They don't have to abide by our US laws it's a foreign company & that's why they lay off people born in the USA first.
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Not in our Houston office. All were Americans.
Most laid off folks were outsiders in our office. Try the best you can, wont prove anything at all.
Good racist riddence for sure.
They also need to investigate the British and Indian managers and pass the case to the District Attorney's office of Harris County, TX. SLB protects them at any cost but this cannot continue any longer. I encourage the others if they have any facts to share with your state senators and reps in Texas. The more leads they have, the higher is the probability that the the DA's office can make a case.
Many of the big oil companies are opening plants in third world countries and yes the local workers are paid a lot less.
Someone from the federal government need to start investigating layoffs and how it impact locals such as TX locals, Louisiana locals.. etc
It's a business, yes. But it's on American land.
I am thinking about sending letters to our representatives and senators. I need more people to do the same.
Stupid British company with British workers making money through visa. I call for a revolutionary war on this company for ruining my Christmas. Scrooge exist folks
In Houston they are absolutely going to layoff locals first, because they can rehire them if they need to. The simple fact is that they have more invested in someone who is on a Visa right now.
Did any of you ever try to work overseas? I can tell you now that in singapore everyone let go was a local and not an American.
Americans are not really used to bribing their superiors. This is one of the reasons why they may lose jobs more frequently than, for instance, folks from the Indian Subcontinent. This does not necessary imply, however, that the latter lose jobs less frequently as the ratio of those to the former cannot be precisely determined. In terms of SLB, this ratio, that I call Demographic Hazard Ratio, can be anywhere from o to 10 where the minimum being the field and the maximum defines the office setting in Houston. Any thoughts from the respective communities?