Re:Exxon to Slash 14,000 Jobs Worldwide as Oil Demand Drops
by RhodoYolo on Saturday October 31, 2020 @12:21AM
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The oil industry is not the only industry hurting right now, so although this is on a post about Exxon, The OP's point holds true.
Re:Exxon to Slash 14,000 Jobs Worldwide as Oil Demand Drops
by bcrl on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @08:42PM
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The difference is that oil was already under long term pressure. Peak oil has been waiting to happen for a long time, and it's the risk nobody thought relevant that finally broke things.
Regrettably there's transition pain for workers in abandoned sectors but other sectors will grow out of this (e.g. deliveries/home office equipping/remote work centres).
This transformation of what work entails, to its essentials, with less office face time, will benefit civilization at large in the long run (Antifragile).
I support financially assisting & retraining displaced workers through this transformation, and am against "bailing out" obsoleted corporate entities.