Thread regarding Halliburton Co. layoffs

I wonder how much effort "the man" puts into keeping these kind of things under the radar ? / / / Halliburton has reportedly reduced its Norway headcount by 141 positions due to slumping demand for services in the region. . According to Offshore.no, Halliburton subsidiary Sperry Drilling will layoff 16 employees and has also identified 88 redundancies. . Another 25 jobs will be cut within the company’s cementing unit. . The cementing unit will also lay off 12 employees. . The cuts will impact both onshore and offshore workers, Offshore.no said. . As part of the cost cutting, Sperry’s office in Bergen will also shut down. . A union spokesman told the site “there are no rigs to run” from Bergen. . The spokesman added that the company hopes to bring some of the laid off employees back when work picks up again. . Texas-based Halliburton has not confirmed the layoffs yet. . Sperry Drilling provides several drilling and logging services including directional driving and surface data logging. .