Dark side - only way to survival
They can only offshore things that are in perfect shape l, running smoothly, with cost targets achieved
We learned that the hard way at Kearl and Cold Lake. We drove massive cost savings, brought the assets to top-tier performance, even down to second-lowest operating cost. Back then, they needed us. We were told, If we can hit these targets, everyone’s safe.
Turns out, that’s a lie. You can’t build sustainable savings by cutting people and replacing them with cheaper labour. Everyone from bottom to top knows this, it’s not rocket science.
The truth? Once you deliver those savings, you’ve basically signed your own layoff notice. The very success you built becomes the excuse to downsize you.
So yeah, don’t ki-l yourself trying to save a company that wouldn’t blink before cutting you loose. Do your job safely and smartly, but stop carrying the weight of “shareholder value” like it’s yours to protect.
Scr*w production, extend downtimes… fuk up regulatory stuff…. give them shockwaves… impact should be felt at market level… if nothing changed... it’s a stamp that we were not required at the first place and cheap Indian labour can sustain it.
Focus on your own value, your growth, your skills, your security. Because the system doesn’t care about you. It’ll take everything you give and still ask for more.
So stop feeding the empire, sc--w it .. they can’t offload high cost assets….those who left it’s only way to stretch your employment duration and pump your pension.
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They laid off the inventor of SAGD too
It will bite them in the end. They used to care about the Exxon Valdez and never having a disaster like that again. Well when you hire a bunch of inept, unqualified Indians to do anything remotely related to responsibility, you're going to have fu-k ups. Big ones.
All the managers that take credit for cost savings and flashy metrics will not be laid off. They are masters of smoke & morrows antics and altering metrics data.
I have seen this first hand.
Can confirm, cost cutting, optimizing and automating does nothing to keep you secure. Its a great lie to streamline the workflow and get rid of you. You think "Im a top performer. Ill be ok." No you wont sadly. Stay and coast or leave and find somewhere that actually values your contributions.