NOV/ReedHycalog’s Stonehouse, PDC manufacturing plant is to close, the latest in a series of seemingly daft management decisions. Is there method in the madness though; that NOV having failed for years to make a go of the Drill Bit business, has... —  read more 

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2019/12/02/national-oilwell-varco-suspends-operations-cuts.amp.html

I hope the rumors I’ve herd today aren’t true. Well if they do have layoffs I hope the do them after Christmas.

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Senior management and HR arrived in Stonehouse this morning to announce that the facility will be shutting down in the new year with the loss of all manufacturing personnel.

Any news on this place? Looking to join but heard bad reports.

Anything new at Brandt? Been quiet lately....too quiet.

Switch your career to somewhere... —  read more 

Grapevine is December 17th is the reorg day Probably a bloodbath

Have there been layoffs or announcements for RIFs or transfers to Houston, TX?

Shutting the doors and locking the gates - The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act was handed down. Let the blood start flowing and the messages roll.

Nisku Alberta Canada, the doors are closing very fast. Lets see who gets the package today and who gets moved to Houston.

Thoughts? Any National Oilwell Varco Layoffs 2020? Any news or rumors?

NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner at Monteverde & Associates PC, a national class action securities firm headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating the Board of... —  read more 

Everyone is on 40 hours a week and yet there are those who find nothing wrong with asking everyone at work to borrow money. It wouldn’t be so bad if the money was actually paid back, but it isn’t. And when confronted about the owed money, this person... —  read more 

Contractors here doing unnecessary contractors are here doing stupid c-ap. Spending money that we apparently don’t have due to us not having work.

With the Singapore Roller Cone plant finally gone, the UK Stonehouse matrix PDC bit production now ceased (Which probably indicates the intention is to close Stonehouse completely at some point), looks like the latest management decision is to move... —  read more 

Bad Leadership + Bad products + Bad service = Bad company

NOV is crippled by its inefficient, multiple system processes, de-skilled positions and complete lack of decision makers. There is a frightening number of individuals simply ‘going through the motions’ in that place. Not to mention the recent ... —  read more 

So what is this ? https://www.streetinsider.com/SEC+Filings/Form+424B5+NATIONAL+OILWELL+VARCO/16097229.html

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4301222-national-oilwell-varcos-best-days-may-behind

Seriously...it’s time for this CEO and his minions to step down. Nearly a quarter billion loss in the 3rd qtr. The company has not made an annual profit since 2014 or since Napoleon took over. A LOT more restructuring to come... —  read more 

Well it’s Friday again folks and not looking great for Rig. Heard layoffs could happen today but hopefully not. If y’all see extra security then we might be out of luck but if it’s just malllcopp then don’t worry he’s just making his gossip runs... —  read more 

Is any office staff been laid off? There seems to be more of them than shop floor workers .

https://dilbert.com/strip/2019-10-13

“It’s better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb than to be in the middle of one you don’t” time to cut and run. Wasted to much of my life on this sinking ship.

Please take a real hard look at the HR department at the Tower and specifically the people who report directly to you. They are clueless at their job and are just there twiddling their thumbs and waiting to go to lunch. It is an embarrassment and... —  read more 

I hear Brandt is going to 7 days a week 6 hours a day. Any truth?

Down goes the share price prior to more of Napoleons tales of improvement. More layoffs and more VPs created every day

Is NOV finished laying for the month?

A bunch of Tatco guys got snipped off at Willis and Parkwood facility. Fingers crossed.

I hear people been cut. Any truth? More to come? No jobs?

I’m guessing people will be get laid off inspection group?? No mas work this month at our shop until we get more jobs in. Hope our group is ok. Holidays coming soon.

When is it going to happen? Tomorrow, next week, two weeks. How many? Someone knows something! Tick tock!

Is there any chance of things picking back up anytime soon or should we expect more layoffs before years end? Hoping for a Christmas miracle! Thanks.

Yal know any novs hiring for electrical assembler?.

Saw the org announcement that we're bringing folks back to MDT from Reed, why the hell are we repeating the past? This small division has too many VPs already who are scared to make a decision, there's no sense in making it even more top heavy. We... —  read more 

Brandt doing dumb stuff again. Production jokers say jump and D.o.d.d says how high? Straight 8s no work. Losing welders left and right. And hey we need y’all to work a Saturday. Get y’all a stuff together!! Place is not worker friendly. Idìots in... —  read more