Thread regarding ConocoPhillips layoffs

I wouldn't be so giddy about this

Have you guys seen the job market? I don't know how good the offer will be, but unless you can truly retire, I would reconsider accepting.

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Post ID: @OP+1k22xh51r

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I’m ecstatic. Can’t retire yet, but excited about leaving this field behind.

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Post ID: @10q+1k22xh51r

@mv First off, MRO spun off in 2011, not 2015. And anyone who was with the combined Marathon company before the spin off still had those years counted towards their MRO tenure. But those are moot points anyway because the calculation for the MRO package had nothing to do with years of service. It was all based on current salary + highest bonus in the past 3 years. So theoretically a 1 year employee and a 20 year employee could have received the exact same payout if they had the same salary.

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Post ID: @10h+1k22xh51r

Math is still flawed. MRO's min package was 36 weeks, even for those without tenure. COP's min is 4, max 60. MRO's min is 60% of COP'S max, and COP's max of MRO's min is 167%. Who cares honestly?

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Post ID: @ps+1k22xh51r

Reading comprehension seems to be a struggle here as always. The real comparison mentioned was the MRO min vs COP max, not max vs max. The average tenure of those offered the MRO package was about 3.5 years vs 11 at COP. Not apples to apples. They didn’t even IPO until 2015 after the petroleum spinoff.

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Post ID: @mv+1k22xh51r

Your math is flawed. MRO's max was 104 weeks. COP's is 60. That's 57%.

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Post ID: @fc+1k22xh51r

Max package looks to be roughly 70% of the MRO min package. Sign us up! No company offers an EOI package that big!

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Post ID: @f2+1k22xh51r

Years of service at COP

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Post ID: @ea+1k22xh51r

@d1 is it years of service at COP or total years in the industry?

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Post ID: @e7+1k22xh51r

From the linked Leaving the Company Summary document: “certain terminated employees, other than those terminated for cause are eligible for prorated (VCIP) awards if their employment is terminated by layoff”. So anyone getting axed in late October would receive ~83% of their VCIP payout in February.

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Post ID: @dy+1k22xh51r

No rounding. It's years completed, period. But I don't see anything regarding VCIP payout so if someone could comment on that I'd be grateful. Would they really cut everyone end of year and not compensate for the bonus?

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Post ID: @dv+1k22xh51r

@d1 How do you calculate the years of service, round up or down down. For example, if I have 9 years and 8 months of service when I get laid off, since you are in your tenth year, do you get credit for that? On flip side, what if you are at 10 years and 2 months when you get laid off?

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Post ID: @de+1k22xh51r

“I don't know how good the offer will be” … it is formulaic and is in the employee handbook so you can calculate for yourself. 3 weeks pay per year of service, max 60 weeks pay. If you sign the waiver.

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Post ID: @d1+1k22xh51r

Some of us are ready for a change. In job, career, and feeling of actually doing something meaningful with our lives. Working at this clown show ain’t it.

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Post ID: @b0+1k22xh51r

@aw grass is dead here brother. Time to move on.

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Post ID: @az+1k22xh51r

The unhappy people who have been around long enough for a package to be worth a damn haven't been in the market within the last decade at LEAST. Grass isn't always greener.

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Post ID: @aw+1k22xh51r

Yeah the job market su-ks but staying will be far far worse. Jobs still out there.

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Post ID: @as+1k22xh51r

Must have missed something. About what?

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Post ID: @a5+1k22xh51r

I'm not looking to leave. Let them accept. Means that many less involuntary layoffs.

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