I'm not trying to be negative, I am an older employee and I am greatful that I am still employeed. I have looked elsewhere and there are no jobs to be had and with my age I doubt I would be hired so I come to work and try to do my best and it has... — read more 

Big news coming next month. And it ain't pretty. Most will not be surprised

This man should never have been hired by NOV. He is a disgrace. Well done for cleaning the house.

Currently contemplating applying for a role with NOV. Going on the brutality of these threads, it gives me the impression working for NOV will be a career destroyer. Anyone enlighten me?

Anything happen in Pampa Today?

I was laidoff back in December 2015 and i still have 4 thumb drives with NOV which is my personnel, every time i call HR they say it's not released from legal department. what's that mean and when they will send it ? is anyone experienced the same... — read more 

HR in session

What happened to Matta, Khalid , Sadeesh n others fired ? Company suing them or they are suing the company ?

I was laid off last September from this facility. It's been a while since I talked about NOV. The job search was challenging but God came through. Best of luck those left. Used to be a good place to work.

It's sad, the senior management team has taken a group of successful companies, for which there WAS plenty of business for, and reduced it to a segment which customers only deal with begrudgingly. Names such as Moyno and Chemineer, which were... — read more 

Get resumes ready.

Got laid off in Cedar Park a few days ago. 50 in the last several weeks. Told more to follow. Turned in my computer. Showed by an IT Tech that NOV had secretly installed a digital manager spyware app. As soon as I checked work email on my private... — read more 

Happy to see the new president for wellbore technologies.. I keep seeing his name in communicator... Let's clean NOV

So the new President has been chosen. I've only been with Tuboscope a couple of years. I've heard of Art Lowery but never met him. Is this a good pick for our company?

Curious how many other NOV employees this has happened to. At my plant no one in the office has received a raise in 2-3 years, yet they keep forcing more work on us to make up for those they lost due to retirements (had a lot of oldies here). Some of... — read more 

There are lot more openings in Saudi...

Security spilt beans

Let people know what's going on, the is always a way. NOV is like the Nazis control & kill people that expose the truth.

Will they ever call back employees if work ever picks up?

More layoffs are to come... it's inevitable. Clay, and others, have consistently said they're actively working to reduce capacity. While layoffs s---, WB and CAPS are significantly behind the power curve on reducing capacity. While RS has laid off... — read more 

Oil headed to $35 Oil prices slipped below the psychologically important level of $40 a barrel during trading Monday, and another $5 drop could be on the horizon, according to analysts.

Would this save us or get us layoff ? http://realmoney.thestreet.com/articles/08/01/2016/ge-should-buy-national-oilwell-varco

jobs in qc/qa at nov for those made redundant at Gateshead in attempt to stop the amount of mistakes being made, this will not work as there is to much nepatisam get rid of family and mates and they may be able to make a safe product that works

Hearing rumors about layoffs and moving equipment to Texas. Also hearing Moyno pump employees will have to move to Texas or be layed off? Can anyone confirm this?

What is happening or going to happen in the L&H group now that they closed down the St Paul engineering facility, no new orders current orders aren't being paid for and over stock of inventory and a non functioning sales group

I want to see some changes made to the management structure. I am new to NOV, so I don't know all of the history yet, but I can see that the company is top heavy. In the last round of layoffs, I didn't see any managers clearing out their desks. Now... — read more 

National Oilwell Varco posts $217 million loss in 2nd quarter July 28, 2016 National Oilwell Varco's bottom line took a 180-degree turn in the second quarter of 2016. National Oilwell Varco's bottom line took a 180-degree turn in the second quarter... — read more 

Any word on the Bammel training division. We have not been hitting our numbers for over 1 1/2 years and many classes either cancel or are held With 1 or 2 customers. How long can we hold on.

Is greengate doomed???

It has been discussed to dissolve DDS and split between Rig and D&I. Is this going to happen before end of Q3?

More cut are in the books for NOV-DDS Willis facility. Be ready guys. You never know until your manager walk to your office/cube and ask you to meet your manager and HR in the conference room.

NOV cut ~6K workers in April, or ~10% of its workforce. How many employees left world wide ? What is the total number of employees let go since the start last year ?