a monument to quiet quitting that companies will use as an example of what not to do for years to come.
Too many ppl at CVX that don’t do anything. Cuts could’ve easily been 50%
Now those who are always complaining are scared and want to stay because they have realized that no one is going to pay what they earn now. Less pay more work is the outside. Welcome to the real world, your gravy train is over.
@be+1jv3ydde2 Another believer in the Chevron Way, Human Energy and that “people are our greatest resource.” Malarkey!!!
To be honest, I haven’t enjoyed living for what is getting to be quite a while now. I don’t really see the point of it’s only going to get harder.
Yes I’m very regretful I chose the Landman profession it pays decent but I’m trapped.
Thank you! Lots of us feel the same way. It su-ks but it is what it is. Ignore the others who are callously posting. Just take it a step at a time.
Seriously. Is this is the thought process of some of you employees? No wonder you're getting cut.
"The lack of empathy on this site is typical of why this company is going into the toilet so quick."
Had been feeling the same way, and I know this sounds cliche, but start focusing on your health as intently as you do your work. Take exercise and eat well as much as you can fit it into your schedule. I had been neglecting this for years until the start of this year. Whether or not I have a future with CVX, I’ll at least have a healthier me to figure out a path forward.
@ax+1jv3ydde2 You must have experience trying to overcompensate “down there” since you sound like a di-k.
The lack of empathy on this site is typical of why this company is going into the toilet so quick.
Overcompensated and now the panic is setting in…
Man up, learn something, and add some value.
Pushies (in Sean Connery’s accent)
Totally know how you feel . This is the highest PSG and salary I have ever achieved yet I feel so lost , depressed and anxious . How did it turn out like this? Where did the human energy go …
Here, here.
Hard to believe this is real. Hard to believe it’s just the start.
I work 12-16 hours a day on my job, side hustles, trying pick up skills, applying for jobs I don’t even get interviews from. I’m so sad.
I completely understand