I worked at Noble (canonsburg) in 2013 prior to the shift in oil prices and layoffs. I was new to the industry but left very quickly after realizIng how insanely inefficient the majority of the employees were. Long lunches, way too much spending, too many "HR"/random positions, a staff with zero customer service to employees, etc. I watched random golf tournaments, soda machines, Tahoes, trucks... If this industry practiced any principles of lean management, perhaps the blow may not have hurt so bad. This is the result of too high profit margins and "managers" pulled straight off the rigs.
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What is vile is that the shareholders, board, and upper management has allowed all this to happen. They inherited a great company and have run it into the ground with their lack of knowledge, mismanagement, and probably greed. They laid off some people who needed to go but a lot were the ones who worked. Those people will always find a good place to go ultimately. I hope they have learned that HR cannot run any company and pull in some management to turn the boat around. If they don't, the only answer is to sell the assets and go home.
Good question. Why is Noble management so vile?
Noble and the "breakthrough" thinkers are doomed.
Things will improve
Why so vile?