Thread regarding Baker Hughes Inc. layoffs

Colorado’s oil and gas industry says it will need to fill tens of thousands of jobs over the next decade as the industry grows and people retire, and it hopes to fill many of those positions with women. While the industry is currently laying off ten of thousands men, it is now making a pitch to girls as young as 11. Due to the shortage of skill workers in the coming future, the Petroleum Institute has launched a campaign called Women in Power. It’s a recruitment effort targeting girls as young as middle school age. The average salary of an oil and gas job in Colorado is $105,000 a year — $54,000 more than the average salary.