Since it’s fairly common knowledge in our industry that the “lower 10% of employees“ and the older generations of people are the ones that get hit by the layoffs, does anyone think that actually hurts our ability to find employment post-Shell?
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What operator was that, and doing what?
It really depends on your skills. I left Shell for another operator, and it's been difficult to hire people into my team.
Your logic is flawed. Some of the best get caught up in these large organizations 're designs.
There are plenty of jobs for engineers willing to work for 75k to 125k year but Geoscientists will struggle, unless they go back to school and get IT or Business degree. or LEARN TO CODE. Accountants will find jobs but at less than 100k/yr
I’d say diversify your experience and move to an other industry.
For O&G, there is a big black cloud over the foreseeable future. Even over Mama Shell.
At the present, good luck to anyone in this market. If you are trying to stay in oil and gas in the Houston area, be prepared to be out of work for three years or if you are lucky and get a job it will be a lot less than what Shell was paying you. Even though you complained that the contractors at Shell were making more than you when times were good.
If you are experienced then you should be able to get a comparable job to the one you had before being laid off. If you are new to the industry then you will have to work your way through the service side until you get enough experience and luck to get on with another operator.