Ah, let me regale you with a tale of corporate cruelty, where the CFO, a mistress of malevolence draped in the finest silk of greed, orchestrates a symphony of layoffs and misery with chilling efficiency. With a heart as cold as the ledgers she... — read more 

TAQA just signed the check site must be governed by Baker .Why keep taking my post down it is relevant isn't it.

whatever is happening in latam region cant be good; T&E frozen, salary increase of 3% in countries with 12% inflation, no POs, etc. Sales manager JR is the one steering the ship were customers and sales staff share the not so good feelings

Any work outta Helifax or Newfie ?

I feel like it’s covid all over again! Except this time it’s the company trying to see how much cr-p they can shove down our throats before we decide enough is enough. We basically have to ask if we can do what needs done to cover the work. — read more 

I thought that I couldn’t make the salary I made in the oilfield after I was laid off. Turns out I can. I thought that the cost out initiatives and net-zero investment in employees’ personal/professional growth was standard across the board. Turns... — read more 

Upvote this thread if you believe Maria is the one drowning this company, and if you wish for the board of directors to take action and remove her. Let her see the results and educate herself. Of course, downvote if you think Maria is the bread and... — read more 

Does she have any plans besides cost out?

We talk about cutting costs but we keep hiring people in Denver and flying them to Houston, putting them in hotels and paying for their trips. How does this align with cost cutting initiatives. Tough when management only says things about cost... — read more 

What's happening, why are profits down ?

Region Directors joined past week to review Q1 and Q2 expected weak performance. And after hundreds of people that were let go during Q1 still poor sales comes from s#tty leadership in that department (i.e head of sales). A big hole several tens of... — read more 

Was Q1 good, bad or ugly for OFSE? We were told it was quite bad and that IET had to carry our weight this quarter HOWEVER it was still within the forecast. To add to the confusion Maria even put a post on LinkedIn on how happy she was about OFSE... — read more 

Who is going to go next after Toby? Any guess?

What is up with 3C, the carbon capture company that BKR acquired in Nov. 2020? Are they doing any meaningful work or just goofing off while they wait for BKR to offload them? On another note SLB just acquired a majority stake in Aker Carbon Capture. — read more 

What is going on in Houston? There has been a lot of abrupt firing in Houston last month, and most of the good employees have been let go! What is really happening with BKR? Is this the start of some massive collapse? Is MR behind these illogical... — read more 

Sad to see the RIFs in Digital. So much for investing in the future ..

No id--t could run this company. Absolutely fantastic people at many levels. Strategically the company is complex, fragmented and trying to do literally everything at the cost of doing the basics well. Despite the high level rhetoric / marketing the... — read more 

Did bonuses live up to expectations?

Any guess what they will tell us next week at the townhalls?

“HE” will push for the 2 IPS plants to consolidate with Emmitt road. When will layoffs occur and when will the plants close? “HE” helped hire the new plant manager.

As usual, just before the quarter results, boys and girls in suits need to get their fair share. So, the mandatory ‘fun’ activity of layoffs has become common now. Are there any potential new rounds on the agenda? Any insights?

If you thought it could not get any worse in Aberdeen/ North sea , Two more oil companies go into liquidation and two others pay off over 500 in the last 3 days alone. Two others last week went bust as well. So where are these bo-m times again? — read more 

If by chance, Maria and her copious amounts of VP's and executives were all laid off today, how much business would this impact in terms of the people who actually bring in the revenue would not be able to do their jobs?

Time to unionize before all the jobs are moved overseas. It’s happening.

Who will be left in a year? I foresee all product lines leaving except ds chemicals.

I left BKR more than three years ago. I held on to my stock hoping the company would soon break itself up - or that shareholders/the board would eventually get fed up with the poor returns and boot the management team. Why haven’t either of those... — read more 

COE Montrose manager/ hatchet man Salami will be leaving in the summer. Get the bunting out.😀

I’m excited to announce to all of you plebs that after many months of planning we are now rolling out the EB band promotional framework, and we now can compensate and incentivize ourselves even better than before! Any suggestions for improvement? — read more 

I’m excited to announce that after months of planning we are now rolling out the promotion plans for Executive Band! Now we finally figured how to compensate and incentivize ourselves even better!

Wait and see, you heard it here first

Any concerns around what’s happening in the North Sea region at the moment? Seems to be an absolute collapse over night of what was already a failing region. Send help asap MCB

Hello all, These are strange times, unfortunately with all the bad publicity & customer aversion to companies promoting controversial positions on social issues, my contract to be your bingo host has been discontinued. I really enjoyed dressing up... — read more 

Any news on potential March layoffs?

Any guesses on how many will leave after the bonus payout?

Decision making in c-suite and board is pretty simple Just train an AI on their decisions and bo-m now you have degenerative AI management. It was so successful in selecting who to cut in the latest RIF, no reason to believe it wouldn’t be just as... — read more 

Can I volunteer for redundancy even if I am not at risk?

Anyone understand the logic of this? There have been many roles terminated that are now being replaced with a slightly different job description. So the company paid severance and separation pay to end up re-hiring many of the same people, adding... — read more 

Dear peasants, I am a not a happy with a some of the a comments on a here a. I am a the leader and I must tell you what to a do a. Most importanta is a the CASH. I only made $12 million dollar last a year a which is a not an acceptable and I cannot... — read more 

Laid off a bunch of people in Massachusetts last week. Moving the jobs to sites in Europe because it’s cheaper. They can get 3 people for the price of 1. Expecting more next year once they’re trained up.