CEOs in other companies taking paycut or giving away 1 year of salary. As usual, GE leadership is selfish and hypocrite for not giving up their complete salary and setting an example. I have known some of these "leaders" as hollow charlatans who... — read more 

Dubai office to close and employees to relocate to Al Khobar office.

Any word on which groups/departments to be hit? Hearing many in DS Gulf are going to be cut.

Goodbye thousands of jobs in the next few months

And so it begins.

Or furloughs or whatevers?

I wonder if CBRE has lost their contract with Baker Hughes yet? The Emmott Rd facility manager has done a horrible job.

Ardyne wins orders in the North Sea for 175 wells worth more than £45 million UK fishing, milling and casing recovery provider Ardyne has strengthened its commitment to the North Sea by securing four long-term contracts for work on 175 wells... — read more 

Is that legal? Or, maybe I am blind and cannot find them....

Lost 11 people. R&D is finished, and not enough people left to function.

Lay off 70 +

Any layoffs eh?

Are the well service and cementing divisions still working Aberdeen?

Was told that because DS can't travel to customer sites that all NAM field engineers are considered overhead at this point. Expecting to be given a package or furloughed any day now.

Any expected layoffs in Houston for westway building??

Any news on what will happened to the Digital Solutions side of the business during these testing time? What sort of head count reduction are we talking about?

Considering Baker is doing mass lay-offs across U.S. land this may fall under the WARN act where they have to give you 60 days notice or equivalent pay. Baker gives you 2 weeks notice/pay as for the notice and you acknowledge this if you sign the... — read more 

The numbers out there right now are 50% reductions to NAM field services. Also hearing about big reductions at Westway and other Houston offices. Appreciate any usable info. Thanks.

Portlethen is destined to become the Decom centre of excellence for North Sea Low skilled old school brigade are gone and replaced with new school high tech engineers. The New Baker train is leaving the station and you can get on it (if you... — read more 

27 Mar 2020: 728 About 30% drop, YoY https://rigcount.bakerhughes.com/rig-count-overview

company Baker Hughes is joining the ranks of manufacturers using spare or idled 3D printers to make protective gear to for health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Tens of thousands of Baker Hughes employees around the... — read more 

Any word on what locations are closing? Midland and Canada DS are supposed to be closing next week.

Is Baker Freezing all hiring?

Big layoff last couple days. Rumor is they're closing the OKC office completely.

How many workshop guys are left there between the departments?

Layoffs in Aberdeen this week hopefully after the first quarter’s results

Good luck folks

Rig Count Crashes Most In 4 Years As Oil Shock Rocks U.S. Shale By Julianne Geiger - Mar 27, 2020, 12:15 PM CDT Baker Hughes reported that the number of oil and gas rigs in the US fell again this week by 44, falling to 728, with the total oil and... — read more 

Is Baker Hughes freezing all hiring? I have been having interviews there for the past two months. Then the double whammy of the coronavirus and the oil glut hit. My last interview was last week. I haven't heard anything either way.