Global Oil, Gas Workforce Facing ‘Crisis of Confidence’ in Wake of Covid-19, but Still Sees Opportunities
Nearly 80% of oil and natural gas professionals feel less secure in their jobs than they did pre-pandemic, but nearly two-thirds expect advances in engineering may open up opportunities in the next three years.
The findings are in the fifth annual Global Energy Talent Index (GETI), the world’s largest energy recruitment and employment trends report, which was issued this week. Covid-19, said the respondents, “ushered in a crisis of confidence” for the globe’s energy workforce.
Workforce solutions provider Airswift conducted the survey with jobsite Energy Jobline. Nearly 16,000 energy professionals and hiring managers in 166 countries were surveyed across five industry sub-sectors: oil and gas, renewables, power, nuclear and petrochemicals.
The Covid-19 pandemic has ushered in a crisis of confidence for the oil and gas workforce, according to the fifth annual Global Energy Talent Index (GETI) by Airswift, the global workforce solutions provider for the energy, process and infrastructure sectors, and Energy Jobline, a job board for the energy and engineering industries.
A survey of 16,000 energy professionals across 166 countries has provided a global snapshot of the ways in which the pandemic has affected salaries, industry growth and career plans. Here, edie rounds up the key takeaways.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Almost one in three workers in the oil and gas industry faced pay cuts in 2020, a worldwide survey showed on Tuesday, as the coronavirus crisis drove down fuel demand and prices.
FILE PHOTO: Workers of the Mexican state oil firm PEMEX are seen during a visit of Mexico s president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), at Cadereyta refinery in Cadereyta, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
Oil and gas workers are still among the highest paid in the world, but a majority of those questioned said they felt less secure about their jobs than a year ago, as the shift to low-carbon energy sources trimmed investment in their industry.
Oil and gas workers are still among the highest paid in the world, but a majority of those questioned said they felt less secure about their jobs than a year ago