The Westheimer office hosted a calm meet and greet with the CEO yesterday but I heard the meeting at the Louisiana street location was lively. Details please.
Are contingent workers a thing?
Hey Enbridge. Provided I survive the cuts over the next couple of months, how does contracting work there? Currently with Procom, hated it, always hated it, but I assumed that I would get hired on and it was a probation period workaround. Instead of... — read more
Crib notes - ala president Trump?
President trump put out crib notes for his big speech last night ahead of time. Any such luck from Alvin and his chipmunk for this afternoon?
HEY SPECTRA IT folks - the OUTSOURCING contract has been signed with TCA - confirmed by an Enridge FTE in internal email URL below
TCA or--- Tata Consultancy Services has inked the deal to outsource IT. I don't think anyone in US HR vetted the firm TATA to well. Maybe in the singular form it's okay. Welcome to Day 1. http://www.tcs.com/m/default.aspx ( copy and paste the URL to... — read more
From Spectra: Any rumors or thoughts on when they start cutting?
We have been told that planned job reductions are minimal. Yet we know there has to be at least a thousand in Houston. And I would assume a large number in Calgary. Historically, on the Enbridge side, how does this generally work? Should we expect a... — read more
Spectra building Warning - PSCM staffers and paper towels in toilets
This is all true - PSCM coworkers on the 5th floor have signs posted on the bathroom stalls " please no flushing paper towels down the toilet". Floors above 5th are constantly getting flooded and smell like Truck Stops. The good news is they have not... — read more
Spectra Layoff Page is blocked at work - irrelevant since the merger is 2/27 .. Layoffs will be done under the new Enbridge
Is the Enbridge layoff page blocked at your work yet – if not it probably will be soon - the thought police are out there doing their best. Would head of corporate thought police be a VP level position?
You are a number.
Maybe a %, a $ amount, an employee number, or a headcount. Senior and executive mgmnt do not care about you, they care about achieving their targets to receive their financial incentives. Al M makes more money in ONE DAY than you do ALL YEAR. Do you... — read more
E =
E = Exporting American and Canadian employees' jobs to 'sourcing' agencies
Feb. 22 marks the 149th anniversary of the publication of Karl Marx book Communication Manifesto (he lived with him in-laws in their basement
I'm not agreeing with Marx and believe that communism barely works in theory - Venezuela as an example and the wonderful vintage cars driving around in Cuba still - that said - there is one salient point that Marx and Engels brought out from an... — read more
Get ready for wave 2 of TCS takeover of IT
TCS wave 2 takeover is beginning now. MC is having meetings with various IT teams to inform them that the takeover is happening soon, and to be completed by the end of May. Soon there will not be anyone working in IT that lives in North America. Way... — read more
Stip reduced
Some kind of cost containment garbage. Which they'd tell us this before we do our trainings and stuff, so we could just not.
From Spectra: Demotion pay in 2018 ??? how does it work
The party line is that no one's pay will be affected in 2017. Somewhere in the official Q&A section it mentioned "a board evaluation of payscales will commence in 2018. Does that mean that demotees can expect a cut or just a freeze in wages?
Take responsibility
Multinational companies continue their devastation upon the local environment. BP and now Enbridge are in no position to continue their unbridled exploits. The Canadian owned pipelines running throughout the US need metallurgical examination. Storage... — read more
PLAN B when finally laid-off
Dress up in the SPECTRA logo gear that I got on sale, set on an esplanade near the building with a sign reading ..... JUST LAID OFF WILL DO AWESOME POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS FOR FREE BEER
New programs..
Wonder what will happen with all the new Planner/Schedulers that Spectra has been rolling out to the Area Offices... Does Enbridge have something similar?
Boom goes the dynamite
New enbridge leadership structure is out, including both spectra and enbridge vps and up. How's everyone feel about it?
Hours worked per week - SDO Day
Do Enbridge employee's work a regular 9 hour day (8 hours + 1 hour lunch)? Do they work 1/2 day on Friday's? How do they accumulate hours for the SDO Day?
ENBRIDGE the MOVIE: trying to come up with a catchy title that could turn out to be a great screenplay "Deep S _ _ _ Horizon" ???
5 Steps from the frontline - how one man's battle took down a giant corporation Fahrenheit $540 How to succeed in business without really firing Al does Houston Casing Al may be difficult - Robert De Niro is small in stature but can play a great A _... — read more
Floor ??
