Thread regarding ConocoPhillips layoffs

Looks like we've got an AK employee here down voting AK facts. Don't worry snowflake, your time will come...

The rumor is that they will call you on Teams instead of conference room.

Company can get large group mover discounts when Alaska laid off employees move back to
L48 in greater numbers.

Do they actually do security guard escorts? Based on my relationship with my supervisor, I could have seen how I could have been perceived that way, but there was no security guard when I was cut in 2018. In fact, I was free to roam the building and say goodbye to friends, which I did on multiple floors.

On the day of your layoff you will be summoned to a meeting room by your supervisor and an HR representative. The supervisor will say a couple of cold vacant words to you, then leave you to the HR representative, who will take your badge and phone and give you a white envelope and briefly go over the terms of your layoff. You have a certain time to sign and return. If they consider you a threat, a security guard will be there outside to walk you to your car and watch you leave the premises. This happens every 30 minutes. When it starts you will know.

How will COP let employees know whether they will keep their jobs, be laid off, or reassigned? Email? In-person meeting?

Yes, company pays to relocate AK employees back to L48

Question: Is the company required to cover the relocation of laid off Alaska staff back to L48?

if so, it might explain why that BU always seems to come through these layoffs relatively unscathed.

Laid off Alaska staff will have to move back to L48. The economy up there is losing jobs like a dog loses fleas after a flea dip. Company needs to cut as much fat up there as possible, since future projects will have to be shelved.

I don’t intend this to sound cold, but if you are let go don’t restrict your job search to oil and gas. The industry has been shedding jobs since 2015. It’s just a fact that there are fewer and fewer positions, and more and more laid off workers vying for them. Don’t mistakenly believe this is all you know, all you can do, or all anyone would hire you for. While you may get pigeon-holed at your current company, you may need to shatter the false belief that you are equally as pigeon-holed once you leave (escape? 😂) oil and gas.

This advice is probably too late for those who haven't been practicing it, but you should be actively networking during your ENTIRE career, not just when you need a job. I don't know how many times I've received a "cold call" from a old acquaintance or school mate AFTER they've lost their job. These conversations are awkward and unlikely to result in a recommendation compared to someone who stayed in touch during the good times.

This industry is shrinking everyday, and this is definitely not the last layoff at ConocoPhillips, so even if you survive this round, start planing for the next round. As eloquently stated by Louis Pasteur over a hundred years ago, "Chance favors the prepared mind."

Definitely make sure you are connected on LinkedIn with all the people you know at OTHER companies: the people you went to college with, who you worked with at previous companies, who already got of the sinking COP ship, etc. They are your best bets for finding another job, and you never know which one will be the one to help. Sure, connect with everyone currently at COP too, but they won't help you get a job in the short term.

Also, if you are a subsurface type, make sure basin and formation names are in your profile. Companies look for people who already have specific basin experience and use those keywords when searching LinkedIn profiles online.

Depending on what you’re doing, pants down could be a really fun way to go.