Thread regarding ConocoPhillips layoffs

8vlf:

I am not anti-Bville, but your post makes no sense. In your defense of Bville, you said that all someone would need to get caught up to speed there is a big chief tablet and a pencil, which would leave one to believe it is easy, not difficult. Fail.

We who we? Anyway you look at it this little pathetic place!

@IEdc9v9-etj Who is We? you couldn't do what is being done in Bartlesville. Bartlesville employee's must threaten you, you poor misguided Houstonite, who believes, for some ridiculous reason, you are superior. We'd have to start you out with a big chief tablet and #2 lead pencil just to get you up to speed on what is being done in Bartlesville. Grow up and stop spewing nonsense. Your an embarrassment.

Bartlesville getting two Asian massage parlors. You come first two visits free with very happy ending. You like

You got that right. If someone tried to bomb Bartlesville, the city would just relax and absorb the torpedo, like a gaping anus. Ever hear a g-- man fart? That is what it sounds like in down town Bartlesville. Whoooooooooooosh...........

Just wait - when terrorists bomb Houston the ELT will be so thankful their servers are in Bville. There's nothing to bomb in Bville. Nothing.

1edn,... me too. Think it may have something to do with licking one's thumb, after having inserted it into one's rectum,... a common practice among abacus users. You know,... stuff we never learned, in Houston.

Of course Bville should be shut down! There are minimal politics there, but the productivity in Bville is trivial compared to Houston. Anybody who has worked in both places can verify this. However, the economics of shutting Bville down could never be justified in this oil market.

The major problem with COP though is the culture. The culture has been consistent for a long time. It resulted in COPs failure as a major and failure as an independent. What role geography (Houston vs Texas had is debatable? However, this toxic culture was definitely present in the 2000s, but never had the catastrophic impact until now.

Yup, free cancer with every retirement.

I am curious also...is that special tech the nuclear reactor out at the research center?...I noticed that folks seem to glow in the dark after a few years in Bettlesburg

CoP does need two corporate offices. Only one is not big enough to hold all the egos.

talk about downloading first run movies in 1968 via telephone....yeah it only took 12 hours to download a 2 hour movie....lol

http://www.bartnetwireless.net

For those who want the 1992 internet experience without the unpleasant sound of a 28.8 dialup modem.

Curious about the technology that is exclusive to Bartlesville and why Houston could not duplicate it.

Houston does not have technology that Bartlesville does!

The company could not make it without Bartleville! They don't have the technology that we do in Hoidton!

you know I always admired Mulva....but the penny pincher that he was...why in the heck does COP have anything left up there?

That brings us to the next question does Conoco need two names? Gonoco spun off Phillips 66, and Conoco is no longer marketing, why keep phillips name?

Let's look at it like this! Does Conoco need two corporate offices? I think the overwhelming answer would be one is enough! So we can waste money and have an independent agency evaluate and tell us which one would be the right choice and the best choice but we already know that don't we? The choice between Bartlesville and Houston will always be Houston The choice between Bartlesville and Houston will always be Houston for a long list of reasons!

Think... Jay, Oklahoma....that's Bartlesville in 15 years

Bartlesville is just tiny little Indian village.....it will just just revert to the way it was when it was founded

I think some of those State of Oklahoma people are related to the remaining COP employees that work in Bartlesville....attitudes are identical

Everything moving out of Oklahoma...basically the State government is hostile to big business...in other words....they could care less

mid to late 60's was the hey-day for Bville.... Citgo, H.C. Price, Reda Pump.....all giants of the past....Bville even had First run Movies over the telephone lines back then.....40 years ahead of everyone else

The main thing is transportation....Customers and suppliers, investors...would rather fly into Houston

I like the way the blame always goes back to Bartlesville being the problem. Conoco and Arco people have been in charge for the past 5 years. They took over mainly after the merger due to sheer numbers and cliques. It reminds me of Obama blaming Bush for economic problems that happened 8 years before. The buck never stops here. It's always someone else's fault. From what I have seen is the companies problems were caused by people who did not know oil and gas making bad and optimistic decisions to please their bosses. Almost all of these people were not from P66. It's like people from the middle east blaming all of their problems on the Israel. Bartlesville had no influence on what happened to the company.

I used to be on the shutdown Bartlesville wagon. However, now I'm on the shutdown Houston wagon. COP could not make it as a major. Now COP has failed as an independent and shows now sign of being able to compete. COP is pretty well a hick company that underperforms at every level. COP and Bville are one and the same - the Bartlesville culture is implanted deeply into COP. Let's move back to where we belong - Bartlesville.

An argument could be made that the Company would be better off if all the butt kissing lackeys wandering the halls in Houston looking for a leg to hump were moved to Bartlesville. I realize all of their colorful Powerpoint slides and waterfall charts would be sorely missed. lol ...

Conoco doesn't operate that way...always move assistance

We can handle what Bartlesville does much better here in Houston. Shut it down we need to work!

Just tell them all their jobs are in Houston, no move assistance and no severance!