#houston

Here in Houston HR likes the staff to be young from top schools. Now they will face challenges as XOM looking for gas. XOM knows something is about to occur and gas assets are more fungible than oil in today’s market.

Toshiba International Corporation is laying off 67 workers. These layoffs will occur at its Houston, Texas facility. The changes are effective this September. The company cited a plant closure as the reason. The specific plant closing was not identified.

Houston, Texas

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/toshiba-houston-lay-offs-22287409.php

Here it is…The first week of June and a quick look at the career section of Crowns website shows eight openings…split between half in Houston and the other half in Canonsburg. Nothing in the field…nothing remote. Any chance at a lateral move out of the Midwest area?

Executives feel expats are making too much compared to those who “stay in Houston like them and do the heavy lifting and strategy work” so rather than raising Houston compensation they plan to continue lowering expat compensation. Plan accordingly.

I love how my project team is in Houston India Manila and BA. How the F are we supposed to accomplish anything.

Well well well looks like Devon bit off more than they could chew. 1 year salaries being offered to select groups in Houston to stay on in the Houston office because OKC can’t absorb it.

Coming in hard with that little d.

Who doesn’t capitalize their own name.

Hope y’all are ready to come join us in H Town.

I heard from reputable source, that although marketing VP GH is stationed in OKC… marketing jobs are expected to relocate to Houston office for better commercial exposure. Sorry for the facts, just want to keep people in the know so there’s no surprises. Hoping the best for all involved. This isn’t fun for anyone.
Xoxo,
Gossip Girl

As many have heard the finance transformation will affect many of the jobs for the Houston finance team. That being said, are any of you all willing to share past severance agreements/packages that Enbridge has offered during past restructuring or layoffs? How many weeks per service year or minimum weeks? Will the bonus be prorated?

An unnamed USPS contractor in Houston faces potential job cuts. Approximately 50 local positions could be eliminated. These potential layoffs are expected in the Houston area. The decision follows recent rule changes by USPS. These changes affect contracted trucking providers.

Houston, Texas

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2026/04/30/southern-mail-service-potential-layoffs-usps.html

Mass furloughs are going to happen in Houston! Talk to your managers, train runner managers! The writing is on the walls. It’s going to be before the new machinist apprentices start. They’re hiring them as we speak! Both managers and tradesmen will be furloughed!

Anyone have any intel on when Houston Financial Crimes Investigations will be done? There are only a few of us here, and all of our managers are in a different location.

Does anyone know how much Houston P66 traders get paid for total comp of base and trader bonus?

Houston executives are seriously upset than anyone in Midland is a CL29 other than their hipos who are passing through. Get ready to be forced out of the company if you are a CL29!

One of the classic excuses for a low assessment at ExxonMobil is not being mobile. They talk a good game about caring but then if you aren’t willing to move and change jobs every couple of years they will say your potential is limited and drop your ranking. Of course it is okay for people to spend their entire career in Houston but forget it if you are a Pioneer employee wanting to stay in Midland.

Jobs moving to India or Houston. No community investment any where close to the level of Pioneer. Firing locals for not being mobile and wanting to leave Midland. Looters.

The traffic. The overpriced homes. The humidity. I hate this place.

From 1963 to 2015 the Houston Petroleum club was located at the ExxonMobil Building. Now it is in the Total building. Sad.

HOUSING
Property taxes in Houston remain a double-edged sword: while they fund essential local services in the absence of a state income tax, they are among the highest in the nation.

Surging property values are leading to higher overall tax bills.

Due to rising home prices and interest rates. Monthly mortgage payments have climbing 44% since 2021 not including increases in taxes and insurance. Few have received raises of a similar magnitude.

Beyond the purchase price, rising insurance premiums and climate-related costs (like flooding and extreme heat) are making homeownership increasingly expensive.

TRAFFIC
Houston traffic is increasingly viewed as unlivable, with commuters losing nearly four days annually to delays, a number that rose in 2026. It ranks among the worst in Texas, characterized by severe bottlenecks on I-45 and Loop 610, aggressive driving, and rapid sprawl, making it one of the least livable major US metros.

I cannot find the original post but I remember seeing one of the posts saying 50% of Houston personnel will be retirement age in 10 years. What’s the source of that information? Is it true?

Nearly 300 Houston-area workers face upcoming layoffs. These individuals are employees of Sodexo. Sodexo manages food services at various hospitals. A total of 296 workers across four HCA Healthcare sites are impacted. The layoffs are scheduled to begin on June 13.

