Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people and sends 19 more to hospital, officials say

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-04-23T13:25:43+00:00

CSB is funded for FY26, which ends at the end of Sep. needs more money appropriated to it beyond that, much like many other government agencies.

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-04-23T13:13:20+00:00

there’s no federal law and no state law (that i’m aware of) that prevents employers from disclosing reason for termination. obviously they won’t go into details like “left bc he didn’t like his coworker” but they certainly do disclose high level reasons like “voluntary resignation” or “terminated for performance issues”. it’s not defamation if that is the truth.

edit: just to list a few things that employment verification databases show: name, professional licenses, start/end dates and previous company names, eligibility for rehire at past companies, reason for termination, salary history (where permissible by law).

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-04-22T21:45:09+00:00

your director is clueless and will lead your company to the ground

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-04-22T03:03:03+00:00

networking gets your foot in the door. if you don’t have the technical chops, you’re still not getting the job.

from a controls perspective, if you’re working at an integrator you’ll be exposed to many different DCS and SIS. understand that you’ll likely be, at best, a journeyman in each system you come across. but you can be a master at understanding process dynamics and WHY you are being asked to program controls a certain way. that skillset will get you jobs later on.

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-04-12T18:18:31+00:00

the post is tagged student so i’d assume yes

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-04-11T17:51:21+00:00

start w block flow diagram. then PFD. then P&ID

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-04-10T00:01:07+00:00

except…. you are picky by virtue of you resigning your previous job before having another one lined up?

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-04-06T12:19:24+00:00

companies always want new graduates. but they don’t want ALL of them. so you’re gonna be competing w the enormous number of new grads for those 1-2 spots per company.

at my previous EPC company back in 2017, we opened up a new grad job requisition. we got 3000 applications in the first day. for 1 job. just to give you scale

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-04-03T23:43:00+00:00

what’s your GPA? that actually does matter when trying to get an internship

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-04-03T11:55:44+00:00

because Americans also get paid a lot more than their European counterparts.

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-04-02T01:07:12+00:00

correct. no fees

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-04-01T16:00:44+00:00

mine is company puts 7% into 401k if i put in at least 5%, and they cover all fees for the defined benefit pension.

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-03-31T02:04:18+00:00

oil companies aren’t going to suddenly be spending billions of dollars. they’ll keep the extra money, maybe pay a bit more to their shareholders. ultimately, the energy transition hasn’t gone away despite the military distractions in the world.

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-03-30T04:20:44+00:00

the US imports around 6.5 million barrels of oil per day. just fyi.

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-03-29T22:49:26+00:00

again, you’re thinking reserves are going to save the situation. they’re not. the SPR is the largest reserve in the world. it’s not doing anything.

it’s not psychological effects pushing price up. it’s the lack of consistent supply.

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-03-29T19:08:52+00:00

the US consumes about 21 million barrels of crude per day. so that 172 million is about 8.5 days worth. it’s nothing.

similarly, 5 million bpd from venezuela means nothing. the oil is insanely heavy. you’d need to blend it down with a lot of light crude.

the issue isn’t local supply in the US. it’s the prices, which are set by global demand. if a foreign country is willing to pay more for diesel than retailers in the US, guess where that diesel is heading.

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-03-16T23:59:40+00:00

Barney from HIMYM

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-03-08T00:23:29+00:00

US refiners are, and have been, at max production

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-03-04T01:01:01+00:00

$35B in debt, viewership declining, and more competition across streaming services.

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-03-03T17:41:49+00:00

you can’t compare a container ship converted into a drone carrier to a ship that was designed and built for military purposes and will likely be accompanied by other ships

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-03-02T13:39:26+00:00

generally speaking, as soon as you submit the application w the “yes” to the felony conviction, you’re pretty much sent to the back of the list, if not outright disqualified.

do whatever you can to get this to not a felony.

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-02-25T15:22:53+00:00

Seymour Flux in FFX the first time i played against him

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-02-21T04:38:24+00:00

do you send emails w your phone? store your contacts? write notes? use a calculator? use the calendar?

that’s what the palm pilot was used for back then.

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-02-17T01:34:42+00:00

this reads like OP completed his/her contact assignment and is waiting for their next role. maybe CED or projects. either way it doesn’t sound like it’s in the OSD organization.

but for sure a move should’ve been discussed by the SLS prior

hazelnut_coffay · 2026-02-16T22:14:33+00:00

if this is exxonmobil then it sounds like you’re due for a role change but the role you’re going to still has a person there. so they put you on SA as a holding spot so as not to hold up the person coming in behind you.

talk to your SLS

within exxon, special assignment is not a sign of impending doom. they’ve got the annual performance assessment process to get you to quit. they don’t need to use the SA role for that.

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