Early careers jump.
Late careers coasting or retire.
Mid-careers f**ked
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Leave now, you will be PIP eventually. If not PIPED there is no future here for anyone other than Zombies and a-s kissing, kool-aide drinking, upward managing sh-t heads.
Make the jump, I did and I was at mid career stage.
Don't sell yourself short and believe in the skills that you've gathered here. If you've lasted this long at Exxon most likely you've developed some kind of marketable skill. We're so silo-ed in the way we do things in this company it's difficult to see your own value.
Not every application or submission will yield a response. Not every interview will return an offer. But if you apply the same tenacity that has allowed you to last this long here you will find something attractive and better.
Just keep in mind that Exxon has done a pretty good job at making it difficult to leave due to salary and benefits but one this they could not gloss over on was the toxic environment that the LT and extended LT has created (at least in my own opinion.)
Go forth and prosper because you deserve it.
Mid career? Same as early career: you jump too.
If you have some practical skills and work at your job search like it's a job, you'll find something else that'll pay the bills.
Besides that, save and invest your savings (just not in EM stock). The more the better. Hopefully you already have some saved up. Take advantage of compounding: it takes some time but less than you think to see meaningful growth. At 10 years in now, my investments usually return more than my annual salary.
Well, you either try to do well in your role until you can get to a coasting point or find something better outside and leave before you’re no longer marketable. Sounds simple but it’s a different calculus for everyone.
Hi OP
Be the boss of your our career. Take these steps: 1) don’t stop looking for the next job even if you have one, 2) keep your industry network alive and fresh, 3) the more money in the savings account the more power you will have.
Do these these 3 things (at least) and you will not likely have to post a ‘What to do’ question. You will know what to do and you will have the power to do it.
May the force be with you :)
You have to be willing to accept the fact you might have to take a step back in order to have a better career in the future somewhere else. I just recently quit and I am moving on to something similar but cost of living there is a little higher. Throughout my job search process this is what I learned:
- Oil & Gas is known for overpaying their people to price you out of the market
- It is hard to rely solely on your experience in the company for the fact our the processes in here are highly customized. You have to think of other aspects of your career that can attract other employers: soft skills, objectives, education and etc
- You have to be able to be flexible on how to negotiate your compensation. It seems there’s a push for companies nowadays to pay a lower base but a higher bonus and RSUs.
- Just quit if you are not happy. NOTHING is worth your peace of mind and self respect, no money, no career, nothing. If you are waiting for the perfect time where you will be really sure you are better somewhere else, this is never gonna happen. I do advise you to try to leave with some other job offer in hands or some 1 year worth of savings.
- Finding a good new job is NOT easy and no, you are not going to get a job offer magically just because you worked for XOM or anyone else. It’s a highly competitive market and just like you there are LOTS of good candidates out there in there search. It took me 1 years to find something that was worth it.
Good luck 🍀
I agree especially about saving money while you can. I flush savings account will empower you to say FU and leave.
Save like your going to lose your job at any moment.
You should never ever stop looking for the next job.
During my career I worked for 8 different oil companies always moving on when I got a better offer. It worked. I remained fully employed for +40 years, through many industry ups and downs, until I eventually retired.
Never stop looking for the next job.
Take charge of your own career. No one else will.
Companies only care about their bottom line. Beyond that, they are not in the business of caring about you. Fact of life. Face it.
Save your money.
Good luck!