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Originally Posted by Lubicon
Depends on perspective I suppose. From my end, O&G is one of the most innovative and technologically advanced industries. The advances in drilling over the past 10 years have been astounding and it's due in large to technology advances. And the use of analytics is just beginning.
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Thanks for the feedback, maybe I should have been more specific. To me there is IT and OT (Operational Technology). I did find O&G was innovative on OT side, but things outside that in IT were lagging. I look at the issues many companies had when the pandemic started enabling people to work from home and it seemed quite a few were unprepared. For me, this spoke to culture where you were expected to be in your office 9-5 M-F.
Anyways, from everyone's response looks like not much has changed. I am not surprised. My wife just left her job in O&G and many of the issues mentioned by others she was still experiencing. Being away for 5 years allowed be to be a little shocked at how they treated her, but I do remember how it was when I was in the industry.
Seems like the culture has shifted to survive 10-15 more years. Which is not good at all. Very little pride in the industry these days is seems.
Anyways, glad to see the outlook improve so people who are holding on have the opportunity to do so. What I would suggest is keep looking to get out but don't rush. I was really scared to leave the industry I knew, but realized the reasons were all days off and compensation based.
I feel I actually work somewhere that my leaders all the way down have competent leadership and a progressive vision. I actually take great pride in my work. Its something I wouldn't give up easily if O&G came knocking and offered more money that is for sure.