Still thinking about raising compensation for you and your minions this year? Have you ever thought how many employees could have been saved with the ridiculous compensation for incompetent SLB management?
Attrition rates
What are the attrition rates in your location? Too many hard working people leaving in Aberdeen because of how they are being treated by management
New CEO?
Paal time is limited, he’ll be gone in a few months...or stay as advisor to CEO for a few years... Who will be the next one? Obviously not Patrick...Stephanie?
Layoffs today in Katy TX, anywhere else?
I only heard of 1 guy sent home. Other people moved out due to Visa just before, possibly sparing a few.
Paal is Tone Deaf
He can't hear. Won't hear our message. Despite meetings and emails. A complete disregard to our subordinates. The ship has sailed and heading striaght to an ice burg.
Should Paal quit
Is this right time for Paal to quit
Ramp up soon?
Looks like activity is picking up - get ready for the upturn!
ITT change?
Rumours are of scaling down on ITT - what will happen next to these groups?
EMS
I heard it's gonna get cut up, mfg consolidated or outsourced on a massive scale. Missing of big tenders just is not supporting enough of this insanely costly customization low volume mfg. Machining cost of over $300/hr and utilization of 25% while... — read more
What will happen to Smith?
Any news?
What will the Platforms do for SLB?
Is there ANY upside?
Did Schlumberger
bring anything good to Smith, if any?
SLB doesn't deserve Smith!
What do you think?
Can Smith survive under SLB management?
What do you think?
Ignorants don't know
how good Smith was before Schlumberger bought it.
Schlumberger have destroyed MI -SWACO
The second time they have screwed up a mud company. What now for MI- SWACO the former jewel in the Smith crown?
Schlumberger destroyed Smith
Schlumberger destroyed the world's best drill bits company, Smith!
Is Legacy Smith doomed!
Will we survive or will SLUM sell us?
VP of Wells
What the heck is this made up position anyways? It’s like saying “hey I work at McDonald’s. I’m the VP of Burgers”
More Layoffs Coming
More layoffs are coming in completions manufacturing centers in Houston. Bloody Paal strikes again...
Age a liability at Schlumberger
It seems that every new layoffs round makes it more and more clear that older workers (those in our late forties and fifties) are expandable in the eyes of the management. Every single time we lose more people in that age bracket even if we are the... — read more
Coup d’Etat?
have heard rumor that group president that recently disappeared from org chart tried a coup d’etat on the ceo through the board and fail
Question for this board
Who do you care less about? Ponca, IT or legacy smith? And why....
Dear SLB folks
Why oh why would you continue working at this ridiculous insane asylum? Life is sooooo short! Come on and stop feeding lazy old manipulating deceiving bottom feeders...
Will SLUM purchase Knight Oil Tools
Clearlake Capital Group is looking to sell assets and operations.
IT Reorg and Job Cut
IT again going thru the Reorg one more time and will result in more job cuts close to 25 % to 40 % before the 3rd quarter and the impact will be more in Houston, start looking.....(1430 Enclave Lease are coming to an end this September and they are... — read more
Shake up at the bit plant in Houston?
Is it true that there was a change in management at the bit plant? I heard the production manager quit and moved back to Ponca. I also hear that they are having trouble making a good product. Anybody know?
CAM V&M layoff
So far 14 users were let go in V&M(Richmond office), more to come, BIG changes for VPs....start looking
Schlumberger buys Russian driller
Another company destroyed with more layoffs? www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-04-28/schlumberger-gets-approval-to-buy-into-russia-s-biggest-driller
Cheaper is not better
Industry is changed. I work for smaller company now. You wont believe it but i see they take some design from slb, weatherford, smitth, modified it and guess what they sell it for cheap. All they want is cheap, low price, .... . as long as slb want... — read more
Hey Paal!
Do you still envision world's best run company? Would world's best run company lay off 70k employees while the management gets fat bonuses every year?
Is Schlumberger back?
A linkedin star posted this. Is SLB really back? Is layoff finally over? https://www.google.com/amp/s/seekingalpha.com/amp/article/4165237-schlumberger-back
SLB laid off 70,000 people so far
How are you, guys, all doing? I used to be in D&M. Rig count picked up, but still s---s. I guess I am not coming back for another 5 years lol. Moved on with another career and married now with kids. Can't do it anymore anyway. My wife won't let me go... — read more
True example of accountability
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/united-airlines-ceo-to-skip-bonus-chairman-is-stepping-aside