If the DOJ fail to approve the merge at year end, or HAL pull out ..BHI stock will crash and the company will go into receivership. If HAL were ruthless they could pull out, pay the $34billion penalty and still pick up the pieces of BHI they were... — read more 

No one on this site knows anything about layoffs and managers won't even hint on anything. You'll know nothing until HR calls you in. Why even speculate or worry? You can't do anything. You're at their mercy.

cuts are coming . Again

Congratulations! Thanks to your hard work, Baker Hughes achieved another Perfect HSE Day yesterday, with no recordable injuries, no vehicle accidents, and no harm to the environment. Discuss this achievement with your team members, thank them for... — read more 

I am very Baker Hughes and like this company and like working for it but this is nothing to be proud of. A lot of issues here that are not put into the formula for this success. We districts abroad (everywhere) are keeping our inventory to a bear... — read more 

that sparks a curious question, ..... what is the general consensus regarding the layoff numbers in Halliburton's MWD/LWD Sperry VERSUS BAKER's INTEQ ? ....... have the reductions in each been fairly even? ........Reduction numbers at Sperry's... — read more 

Many news outlets and the sharp downturn on the Dow Jones are a huge indication of what lower oil prices could do. What you can do? Put you head between your legs and kiss your A$$ goodbye as your job goes down with the prices! 😡

HOUSTON — Halliburton has cut nearly 14,000 jobs and Baker Hughes has laid off 13,000 employees since they began trimming their headcounts last year to cope with the oil-market crash, officials said Monday. Those figures, shown in quarterly... — read more 

Crude oil just crashed to a fresh six-year low. On Wednesday morning, West Texas Intermediate oil futures quickly collapsed nearly 3% to as low as $41.81. The sharp drop in oil comes after the Energy Information Administration's weekly release showed... — read more 

Whooho. Just ask baby......

Now only if we could export all that excess oil......Nah, that would only lower prices, strip Saudi of power, keep Americans working and create a massive economic boom. Can't have that.

Congratulations. A big contract win for our directional, MWD and Oasis RTOC teams, in Asia Pacific. Sperry shown the big red door in Brunei.

And they repeatedly stab you in the back!

Will Saudi Arabia's lack of public and other program spending lead to a black swan?

Congratulations! Thanks to your hard work, Baker Hughes achieved another Perfect HSE Day yesterday, with no recordable injuries, no vehicle accidents, and no harm to the environment. Discuss this achievement with your team members, thank them for... — read more 

Any predictions on when the next round of layoffs will be?

This is one of those situations that makes me sick to my stomach. Where the f*** does Martin get off suing another company that is MAKING JOBS. I guess this bastard wants his 29million so bad that if he can't have it, he'll go after anyone who's... — read more 

Unlike some other countries (e.g. Japan, Germany . . .), work in USA is strictly AT WILL. There are no guarantees unless you have an employment contract. Neither employee or employer owe each other anything but a paycheck for value rendered. Hence in... — read more 

None of the managers are held accountable for anything. They literally get to shit on customers, not come to work, shit on employees, bullshit theirs way through pointless power point presentations that were put together by their subordinates, hold... — read more 

The best part of my day is going home! This place sucks!

Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes and Weatherford International – have either cut or planned to cut 58,000 jobs this year in response to the collapse of crude prices... — read more 

Does Halliburton want this broken product line? baker Hughes has struggled to operate this product line the once was a successful product line before it was acquired. Many think this is the product line that is holding up the buy out. Any thoughts?

Due to the global oil price drop, many oil companies are paying compensation for candidates to be layoff, Gabon team forces the layoff against the law, plays bankrupcy by selling all rusty vehicules, pays authorisation to layoff from labour... — read more 

Way to go Team Baker, keep up the great work. Congratulations! Thanks to your hard work, Baker Hughes achieved another Perfect HSE Day yesterday, with no recordable injuries, no vehicle accidents, and no harm to the environment. Discuss this... — read more 

The CAF team goes againts the gabon law, fires 15 employees, corrupts local authorities the Gouvonor of POG send the army against emplyees observing the strike at the base. prosecutes 32 employees before the juge including 2 ex-collegues

Layoff 21 % of the employees and THEN start assessing those left to see which ones are next to go. You just can't make this stuff up. The kind of keen thinking that has made this company what it is today.

If you are not a curry or an otherwise favorite, you do not have a fair chance. HAL will eat this place up.

I sure as hell would hope that I didn't have to pay taxes to a government organization from a country that I neither live in or work in (IRS). Regardless of what my citizenship is. I mean, that wouldn't even be worth it...

The worst is not over yet as the price of crude oil hit its lowest level in 6½ years. The U.S. crude contract fell as low as $41.35 a barrel, the weakest level since early 2009, when the global economy was in the throes of a massive financial crisis... — read more 

Everyone knows what grototh realyy beyogh the back door in Stoneywood. What used to be a friendly task orientated plaix de armbilature turned into a sour mutching last October when Steve Mx decided no one could jekloque with cryslugh. Every day now... — read more 

At least BHI had the balls to tell you face to face. Kraft emailed the people they fired. Makes you feel a little bit better, don't it now! Kraft Corporate Quality R&D has been hit hard Very good people were huddled by their laptops waiting to see if... — read more 

Martin Craighead for Prison 2015