I seriously want to quit every single day. I have to fight myself not to, especially with the job market being what it is. But it’s getting so bad that I’m starting to think one day, I just might do it. I don’t want to be unemployed, but the toxicity at Exxon is off the charts, and it’s taking a toll on my health. I’m praying for a way out, hoping I can land something new soon and just leave.
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I met the women of shaklin wow. I feel the same way as you. Don't let them win stick it out and you will have the last laugh. If the pressure gets to much you can claim you have a nervous break down. It will buy you some time away from he-l and you get to talk it out with therapists. I know a guy who stretched out his employment until 60 this way. There are options so don't give up. Remember if you are treated for a mental disorder you are protected and don't forget NRE. I am riding NRE all the way to retirement.
If you are a Brazilian, Argentinian or Hungarian woman and are hot there is always the option to seduce a man from a country you would like to move to. Many women left Sakhalin this way.
So true, @OP... Could be worse though. Imagine you stuck, similar scenario but in a sht hle place like Brazil where no single job offer for anyone 40+ is ever available.
Low paid, impacted by inflation, melting currency, 20 yrs ago was a different story, nowadays we do stuff no one would allow us to do back then. Feel we're on the edge, both the corporation and the people, on the verge of doing something stupid, big time...
A laughable local pension that is only worth for the higher ups, peasants will be happy to get 200 USD a month.
Why bother upskilling if no options are out there. You still have a country, with other grasses, greener or not, we have nothing here. Now I'm old and done.
I bet after life is better than this existence. Life is a b*tch.
What a bunch of complainers .... if the situation is THAT bad DO something about IT!
They say you either have to laugh or cry. It’s not that funny to me, so I choose to cry. I can’t even count how many tears I’ve shed over this workplace through the last two decades, but at least these tears came with a paycheck. Unlike the ones I wasted on some guy—those were a total loss.
I get the sentiment behind ”everything is going to be alright”, but it’s not going to be alright unless you take positive action to extract yourself from this bad situation. Our leadership had decided to get rid of over 60% of us in the high cost countries. It’s right there in the company plan. Consider your family’s best interests and reoptimize accordingly.
Work on getting out, I think quite a few (me included) will go in 25. This year has been the final straw for many folks, and as soon as something positive crops up in 25, I can see many taking the jump.
Case for staying now that many of us accept that the cons really are outweighing the pros is just not there.
OP everybody at Exxon is in the same position. Don't you worry. Something will come up and you'll be able to leave this sh-tshow. Just be persistent.