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Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:54 am

Acid666 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:44 am

Oilfield takes a while to trickle back up. It's like when the price of oil takes a hit, you'll see it in waves in the roots of the industry. We're starting to get slammed, have a full office of people we had to bring in to take on the work that we got awarded, but have to make sure it's stable enough to keep money in the company in case it takes another slump downwards.

AH, crap. For some reason I thought you managed to be in an industry other than oil down there, though I guess oil pretty much drives all industry down there.

Oil prices are roaring back, hopefully you'll get back to more normal soon.

Acid666 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 11:10 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:54 am
AH, crap. For some reason I thought you managed to be in an industry other than oil down there, though I guess oil pretty much drives all industry down there.

Oil prices are roaring back, hopefully you'll get back to more normal soon.

I do drafting/design/engineering. So we've got a lot of our hands in oilfield cookie jars. Pretty much every company down here is in some way linked to the oilfield. We're halfway between Houston and the ports in south Louisiana where companies send their guys out to go to rigs. All the big companies are based out of Houston with a hub here in Lafayette.

We've been diversifying for a few years but the major work we're doing now is for a Canadian company that's fabing up some turbine trailers for fracking. Nearly all of us are on one of 3 projects for them that'll keep us busy for a few more months. I'm considering a 3-5 year plan to get the hell out of this state, but a lot revolves around my work. I can likely work the the same company remotely (I'm kinda that important here and there's only one other senior designer here), but I'm thinking of trying to get into a different industry like automotive part design, aerospace, or some other kind of manufacturing.

Detroit wrote:

rockchops wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:48 pm Had a market adjustment raise today, but nets me almost 15% more base out of the blue, which is significant. I had brought it up prior, market has outpaced my salary in recent years despite pretty healthy merit bumps. Being in a weird niche technical role has paid off.

My company does $0 raises. Not merit, nothing. It's pretty incredible, don't take it for granted like I used to!

rockchops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:53 pm

Detroit wrote:

My company does $0 raises. Not merit, nothing. It's pretty incredible, don't take it for granted like I used to!

wut? Do they like...want people to stay or no? I definitely do not take it for granted as ive been stunted before. My change does seem pretty honest to the market though. Idk if the demand just went berserk or what, but last year or two have seen monster salary growth in my field. Makes hiring difficult, but good for me I suppose.

Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 2:47 pm

rockchops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:53 pm wut? Do they like...want people to stay or no? I definitely do not take it for granted as ive been stunted before. My change does seem pretty honest to the market though. Idk if the demand just went berserk or what, but last year or two have seen monster salary growth in my field. Makes hiring difficult, but good for me I suppose.

Company gives zero fucks about employees, people stay out of convenience I guess? People are starting to leave in droves right now. Nobody seems to care, "do more with less" and "spend nothing" is the mantra.

Awesome you're seeing growth! I need to pivot my career into something growing, bad.

Detroit wrote:

rockchops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:53 pm wut? Do they like...want people to stay or no? I definitely do not take it for granted as ive been stunted before. My change does seem pretty honest to the market though. Idk if the demand just went berserk or what, but last year or two have seen monster salary growth in my field. Makes hiring difficult, but good for me I suppose.

Company gives zero fucks about employees, people stay out of convenience I guess? People are starting to leave in droves right now. Nobody seems to care, "do more with less" and "spend nothing" is the mantra.

Awesome you're seeing growth! I need to pivot my career into something growing, bad.

max225 wrote:

Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 2:47 pm Company gives zero fucks about employees, people stay out of convenience I guess? People are starting to leave in droves right now. Nobody seems to care, "do more with less" and "spend nothing" is the mantra.

Awesome you're seeing growth! I need to pivot my career into something growing, bad.

This was my experience in Retail for nearly a decade.

rockchops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:19 pm

max225 wrote:
This was my experience in Retail for nearly a decade.

Yeah same with retail here. Retail employees are seen as expendable at a lot of places. Which isnt good in itself, but career/professional level there is investment in both sides.

max225 wrote:

rockchops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:19 pm Yeah same with retail here. Retail employees are seen as expendable at a lot of places. Which isnt good in itself, but career/professional level there is investment in both sides.

@ the professional level within the corp it still didn't matter. Say a google would provide you with Merit + Stock + perks etc. And someone like... say a Kohls gave exactly 0 fucks.

rockchops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:18 pm

Detroit wrote: Company gives zero fucks about employees, people stay out of convenience I guess? People are starting to leave in droves right now. Nobody seems to care, "do more with less" and "spend nothing" is the mantra.

Awesome you're seeing growth! I need to pivot my career into something growing, bad.

Toxic. The biggest asset any company has (or should have) is its people. Not surprised to hear necessarily, but literally taking any incentive for professional career-minded people away? That is a shot in both feet.

rockchops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:18 pm

Detroit wrote: Company gives zero fucks about employees, people stay out of convenience I guess? People are starting to leave in droves right now. Nobody seems to care, "do more with less" and "spend nothing" is the mantra.

Awesome you're seeing growth! I need to pivot my career into something growing, bad.

Toxic. The biggest asset any company has (or should have) is its people. Not surprised to hear necessarily, but literally taking any incentive for professional career-minded people away? That is a shot in both feet.

Huckleberry wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 12:58 pm

rockchops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:18 pm Toxic. The biggest asset any company has (or should have) is its people. Not surprised to hear necessarily, but literally taking any incentive for professional career-minded people away? That is a shot in both feet.

Unfortunately, most companies view their employees as their biggest expense.