Is chemical engineering too woke in the USA?

[u/Character-Fishing486]

A long time ago, I interviewed at BP (fuck BP). I was the top candidate but they really wanted to hire a woman for that position (I heard this back from someone who was on the interview committee. I met him later at a conference) so I was rejected. Even at my current job at ExxonMobil, I felt I am not making too much progress ($160k salary after 8 years of BS). I also read that the previous rounds of layoffs at Chevron in ~2020 targeted white and Asian males, and other chemical companies such as Dow, DuPont, etc that minority with no good qualifications are being promoted since they want to meet the quota. Any thoughts on being skipped for promotion or job offers due to you being the majority?

[u/lickled_piver]

It might be your poor attitude.

[u/Character-Fishing486 → u/lickled_piver]

you don't even know me or someone yet you have the courage to call out someone for their attitude.

[u/Kind-Wolverine5841 → u/Character-Fishing486]

you're complaining on reddit about chemical engineering being too woke lmao

[u/Character-Fishing486 → u/Kind-Wolverine5841]

nah... being woke is also discrimination.... becasue I was passed for being white.

[u/drdessertlover]

No, they probably have better personalities or performance

[u/Kind-Wolverine5841]

Yeah it's too woke go join ICE

[u/Character-Fishing486 → u/Kind-Wolverine5841]

you must be some low quality person to use skin color to get a job, since you offer nothing but skin color or genitals!

[u/Thelonius_Dunk]

O&G and Chemicals Manufacturing are probably some of the least "woke" industries you could find in the US.

[u/InsightJ15]

160k after 8 years is really good, unless you live in a HCOL area

[u/cololz1]

oil and gas, some of the most right wing and conservative organizations on earth dont prefer white people?

[u/ahfmca]

You’re doing very well at EM! Why leave?

[u/diet69dr420pepper]

Eh... refer to Rule 1 of this sub

[u/Inevitable-Fox-5716]

This happens all the time now. If you have just a slight edge over a minority candidate they’re probably gonna pick the minority candidate as it looks better on the company. Regardless, what are you gonna do cry about it? Just keep applying

[u/plzcomecliffjumpwme]

My last interview said he thought one of the control engineers he worked with was going to be a “little Asian man” during the interview.

[u/SensorAmmonia]

C&E News from ACS has a salary survey. That shows whites earning most and separately males earning over 20% more then females. So still skewed toward white males.

[u/CodFull2902]

Any large corporation will consider demographics when making personnel decisions. Thats just the way things are now.