How are things in Belfast,?
How many transfers?
What is severance pay like?
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26 years service with these s..t hawks they care bout no one other than the big wigs of this crap company there in for a rude awakining if they think they r walking out on the cheap the rest of the schlumberger plants watch this space this is were the Belfast plant will stick together down the line slb will know they made a mistake in closing our plant #the best skill level they have in there operation a--holes thank for ruining 220 peoples lives 🖕
In a statment Schlumberger said: "Due to the current prolonged downturn in the oil and gas industry, Schlumberger's manufacturing plants globally are underutilised and the company is considering a proposal to cease manufacturing, assembly and test activities in its Belfast plant during 2018."
"We completely understand the impact of this announcement on our employees and the local community.
"This is only a proposal at this stage and we will be conducting consultation with the union and our employee representatives to make every effort to try and mitigate as much as possible the impact on our employees.
"The oil and gas industry is going through the most severe downturn of the past 30 years with operators significantly reducing their investment.
"This is severely impacting technology services companies like Schlumberger.
"Between 2014 and 2016, Schlumberger's revenue was reduced by nearly half and unfortunately, we do not see yet any sustainable recovery.
"This scenario means, that to adapt to the new realities of the market, we need to restructure our production footprint."
I think that this statement made in Ireland should be a warning to other manufacturing centers, the fact that it is claimed it is only a proposal is just legal jargon to satisfy UK law - it is happening