My opinion: The only thing great about Enbridge is the amount of money it pays compared to other industries. It is nothing that stands out about Enbridge at all, or anything that says “I want to spend the rest of my career with this company.” Get... — read more
My 4oth Anniversary
On February 14, 1977, I started to work for Consumers Gas. Retired on February 01, 2013 (36 years, less 2 weeks). While I really liked many of the people I worked with over the years, I DO NOT miss any of it. I am so glad to be out of there. Walked... — read more
PTO and SDO Days and Work Week Hours
Does Enbridge still have PTO days which include vacation and sick days combined? What is an SDO day? I heard Enbridge works 1/2 days every Friday so I wasn't sure what an SDO day is? With SDO days, how many hours per day do they work? Spectra has... — read more
Stip?
No stip letters yet. Anyone know what's up? Safe to assume they're trying to figure out how to cut stip? Assume no raises again this year?
Spectra - has cleaned out Gift Shop of all Logo items
Example: a t-shirt for $1. About 2-3 carts of stuff was still not sold by days end. Someone suggested they just build a big bonfire and sell tickets, it would save more money, tme.etc. I'd fork over $5 to watch and sing Kumbyah with everyone. I'd... — read more
Official Announcement from Spectra on parking available once everyone from Edbridge has moved to the Galarie building
Honestly, this has to rank as one of the stupidest questions on the official Q&A page. The official answer " Don't worry there will be plenty of room with our current facilities" this is how clueless the Spectra employees are they have drank the... — read more
Enbrdiges benefits:
How much is Enbridges 401k match? How many vacation and sick days do you get for 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years? 25 years? 30 years? 35 years? How does the PTO work? How does Enbridges bonus plan work? What is the average annual salary... — read more
From Spectra another question..... in less than 500 words what does flattening the organization entail??
Spectra has Sr VPS, regular VPs, General Managers (somehow not quite a VP) most of the above have DIrectors reporting to them and the DIrectors have 0 - 5 Managers, Supervisors/ Leads/ Principal Techs and then staffers report to Manager. HOW FLAT IS... — read more
95% of Spectra Peasant class have never been through a layoff TOTAL DENIAL MOOD
"I've been through the ICOMPLY programming, clap my hands at events on command at Corp events, worked in ADUDITING WHERE EVERYTHING BEGINS" (a highlighted story on the Spectra Employee Page). Ship of fools jumping on to ship 263#.
263 - related numerology ( to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.)
If you focus on Canadian Penal Code 263 is: Duty to safeguard opening in ice (no mention of Hr TROLLS near the hole) 263 (1) Every one who makes or causes to be made an opening in ice that is open to or frequented by the public is under a legal duty... — read more
Enbridge ranked #263 by Forbes as Canada's Best Employers.
https://www.forbes.com/canada-best-employers/list/#tab:rank No further comment as the ranking should peak for itself!
VP Announcement Count Down - Feb 15 Wednesday or 17 Friday - Placing my bet on the 17th, Canned Sardines, burn down Columbia SC and the EU
On the 15th events below obscured 399 BC Philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth of the city and for impiety 590 Khosrau II, the last great Sasanian king is crowned King of Persia DOES... — read more
Good responses from ya'll on Spectra Layoff page OFFICE SPACE
Thanks for the honest comments I hope to be cut in the layoff. I am so sick of being part of this S_ _ _ Show. Send Al M. My love
Good Read on the Spectra Layoff Page on PSCM suply chain
PSCM Supply Chain describes their own issues in detail. Please New Enbridge put them out of their misery.
Move is official.
It's on elink. General tone is "if you don't like it, you can s--- a big one." Timeline not given. Just by end of 2017. Say goodbye to your office if you're below a veep level...
Work in the Galleria area?
Can't wait to work in the Galleria. That's going to add 30 to 60 mins to my morning and afternoon drive. Good thing oil prices are rising. Lot's of jobs are going to be opening up in Houston soon.
From SPECTRA -- official sounding propaganda - Questions for you
An HR sounding troll just made a post on the Spectra layoff page titled OFFICE SPACE - BASIC THEME: everything is going as planned, everything is awesome , please be gracious and welcome our new comrades from Enbridge ( coming to the galleria will be... — read more