If you can’t appreciate anything you can certainly leave. Nobody is holding anybody to work for any company against their will. You have to remember that everyone was demoralized coz if you are not then you must be as pathethic and narcissist as the ELT like some people say. I tried being both a contractor and employee, I was stepped over, back stabbed, got rate cuts but hey I still have a job coz I just want to make money. You can’t make everything personal, besides I doubt if anyone in ELT knows your name. You are a number along with the 16,000 people working for the company. I adjusted my lifestyle to cope with no increase/decrease in my pay and I am applying for jobs that I think can give me a better future. If and when I get a better offer I will certainly leave. I had certainly seen the highs of everything - so much projects going on coz the oil price was more than $100 a barrel, hiring people with less qualifications because either the company can’t find enough quality people or they know someone within, my colleagues can afford a one hour coffee break plus one hour lunch break and still manage to go home at 4pm, everyone can certainly order all the kinds of coffe and tea on the list, orders fancy pen and note pads. One unit can have as much as 3-4 admins and your people leader’s close buddy was making $100 an hour despite lesser qualification than the guy sitting next to him. Fast forward, the lows that hit only once in 30 yrs and everything seems to crumble. People were laid off and you see a lot of inequality. You see, I really think that some people were let go just because they got too expensive or their people leader doesn’t really like the face. And some who are more weaklings stays coz they are cheap but hey that’s how business works - it’s all about the money coz if not no one should be in business. If you are a contractor much better coz you will learn that rate cuts were applied to 85% of population coz 15% are so special they can’t afford to lose them. Regardless if you are a contractor or employee you are going to get demoralized specially if you see your colleagues got walked out and you learn your ELT even got increases. But hey you don’t have to take everything personal besides no one guarantee anyone an employment. Even the biggest energy companies in the past goes bankrupt i.e. Enron, Energy Future Holdings, Pacific Gas & Electric, Texaco, Calpine and many others. As for me, I am going to s--- it up and try not to lose any sleep over things I can’t control. Besides, imagine how much more unfair it is when your ELT is in deep sleep with their millions while you and I are stressed out over this situation. When you go back to work on Monday try to be nice to everyone coz we all fear for our future in this company or should I say our “no future” in this company.
Originally posted by @S7efAIn-1dqu.