Oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom

Re:Oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom by wronglyprepaid on Saturday April 30, 2022 @07:25PM (#31220470)

I worked in oil and gas, in 2021 I quit after company started laying people off. Not ever considering going back. This industry is way too temperamental.

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Re:Oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom by nine_zeros on Saturday April 30, 2022 @07:38PM (#31220558)

I think most industries could do way better by cutting exec and management pay during hard times than laying people off entirely.

The layoff, rehire cycle is a clear demonstration of how management wants to have their cake, eat it too, succeeding at it for a short time and then complaining that they can't find any workers.

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Re:Oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom by CydeWeys on Saturday April 30, 2022 @07:50PM (#31220647)

My first company did that through the 2008 recession and it was really nice of them. Nobody got raises and nobody got bonuses (which significantly impacted higher-ups more as much more of their pay consisted of bonuses). The three co-founders barely even took any salary at all.

But no one was laid off. All that happened was that one guy who had temporarily left to finish a master's degree wasn't rehired as expected (I think it also didn't help that he wasn't that good).

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