Houston, Texas

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/04/08/nearly-300-houston-area-food-service-workers-face-layoffs-tied-to-hospital-contract-changes-records-show/

Projects are unable to progress due to insufficient resources in Houston to progress the work. Fired the wrong people or too many.

Given the impact MENA has on SLB’s revenue and the closing of the strait, any rumors about the SLB situation and what to expect in terms of headcount situation in the Houston metroplex?

Anyone knows latest on Dow’s restructuring 2026? This will surely impact Houston job market and those impacted by Shell’s own restructuring.

Involuntary surplus of the Houston test center today. I believe 68 of us left. Everything moving to Dallas.

Houston is modernizing the buildings based on the San Ramon model and we promise you will only move to the unassigned model in a modernized space. You’re going to love it.

What is the mood knowing they broke that commitment and are now awkwardly and cowardly backtracking by possibly bringing the Hess building into play?

Btw, MN was the decider to force everyone into unassigned. Now RB is trying to clean up his mess.

The Grayson mill energy Houston office that was shut down, all those people that were let go are probably laughing now that the shared services cuts are going to hit OKC. If you aren’t where the center of power is, you are expendable and it’s only a matter of time. Can’t manage data, can’t support your customers, can’t IT hundreds of miles away :)

We've been stuck in the HOU150 garage for 45+ minutes. That me and about 100 other cars. Just trying to leave. Unbelievable.
Force everyone into a needlessly remodelled office with open-plan seating that strips away dignity and privacy—then schedule repairs on the elevators, escalators, and garage all at once, grinding facility throughput to a halt.
What are we doing? Why does everything have to be this hard? Why are we doing this to ourselves?

ATM Live from houston-let’s do something fun and games with our EC team.

Janus International Group will lay off 113 employees. These permanent job cuts affect a Houston facility. The company is consolidating its operations. Layoffs are scheduled to begin after April 2. Affected roles include rollers, stapler felters, and material handlers.

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2026/02/13/janus-self-storage-manufacturer-houston-layoffs.html

In the process of relocating to Houston. Looking for a house. Learning that property taxes & insurance are insane in Houston. Seeing >$16k property taxes and >$6k insurance, not including flood insurance. Auto insurance is higher too. Is this normal?

So much money is thrown away in property taxes & insurances here. It seems ridiculous.

Expand Energy, formerly Chesapeake Energy, will move its headquarters. The company is relocating from Oklahoma City to Houston, Texas. This move is expected to be completed by mid-2026. Primarily executives will relocate.

https://www.kosu.org/energy-environment/2026-02-10/expand-energy-formerly-chesapeake-to-move-its-headquarters-out-of-okc

What depts move to Houston?

Anyone surprised? Me neither. I'm not moving to Houston even if they offer it, which I'm sure they won't for most of us.

Generic email from RR admitting they made a mistake and are reviewing the open seating plan. What doesn’t mean? Are we undoing it? What’s going on?

Anyone know how many roles currently in Midland will be eliminated or moved to Houston this year and in the upcoming years per company plan and reorg plans?

Multiple layoffs in different groups.

a bunch of us just arrived in Houston-All the talk is about how much trouble the company is in & how much are workloads have increased since the company laid off 250 employees-all the talk is about the $45m deficit & the lawsuit & the upheaval in leadership-In 18 months: greed, severin, festog, donaldson, goldstein, roehrich, loughery, gutteraireez, golatt, conway, are all gone-field sales leadership suxx-We are all very skeptical-Company is still hiding things from us. Client losses keep mounting-Company cant revenue-Many are looking to jump ship right after bonus time. May god save our souls. Now time to go to the bars to get sc-hit-faced.

It’s such a sh-t show! This is how we get better?!?!?!? This is how we beat the competition?!?!?!?! These a-holes torture us for a year with the layoff, surprise us with the return to office 4 days into this circus cr-p of unassigned seating!!!! This is their response to those of us who said we believe in this company to ride it out with you all and get it on track???!! The new op model is a joke and the leaders still haven’t defined roles, requiring us to work a sh-t ton of overtime where we need to concentrate. What a joke of a leadership crew we have. They ki-led this company. I’d have more respect if they are doing this on purpose, but likely they think they are making the right moves. Wtf!!!!!???!!

Make the LT surf a floor for a place to sit everyday and focus on this bs they created! Can you tell I’m pi---d