So market rumor was OXY (a smaller company than COP) was able to offer a deal to buy $33 billion company. It took me 3 days to digest this information. How is that COP a bigger company selling assets and a smaller company able to offer to buy an... — read more 

Don't worry about somebody buying COP. Nobody wants us. Don't worry about us buying another company. Quite simply it's not what we do, we sale things. Buying stuff does not let us buy back cop shares. Don't worry about layoffs. Every worker that has... — read more 

XOM or Oxy, since Oxy is moving across the street I am giving them the best odds.

Meanwhile, in nearly every other industry: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/9/18300355/workers-layoffs-firings-rate

Lately very few news are getting around regarding the future cuts and such decisions. Constantly being questioned to justify our existence and petty spends on legitimate value adding projects. Keep asking same questions differently and preparing... — read more 

Rumor has it that Exxon is eyeing COP up for it's L48 position! Share price is less than when we split in 2013. Plan is to keep the US assets, dump the international stuff and close the HQ.

I'm ready to leave ConocoPhillips, but I'd prefer to do it with some kind of an additional safety net... Do we have any idea if volunteer layoffs might be offered to older employees who have been here for 15+ years any time soon? Any info on this... — read more 

Development moves are about to happen. Remember, this is only to appease the cry that the company doesn't care about development, not to actually do something real problem at the scale it needs to actually be done. With these few moves they will be... — read more 

Worked with such a mean, bitter, and disfunctional group of people. Sprinkle in technical incompetence, over-confident, dis-honest, lack of vision, no strategy, dis-loyal, slandering, vindictive, entitled, and much worse.

I don’t get it...if people are laid off then less numbers are sharing the dough so each should get more. Whose cutting in my pie?

As a result of staff reductions occurring throughout the year, severance accruals of $70 million were recorded in 2018.

We strive to attract, train, develop and retain individuals with the knowledge and skills to implement our business strategy and who support our values and ethics. To this end, we offer university internships across multiple disciplines to attract... — read more 

Just heard layoffs planned again; Houston plus about-to-be sold BU’s. Lower 48 gas natural gas prices too low, plus cash flow. Anyone else?

So we shouldn't be excited about what a great year 2018 was? When a company uses cash to buy back shares, they have less to grow their business. Share repurchases have a very limited, one-time effect, on the company. This is why once a company... — read more 

https://talkmarkets.com/content/us-markets/stock-buybacks-arent-bad-just-misused--abused?post=213634

It’s actually the opposite with me: I work about an hour, take 7 off, and my boss is clueless. What a great company! http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190312-the-tiny-breaks-that-ease-your-body-and-reboot-your-brain

I don’t understand this crowd. No layoffs in 2019, all the best VCIP, best company to work for and still see the foxes complaining about sour grapes. Can someone explain this behavior.

One of those I's in SPIRIT has to be for irony. I mean why else would you spotlight an engineering supervisor for international women's day that intentionally undercut other women in the wells group to get them laid off and get rid of actual... — read more 

Wow the stock dropped like a rock today.

Remember that good employees quit because of: Lack of appreciation and support No opportunities to grow and learn. Lack of integrity by their superiors. Lack of trust and respect. Challenges to the status quo met with negative consequences... — read more 

Since COP traded as pure E Dividend: $2.76/share 03-06-2019 closing share price: $68.29; Dividend: $1.22/share Annualized Share price appreciation has been less than 3 percent Dividends have decreased 55 percent Shareholders have not done well May... — read more 

Who is the worst GGRE TMT rep? Who was the biggest narcissist of them all tonight....biggest brown noser employee?

Folks Please download and use the Blind app from App store. Tech industry uses that, and it is completely anonymous. People discuss the kind of things we discuss over here. However, you don't have trolls who don't work in the company, just screwing... — read more 

One of the test questions contains negative stereotypes of Atheists. For the question "Which of the following behaviors could be considered appropriate conduct?" one of the multiple choice answers is "Todd, an atheist, makes derogatory comments about... — read more 

https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/The-Worlds-Largest-Battery-To-Power-The-Permian.html

any vcip % predictions

(1) The company has a long history of exaggeration, going back to gas-to-liquids, carbon fiber, Exploration, Deep Water “discoveries”, etc. Just about every major project has come in needing a supplement, with more costs, delayed later first... — read more 

I have just returned from a conoco Philips contracted rig in the north sea and could not believe why they put so much pressure on the guys as drilling ops was far to fast it's humans out there not robots. These guys deserve better from a massive... — read more 

A couple of the requirements that caught my eye from the actual posting: "Experience in change management" "Establish and track metrics that measure communications effectiveness tied employee engagement" But I think the most interesting requirements... — read more 

Can HR be trusted? If I need to talk to a HR rep, should I be on guard? Do they use information against employees? Are they really partners, or enemies?

Look at the results in market today. Boi o boi I am so laughin! Haters be still hatin. Chug away you toot.

You know for a company that keeps saying that the Permian is a big part of our future you really think the company would do something about the issues in the teams associated with the asset. In the implementation team there are not enough people... — read more 

In honor of ConocoPhillips being named to Fortune 500's world's most admired companies list, please share something that you admire about ConocoPhillips. http://fortune.com/worlds-most-admired-companies/conocophillips/

Off we go!

Link below and text is from and email by one of the Oxford Club authors, Marc Lichtenfeld. He gives three companies as examples of when management should not be buying back their own stock. Looks like they laid off the wrong people... — read more 

Been hearing about possible layoffs in February. I was wondering if there was any more info on it here? Anybody?

I hear COP is hiring again, including poaching externally, less than 3 months since the last layoff! As such, the timing is perfect to share The Seven Survival Tips for a Job (NOT a Career) at COP: 1) Negotiate really well prior to being hired, as... — read more 

I hear COP is hiring again, including poaching externally, less than 3 months since the last layoff! As such, the timing is perfect to share The Seven Survival Tips for a Job (NOT a Career) at COP: 1) Negotiate really well prior to being hired, as... — read more