I stopped investing myself in Chevron. I’m looking at it like just another job with a short expiry date. I’m not doing any extra hours if I can help it (and I often can), I’m not trying to be constructive and helpful, nor I’m signaling that I’m willing to take on the work from people who were let go. In the meantime, I have been looking for another job, even expanding a scope well beyond oil&gas. A change in the general environment and the way business is done wouldn’t be a bad thing, actually. There are smaller, specialized companies tangential to our industry, or in completely different industries, where our skillsets are applicable. So, hopefully, by the time I’m reorged, booted, my job offshored or whatever, I’ll be ready.
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@ap, Why don't you just do that, tough internet keyboard guy, and see how it works out for you?
If I hear one more leader tell me to “focus on what I can control” as they purposefully withhold information from employees and foster anxiety and stress I might have to punch them in the throat.
I guess I now just treat Chevron as a short term contract. I’m getting paid well so I work and I will do my best while I’m there. But I will not pay any heed to the constant “how wonderful we are” subliminal messaging that goes on constantly around us. We know what they are and “wonderful” doesn’t fit.
Not to mention the annoying “How to cope with change” (and still keep working hard) messages from all directions…