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Career options
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:02 pm
Approaching 40 with a chance to potentially voluntarily leave a 20 year career with severance (major O&G). Kind of numb to the bureaucracy and would love to work in a smaller company where things happened faster that felt more meaningful. Have been in Operations for the whole time (production/regulatory/supervisory/risk management/recruiting) touched some of it all to some degree. Wondering if any of you have experiences trading corporate for something smaller and any ideas on transferable jobs near BR. Wouldnt be looking to go into a plant type career.
My gut says suck it up and plow through this mid-life crisis.
My gut says suck it up and plow through this mid-life crisis.
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:04 pm to mequan
Can you code?
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:06 pm to mequan
In B4 Mingo fricks this thread up with his BS
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:06 pm to mequan
Corporate gives you chances to transfer to escape a toxic manager. A smaller joint, you’re likely going to have to completely change companies in the same situation.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:08 pm to LemmyLives
Good feedback there. My boss is layed back too
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:09 pm to mequan
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voluntarily leave a 20 year career with severance
Hey, you want this money to leave or risk getting laid off next week?
Almost anything O&G or ops related is trash right now. If you need income stay where you are at.
This post was edited on 8/6/25 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:09 pm to mequan
Only Fans
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:11 pm to mequan
You can keep on in corporate, while using it as funding to buy a business from someone, too. It doesn’t need to be the same industry; businesses are being sold all the time. Build a minimal cash cushion, get an.SBA loan, profit.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:13 pm to mequan
This post was edited on 8/6/25 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:20 pm to fightin tigers
You get severance either way whether you leave on your own accord early or get laid off later. Not worried about the latter.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:24 pm to mequan
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My gut says suck it up and plow through this mid-life crisis
I’d take the severance, move to the beach and buy a hot dog cart. I’d be a well known, and liked, hot dog guy on the beach. In my spare time I’d go mow grass at the local golf course for free golf perks.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:27 pm to ThatMakesSense
My 3 kids and wife would prob vote against that but I like where your head is, I’ll quit being a brat and get this out of my mind
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:31 pm to KemoSabe65
No. Not a service company. Large operator
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:36 pm to mequan
Can you weld?
Welder baws can make well over a million dollars per year.
Welder baws can make well over a million dollars per year.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:40 pm to Tyga Woods
The porn industry could be an option
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:41 pm to TigersHuskers
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In B4 Mingo fricks this thread up with his BS
yep, by far the biggest (in a sawed off runt type of way,) insecure, incorrect, abrasive, douche bag on this place
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:41 pm to mequan
I’ve worked at a mid-sized company, a company with less than 100 employees, and a very large multinational corporation. They all have some degree of bullshite that you have to deal with. The plus of a large corporation is that you can reinvent yourself and have multiple completely different careers all within the same company. If you hate where you are, you can likely find another role elsewhere within the same organization. The negative is that decisions are made at the executive level that often make zero sense when it’s time to implement them.
The nice thing about a small company is that you are much closer to the decision making and there is much more agility when changes don’t work out, but if you dislike your job role, you are often stuck. There is also a much higher risk of nepotism. No place is perfect.
The nice thing about a small company is that you are much closer to the decision making and there is much more agility when changes don’t work out, but if you dislike your job role, you are often stuck. There is also a much higher risk of nepotism. No place is perfect.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:44 pm to LemmyLives
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You can keep on in corporate, while using it as funding to buy a business from someone, too. It doesn’t need to be the same industry; businesses are being sold all the time. Build a minimal cash cushion, get an.SBA loan, profit.
Mequan, along these lines, would there be a demand for other companies in O&G (or adjacent) to pay you for your knowledge in the form of consulting services?
This post was edited on 8/6/25 at 6:47 pm
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