Layoffs are happening today in The Woodlands office. I think it's about 50 folks. It looks like only Bldg 2 is affected, Bldg 1 is scheduled for tomorrow - we'll see what happens.
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Approx 72 layoffs between Tuesday and Wednesday. Extra security was brought in to assist. Tuesday was mostly Bldg2 but a few bldg 1. Wednesday will be mostly bldg 1. To date no one has discussed these layoffs with us. We find out whose gone when they don't reply to email...seriously.
No clue what overall USA /Worldwide numbers are
Every thing is secretive all the time. Zero communication.
2 were layed off Plainfield today. Obviously doesn't compare to the 50 the woodlands had today. Still is a bad feeling.
as other said, CB&I has very poor management. top mgr levels silo their departments on purpose, this is an attempt to avoid blame for ongoing poor project execution. there is a ton of projects that have issues. there is a deep culture of mistrust, back-stabbing galore. Everyone is trying to avoid responsibility for mistakes is a greater priority than taking responsibility for action.
The leadership needs to change the culture of departmental managers - this has to be done quickly. The lack of functional teamwork flows down to the project teams and makes root-causing and solving problems very much harder than it has to.
Process problems need to be solved - no committees - takes forever. make small teams responsible to fix process issues and empower them.
Would you please consider not making the CMS system a barrier to innovation.
The requirement for everyone in a function to do things the same way, unless granted a GFN deviation, makes doing things better exponentially harder. Project teams should have a lot of flexibility to do what looks right in the moment, within what should be more relaxed bounds.
Also, stop with layoffs - there is enough money to overcome problems - focus on the individual and invest for the future.
we are facing a very unstable job market - CBI hires a lot when they have work and frequent layoffs due to reduced workload. So, this is not that great for young engineers... Really...
The morale is at an all time low. I worked at CB&I for almost 25 years. My coworkers were simply outstanding and I could not ask for a better team to work with - simply, we were like family. Once layoffs started all of this changed and I had to leave. CB&I needs better management now as things are not that rosy any more - they should hold all supervisors accountable for their actions and this includes C-level executives.
I do not work at the corp office and we did not have layoffs today.
I cannot confirm or deny this.
Unless market turns very soon, we will not have enough work.