I've been with the company a while and hold a senior role. Want to see more value out of these posts so I'm volunteering some factual information to see if there can be a reasonable exchange of thoughts and ideas. If anyone wants to know what's going on in BHI from a top level ask away.
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I'm a 20 yr employee, Band V, laid off by a boss who didn't know me so he could save his execu-buddy who is otherwise unemployable. So, yes, discourse, because it can happen to anyone. I promise to absolutely crush Baker for the rest of my career. That's me and 25000 others. Messrs Hughes and Baker must be spinning in their respective graves. Very sad end to once great companies.
Ok ,Who knows if the rumors of land based pressure pumping has been sold or if the deal is off the table ?
Pressure pumping has been decimated on us land. the equipment is junk nothing but used parts stripped from other junk. The morale of the crews is all are depressed some lost homes cars and 90 % are eligible for welfare I would not be surprised if there isn't some suicide. Come on Baker Hughes it's time you stepped up your game and get some work. How about doing something for the workers who have not known for the last 20 months if they have a jobs since all this merger bull and you laying down and playing dead pretending it will all be halliburtons problem. Give us back our wages,401k match,and all the raises that you refused to give for the last 2 years. And please do you really think people can live on 30 hours a week wtf is this Walmart or McDonald's ? How about investing some of that 3.5 billion dollar payday into the men and women who put up with all this drama . Then fix up the equipment with new parts not used components robbed from other idle used worn out equipment. The jobs you do get you will most likely lose because of equipment failure and spills. The customer is paying for professional jobs not a bunch of depressed workers running equipment that breaks down constantly but cam be fixed but you won't spend any money on maintenance.
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Poor sick BASTARDS!!! Old Crackerhead is hiring like crazy to insulate himself and his clowns from retribution. Sorry BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm one of the 26000 that is no longer there and yes I want to come back. When your family is walking the line of surviving and living on the street....Yes you want to go back!
YXJZ: most important is who you know or who knows you!
Except brotherhood, everything else is not true!
Well now we have a thread with people adding valuable discourse. Ignore the trolls, including this so called Sr. VP. I work with people in bands and no one spouts this type of trash since we all know we can be next. Talent, knowledge or experience is no longer the metric of whether you stay or go. Everyone is replaceable. It's a matter of being at the right place and time. Middle management has been steadily removed so those in management now report to people higher up in the chain. That makes us more senior (wider range of responsibilities) by virtue of simply being employed.
I am Sr VP, maybe close to let go but my package will be a lot better than FKing all you dirt.
You're not a Sr manager you're a low level junior manager with no other managers under you. Essentially, you're most likely next for layoff
Are you really a lesbian, t/f?
Pressure Pumping is a very unsafe ran division , I understand we have people that do not know how to run the pumping units and some were shown important information from our customers that we work for . I also understand that in the PP industry Baker Hughes has the most failures and broken equipment . They have let so many experienced people go that they are shooting their foot off.
Keep it up Knowitall,
Glad to see some factual information. I was made redundant last month, did have a exxelent trackrecord internally and with my customers but was let go. Will take time out and recharge, dismissing experience will hurt the company large when once business picks up.
im an outsider now, never have to go back.
my question for you is, relative to pressure pumping safety.
going back at least four years , key personnel qualified to supervise rig up on high pressure iron are now 'gone'.
tomball high pressure engineering i know is currently suspended.
lets face it, the BH side is clueless on safely operating 25k HHP.
How can you send out crews of people on jobs knowing all of this is true?
Given BHI's sub standard training, rushed through (pencil whipped) competency and massive loss of experience, what level of job execution failure is expected when yhe markrt picks up. Are we looking at 20 - 30% increase in NPT for our clients. Any thoughts?
Baker has adopted this practice of laying off just enough people to stay under the WARN radar. I want to know if that continued "rolling layoff" is what we can expect or if there will be another big hatchet job for US Employees.
Nightshift disna need ony peoplelink we has oor ain ways
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Where did the 26000 go? Any of you want to come back?
Aye git yersel' tae th' peoplelink site
If you don't know what peoplelink is at baker you don't deserve to be employed.
Yer maw cares whit happened at peoplelink? tis baker that we ur worried aboot numpty