Thread regarding Baker Hughes layoffs

The real Aberdeen today 20th of Dec 2018

Aberdeen oil capital ha ha he what a joke.

City is a hole, dirty, no work, oil is dropped back in 2 months what it took 2 years to get roof and still going.

Union street is half empty , 45% of all the oil companys buildings still sit empty, hpuses prices of last month dowm 38% on 2010 avg some over 46%.

High end rental down from 1600.00 for a 4 bed house to 900 or less.

15000 to be paid of this year reported last month and thays before this oil price drop of 30%

What planet you on? I live here I see it daily in our office we have lost over 60% in less than 3 years.

We use to have over 30 people just in our department we now have 6! We habe not employed anyone for 2 years and still not enough work to go around for the 6 we have.

Aberdeen and BHGE is a thing of the past accept all you worked for and invested you have lost min 50% of and stop thinking the good times are coming back.

You had your chance and missed it, maybe if you never wasted it on silly cars, over priced houses and flats, holidays and keeping up the sad aberdiain image and invested wisely and saved your penny's you would not be on here now making up story's about booming Aberdeen

I feel sorry for you though I am laughing as have pit all my money in the bank and rented and it cost me pennies to live here now and still won't waste my money buying a house in this sh--hole as its no where near finished yet

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The 5 start high end places we managers go to are booming

The cheap hotels and working class bars tend to be a bit slow but things picking up

Champagne and caviar was delicious 😋

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Post ID: @3lsc+WIqxhjW

I wonder why you managed to get a room? Oh yes Aberdeen can't even break the 60% occupancy rate. 16% less than the next worst city in the UK not just scotland but whole of the UK.

Aberdeen booming but not the hotels .....

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Post ID: @3ngg+WIqxhjW

Was out for dinner tonight in Aberdeen’s fashionable west end and went to a top clãs s restaurant and had to queue to get a table

Really busy and very expensive But if you work in oilfield at a good level with a engineer type job you can afford it

We are staying at the 5 Star marcliffe hotel for the night and it’s also full up

Things are really busy here in a Saturday night and proves the economy is bouncing back

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Post ID: @2ujs+WIqxhjW

go to schlumberger and get laid off while the best slb people come to baker

if you cant make it in baker you aint gonna make it in schlumberger dude

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Post ID: @2dpc+WIqxhjW

All I want for Christmas is to be away from aberdoom as is the most depressing city in the world....

Roll on 2019 and a move to schlumberger to learn somethimg from the experts.

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Post ID: @2rwx+WIqxhjW

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Post ID: @2dci+WIqxhjW

dxm its obvious you were laid off and now pretending your in work. Wha a phoney go get an education dumba$$

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Post ID: @2zki+WIqxhjW

FAKE NEWS from failed Baker employees that were laid off.

Sorry you lost your jobs here in Aberdeen but it could always be worse

Be grateful to this wonderful city and it’s people

It is the the worlds global subsea technology hub and massive investments are being made

But you need skills and knowledge in the city to prosper. If you have those you will do very well here

Enjoy

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Post ID: @2dxm+WIqxhjW

I'm not sure why the Fullstream clown keeps hyping up Aberdeen - it's a shadow of what it was 5 years ago. If he really worked for BHGE, he'd that they've closed a number of sites in the last two years and are moving out of the city to Montrose.

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Post ID: @2wkk+WIqxhjW

17 people made redundant after Aberdeen vehicle repair company goes into administration

by Adele Merson

21/12/2018, 4:23 pm

So in just 5 days 2 more companys in Aberdeen go bust at the lost of over 150 jobs to the city

Oh yes Aberdeen is booming.

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Post ID: @2rwk+WIqxhjW

Severance is now a lot less then before if you can get it. Everything lot worse now

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Post ID: @2pmc+WIqxhjW

Aberdeen house prices still dropping, with a Avg loss of 38% in 4 years when will it stop.

2019 looks like another terrible year for Aberdeen with the oil price falling like a stone back to a 18 month low and not stopping.

by Lee McCann

21/12/2018, 7:26 am evening Exspress

In the local papers today in Aberdeen you read these articles weekly from all the papers about pay offs , house prices and companys going bust but some BHGE staff in the office still make put like Aberdeen is doing well.

Bury your heads I am sure it will be all ok you fools. Or you could just accept that your house is worth peanuts , your industry is still falling apart, oil is heading back to what it was 4 years ago and you have to go though another downturn with out even getting out of the last.

BHGE are going to screw us for the next 5 to 10years using least you have a job ECT. Cont cutting pay, pension, maling us work 24/7 or you get on with it and move and find a stable job, happy place to live and get out of this hell hole.

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Post ID: @2ewd+WIqxhjW

Dundee

Aberdeen’s source of unskilled Labour and pe’s

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Post ID: @2tgp+WIqxhjW

Knock knock

Who's there?

Dundee

Dundee who?

