Looks like having people worry about being laid off 24/7 is working. Several people I know have quit or are getting ready to quit. I'm pretty sure that's part of BP's tactic: make the work environment so unbearable (with a constant threat of layoffs, for example) to force people out on their own without paying them severance. Definitely a heartless move, but not an unexpected one.
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Look, the ship can can only hold a few execs now, what else can they do.
What’s so unbearable? The fish and chips? The free lunch? The Costa coffee? Hmm actually maybe it’s the private healthcare?
Yep...as I recall the same strategy was used in Arizona 15 years ago for illegal immigrants...make their life so unpleasant and difficult they will self deport on their own rather than be kicked out.
The sad (and unfortunate) part is that it seems to work.
Job uncertainty doesn't reduce headcount enough in oilfield service companies where they lay off far more people but still end up with loads of employees begging to keep their jobs.