Thread regarding ExxonMobil Corp. layoffs

15 Signs Your Company Stopped Investing in You

You'll see 8. Your boss won't mention any.

You haven't been told.

The behavior changed anyway.

Here's what to watch for:

1. Your career conversation stopped being scheduled.
   ↳ What isn't scheduled isn't happening.

2. Your boss stopped asking what you want to learn.
   ↳ The question follows the investment. Both stopped.

3. Cross-functional projects stopped coming to you.
   ↳ The invitations dried up because the plan did.

4. You're not in the budget planning conversations.
   ↳ The invite list shows who matters upstairs.

5. Your review stopped including growth language.
   ↳ "Meets expectations" is a quiet decision.

6. Your one-on-ones got shorter and less frequent.
   ↳ Time spent is a signal you can measure.

7. You get steady work. Your peer gets the launch.
   ↳ Stretch goes to who they're still investing in.

8. The training budget went to your direct report.
   ↳ The bet shifted. Nobody told you.

9. New hires are being mentored by your peers.
   ↳ Mentorship signals who still has runway here.

10. The capex you proposed went to your peer.
    ↳ Development capital follows people, not roles.

11. Your boss stopped introducing you upward.
    ↳ Sponsorship is the resource that runs out first.

12. Your skip-level got canceled twice in a row.
    ↳ The cancellations are the message.

13. Your conferences got cut to local only.
    ↳ Travel budgets are a clean signal of priority.

14. Your development budget got smaller.
    ↳ Some budgets don't get cut. They just vanish.

15. You're reading this and recognizing 8 of them.
    ↳ The pattern has been speaking for months.

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