Exactly!

hahahahahaha..........lol

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Post ID: @1scy+WIqxhjW

Dundee has er.........jam and pes

Hahahahaha

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Post ID: @1xoe+WIqxhjW

Aberdeen is the oil capital of Europe

Wealth beyond most peoples dreams

You can become a millionaire easily in this city

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Post ID: @1fab+WIqxhjW

Anyone can afford aberdoom these days the place is cheaper than dundee to live, rent or buy.

I have worked for BHGE for years and only moved up here last year as it's cheaper to own my house in Dundee and rent a 2nd house in Aberdeen.

5 years ago I could not dream of that now it's penny's to rent a 4 bed house in the city.

Thankfully I only have to stay 3 days a week as it's a horrible place to live eben if it's cheap.

Cheap cars too as so many to pick from after everyone was laid off.

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Post ID: @1djx+WIqxhjW

Its the Fake Aberdeen

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Post ID: @1isp+WIqxhjW

Hahaha

Alter ego of the Vulgar Storeman

Lol 😂

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Post ID: @1zvr+WIqxhjW

I don’t think he can afford to stay in Aberdeen and is a bit jealous of the lifestyle others with more money have

Low skilled Labourers can’t expect to live in the city center prime areas

The lower class areas are different

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Post ID: @1asf+WIqxhjW

I think this is the same dude who posts all those foul mouthed cursing posts. The cursing store man?

Not really the smartest of guys to have around on your team let alone take his advice about whats a good or bad place to stay

Looks like Baker ABZ HR still got some clearing out to do

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Post ID: @1jli+WIqxhjW

That's offensive to a hole....

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Post ID: @1ynt+WIqxhjW

No one wants to live in Aberdeen it is a dirty hole of a city , horrible people, houses 10x the price I would pay, nightlife is terrible, no work and just horrible .

BHGE made me move here or said I would be sacked.

Same with alot of our office people want to move away and were told by management if they did they would be finding a new job.

They keep us here to be oncall 24/7 and the most depressing place I have had to live and I spent 9 months in the congo.

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Post ID: @1okk+WIqxhjW

"City is a hole, dirty,"

Really? Not the words I would use to describe this city. People here in our office would cut off there right arm to live and work here

Get a life dude or just waste it stewing yourself in negativity thinking everything is terrible. What a sick way to live and think.

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Post ID: @1byx+WIqxhjW

Beautiful sophisticated city that is Aberdeen. We are from the US but moved here from Paris, France and our kids just love it here. The history, culture, cuisine, architecture, parks and people is world class. Don't understand why one of the "locals" on here criticises it so much. Maybe he/she hasn't travelled around the world as much as we have and sometimes we think the grass is greener on the other side

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Post ID: @1jwa+WIqxhjW

We sold our maison dans Monte Carlo, after fortuitously landing on this site and reading all the wonderful reviews of Aberdeen. We had to downsize obviously, but are loving it here in Aberdeen. And the cuisine! Ooh la lahhh! Deux Nando’s!

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Post ID: @1smp+WIqxhjW

What research facility load a bull

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Post ID: @1quf+WIqxhjW

The most profitable office globally for Baker is Aberdeen

Hugely successful with Fullstream and the company investing in new research facility.

I feel lucky to be here

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Post ID: @1lfp+WIqxhjW

Ha ha what a joke best you say Aberdeen has is a golf course and that the royls have a holiday home 70 miles from the city.

The place is a disgusting hole but I suppose if I had over paid for my house by 4 times and now it's worth half that and the oil company I worked for treated me like sh-- , paid me off or cut all my pay , pension and I hated my life

I might feel the need to defend the hole but least try and come up with more than trump as a argument as most people would say you have just posted a load more negitives ha ha ha ha ha Aberdeen

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Post ID: @1hqu+WIqxhjW

Haha ha

It’s a terrible city

The US President built the worlds finest golf course in this town

The British Royal Family have there summer home in the outskirts and a famous holywoidcactir bought a castle here just recently

Oh yes a well known Mexican billionaire’ daughter goes to Uní here

What a dump hahaha

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Post ID: @1bau+WIqxhjW

Forklift Drivers have money to

Invest???

Yup they do in Aberdeen!

Some of the richest in the country

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Post ID: @1qgd+WIqxhjW

Howdy y’all

We are from Houston Texas and this city is truly home for our family

Our life is so fricking good here it’s unbeliveable and our business is booming, pay is good an d my wife and family want to stay. Our daughter is at Aberdeen University and it’s the best one in the country

I am a simple Fullstream Engineer and get paid real well so can’t complain like the other guy

Plenty jobs around fornthe right people with good qualifications

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Post ID: @1bfp+WIqxhjW

The wealthiest city in UK by far

Love ❤️ Aberdeen and it’s world class amenities

We came here from London and the quality of life is outstanding

Our kids would never leave

Just our opinion after living here past 5 years

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