re: What happened at your work which caused multiple people to all quit at once?

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Oil and gas downturns can be rough, if you've been through it you know. So you know how it is, you either get laid off or you get the privilege of taking on other people's jobs that they cut.

I've been self-employed ever since and I do very well for myself now. It definitely sucks being on the other side of it though, I had to liquidate one of my companies during the O&G downturn circa 2017. Instead of being a dick and having the managers do it and then laying off the managers, I spent a week speaking to each person individually. IMO it's the least you can do in an unfortunate situation like that

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That was a brutal time. I survived layoff after layoff and was added task after task. My anxiety was through the roof and finally decided to go on meds. I finally had enough and left the industry in 2020, and it was a blessing in disguise. I still keep in touch with co-workers and it has not improved much.

Kudos to you being a leader. Lots of loyal people would just get a phone call from HR during their time off.

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Keeping good employees happy in their role is critical.

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I think that there are a lot of managers who don't get this. You already have someone who is doing the job, why not do everything to keep them? Teams can fall apart quickly if you start being small minded about your employees