Hi folks 10,000 to leave by the end of the year worldwide. Unfortunately, but it was coming.
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"I started a gofund.me to give Bernard Looney new teeth. Horrible for a multi millionaire"
Maybe he can use some of the 7+ million from the BP stock he sold shortly before taking over as CEO to pay for them.
I started a gofund.me to give Bernard Looney new teeth. Horrible for a multi millionaire.
One team by sending people to the one and only unemployment line. Ethics and morals out the window. Overspent money in computing center that was never used at optimal capacity. No diversity agenda paid off - likely filled the EEOC with allegations left and right - retirement benefits...truth coming out, that will have never been paid anyway. Now, the CEO crying like a baby with one eye on his bank account. Safety first, take care of yourself.
Welp, thanks BP - this should only worsen the unemployment glut in the O/G sector that has hit Houston. However, now with one of the "Big Seven" enacting layoffs, this has strengthened my resolve to change industries.
The mothership really is lurching about at the minute? 17B write down seems like a knee jerk reaction??
Keeping those working on renewables...ha...ha! bp can't make anything happen. Sell what's left and get out of the way. Even when bp advocates, ends up damaging the arena for those who can deliver. Remember beyond petroleum broken pieces bad press.
all bp!
"Any young folks (below 35) considering EOI? Seems like it is the best time to move on from this dying industry"
I am in my late 30s and am considering EOI...been with BP almost a decade. If you can afford to hit the reset button, then go for it...life is altogether way too short - think of poor George Floyd.
If you have a big mortgage & kids, then best keep your head down...network like a busy beaver in a flood and keep riding the rollercoaster.
Because you are asking this question, I would say go for it and take the EOI...that is what I am going for.
Any young folks (below 35) considering EOI? Seems like it is the best time to move on from this dying industry
Cheap houses in Sunbury soon
I once hid a cheese in a BP meeting room years ago. Assume it is still there.
Lots of IBM and Tata there. If all the BP people are kicked out, noone will supervise them and it will be chaos
We need lots of fisherman now that we have our fishing waters back
Any idea on whether these layoffs include BPX?
The problem is that after working in BP you are damaged goods as 99% just wait for the final salary pension but on the other hand you will survive an attack by any red tape alien monster.
I was there once and they had a staircase policeman - checking that you hold the railing. Rather odd for pour office workers after a lot were k–led in the refinery boooooom and the exploding gulf oil rig.
If they would remove the staircase police, they might get a few extra redundancies by the staircase deaths.
Lots of jobs in Switzerland plus an escape from the collapsing pound
We should layoff ALL oil and gas folks and keep ONLY those working on renewables!
Amen
they will cut the wrong people and lean out the front line workers in refining and exploration
Knowing this place (which spent all kinds of money on slip simulators and 1-way arrow stickers on the f—ing floor) they will cut the wrong people and lean out the front line workers in refining and exploration, and keep hiring and paying sh–ty 3rd party consultants like PinnacleART.
Better get a job at McLaren, Shell, BAT or so. (all India or Mexico based)
Only 2000 in the UK ? Seems they want to safeguard the 30 management layers
Sorry, my fault. I started siphoning off diesel from lorries a few months back in my eco-drive. Has saved me a few 1000 quid which I could use to plant trees (or not)
There are 500000 office bees in Sunbury. You will not even notice 2000 less
Laying off those 10,000 white males will be sure to help the company's image.
Does this help BP achieve its zero-emissions exploration goal?
Do you think severance will be enhanced before June 26?
Sad and I feel for those who don't make the cut, but it's needed for the org.