Has Schlumberger come after any ex-employee for the $50,000 promissory note for mud school?

Southampton.....Dilapidation team here today. Managers are off to Clamart to sort out shifty goings on for the greater good of themselves and their unscrupulous sidekicks. I invite anyone to expose the wrong doings of this company.

What's the deal in Newfoundland and their off shore operations?

How often they will be doing the IT-org change, another one brewing, ready for release, expect more and more surprises

Boom boom shaka laka!

Has anyone ever wondered why you have two bosses? Has one ever wondered why at the management level, there is two and three layers? What do they do? How does one do their job when the Functional Mgr and Direct Mgr do not communicate or like each... — read more 

Rumor has it that SIS is to be spun off or sold off, which I assume means the software part. What about all the other scientists and engineers in SIS? Will they go back to their PL's and will the PL's be willing to accept the increased headcount?

What the IT big shots are doing in Pune? Are they moving Houston to Pune?

Let us know the facts... How many will be cut. One source said 5% and the other said 10%. I am thinking no one really knows.

any updates there?

Hi friends, I am wondering how SLB is going to pay back the increasing debt... Dividend increase last year Falling Free Cash Flow... and the next 2 quarters FCF is likely to be negative! Decreasing sales Decreasing EBITDA .... I see several... — read more 

The company's market strategy completely lack of any consistence. Just a few months ago, Paul announced that we would be pulling out of Venezuela market and thousands of employees were fired to survive on their own. Ar the same time, secretly the... — read more 

Do not be fooled by talk of a cyclical nature to the price of oil, it is true that oil has risen and fallen in the past but for very different reasons than those of today, generally oil and its value has reflected either the Global GDP or Global... — read more 

Will there be layoffs in NAM M-I and will there be furloughs in Q4?

Any idea when the IT move will happen from Houston to Pune in India?

There will be layoffs in last week of September to make sure the 85% target of survey participation is achieved. Huge HR PIPs and VP PIPs associated with this target. Also as that will end of quarter some layoffs will look good in the quarterly... — read more 

What is happening at Southampton. As per SHTC centre manager, no formal decision has been taken yet. Does that mean there is a scope that Southampton won't close? Are any employees from Southampton going to France as part of transfer? Any news.

I am sitting here, looking for work. Nothing yet. Getting food on the table and getting kids a decent education weighs above my self esteem. Should i even have any hope about being called back? People still working, what are you hearing? Call me an... — read more 

On my way out now after I stood up in a meeting of managers and made some critical comments about the survey. I was told to sit down and when I continued to speak one of the managers can over and forced me down into my seat and told me to shut up... — read more 

Boom boom shaka lala. ..confirmed 100%

Senior management have big PIPs tied to 85% participation in Engage survey. If a location does not meet that target, there will be layoffs, redundancies and workforce reduction. Do survey. Save jobs.

I was recently terminated without notice and without cause, I was supposed to receive payment in lieu of notice but they haven't payed. AskHR and local HR are not responding to emails so I contacted BACO which was quick in creating an HR ticket for... — read more 

Southampton all 55 employees now at risk. To be fair at least we had an honest consultation period whereby every detail was transparent. In my mind HR handled it so well that the transfer manager has already arrived. Just give us a knock when you... — read more 

It might be next to impossible to prove that age discrimination is rampant in Schlumberger although everyone can see what is going on because of the At Will rules. But, retaliation is a different story. Management retaliation against others for any... — read more 

Will slb rehire anyone that was laidoff? Not ILOA but laidoff

http://www.businessinsider.com/jk-scheinberg-apple-engineer-rejected-job-apple-store-genius-bar-2016-9?yptr=yahoo?r=UK&IR=T

1.1. The name of the Company is: SCHLUMBERGER N.V. 1.2. Abroad and in transactions with foreign entities, persons or organizations, the name SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED may be used. 1.3. The Company is incorporated in the Netherlands Antilles and has its... — read more 

With the huge losses in Venezuela, the failure of the collaboration and integration strategy to win more business despite the increase in NAM activity, the internal laughing joke that is the transformation, the firing of all the experienced personnel... — read more 

Laying off US nationals while allowing foreigners to stay , increasing unemployment in USA. Not a good idea.

Does everybody feel safe? I don't think so it probably has to do with the morale boosting engage survey. Well that thing was a barrel of laughs wasn't it. The oil service industries are almost dead in the water, or should I say waste water.

Its been brutal for the employees losing jobs, income and in the middle of an economic crisis in the country. Please keep these employees in your prayers. They have done nothing wrong. Believing in Schlumberger was their only mistake.