They let the older hands go that can run multiple machines and keep the ones that can only run one. Went through n this morning at 5 was walked out at 7 along with another older hand in lotorc valves
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It's a different world now. Experience is not worth as much as before. It's who ya know and who ya blow. That's just about all that matters anymore. Might as well get used to it. It's like that everywhere you'll go.
A quote from a different companies IT newsletter.
"The graveyards a full of indispensable men who have been replaced".
That has stuck with me. Harsh but true. At my company it seemed the layoffs were picked by who you were friends with and how much you made. Skill set didn't seem to matter. They can always train new guys with the standard work instructions. Experience not required.
everyone is dispensible
Shoulda made that call.
They are letting the older guys go for dumb assreasons! My pops got laid off for not making a phone call ON HIS DAYS OFF! He was woth a different company for over 30 yrs! F--- the oilfield
It's not our fault you hung around so long, building up your pay.
All depends where a manager places a persons name on the "laid off List". Some people can be retired, most the time what you know doesn't matter its who you know in modern day Oil Field. One thing for sure, most Managers follow two things almost 100% during a bust. 1) last hired, 1st fired(laid off). 2) if you watch your Manager for a solid week, see who he/she hangs out constantly (eats lunch with everyday, BS's with all day constantly). Those individuals will always be the last on the laid off list. If your neither for the two, then your going to be in the middle of the list.
That's all DMC wants is button pushers. They don't train anybody how to be a machinist. Even a lot of the older hands know very little. They can run their machine and know it inside and out. But put them on any other machine and they are screwed. Granted there are some great machinists at DMC but very few. Knowledge is power and Halliburton wants to keep the power to themselves. If they taught the machinists like they should they would have a hard time keeping hands. They would have to start paying better.
There isn't anything Jeff Burke doesn't know y'all need to stop the nonsense
I hate to say it but 90% of dmc machinist are button pushers this is not a joke either
That's your opinion and you are entitled to it. However, you are wrong.
to the stupid sh--..... Old does not mean lazy, most cases old is..... However, the comment is for, older EXPERIENCED workers, not older lazy f---s...... Get rid of the lazy f---s by all means. However, experience only comes with time, new kids just starting will never have the knowledge how to do things in real time unless they are trained properly. You can only learn so much in a class room, the only hands on experience that you will get are from seasoned employees that know every aspect of the specific job assignment. The only way to pass on all the nuances of a specific craft/ skill/ trade or job assignment, is from a seasoned employee. If a new kid out of trade school or college does not have training from a seasoned emolpoee in the specific field, there is no way that the greenhorn will be able to perform the task at hand.
Older means lazier a lot of times too. That's what they are getting rid of.
Older usually means higher pay that they're wanting to get rid of.
this sounds like jeff what a shi**y hand
I'm not buying the discrimination claim here. Maybe if you were laid off 18 months ago or so. But you made it farther than a lot of people both old and young. Made it farther than guys with 45 years or 5 years. Man up. Life ain't fair. You are one of thousands Halliburton laid off.
Do some research on what happened to Crayola when they left the US for Mexico. They layed off the old guy that mixed the colors and put their company at risk because all the formulas were in the old guy's head back in the US.
Halliburton had many jobs that are this way but most people aren't aware of those things that go unnoticed under the radar because some older employee cares and is not trying to step on someone to get to the next level. Management doesn't understand this kind of employees nor do a lot of newer employees. It was the culture that Halliburton used to instill in new employees before everything went to accounting thinking instead of customer service.
That's not what she said.
When this comes back! U punks better preform. They don't have a problem fireing you. Then the real sh-- will happen! U can't handle what we can do! We maybe old, but we can preform!
Should've only scrapped two parts a year.
Yes I was able to run them. Matter of fact when someone else had a problem they came to me for help and I might just scrap three parts a year.
Were you able to run those multiple machines worth a damn?
Older doesn't always mean better