Topics regarding layoffs at Noble Energy Inc.

Topics regarding layoffs at Noble Energy Inc.

Why would you want to stay?

Yes getting laid-off sucks and it is unsettling. But why would anyone want to keep working for this dying company? It has a toxic work environment... is a cesspool of negativity with no future. You are ALL better than this. Take your severance and... — read more 

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| 550 views | | 2 replies (last November 10, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+Eo6WesJ

Middle Management

A lot of other companies who faced significant cuts did things the right way...get rid of middle management across the board. Because let's face it, middle management is completely worthless. Not that Noble ever does what makes sense, but I hope for... — read more 

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| 750 views | | 3 replies (last November 10, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+EojBYpK

Directors/Managers Cut This Time??

Wishful thinking but NO directors or managers will be cut this time either. It will be more workers who know what they are doing but have not bought the Breakthrough BS that has put the company in the ditch. So rather than the draconian managers, Sr... — read more 

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| 570 views | | 2 replies (last November 10, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+EnSqfkz

12 weeks pay

12 weeks pay -Remaining vacation time (NOT sick/personal) -Prorated amount based on how long you've been here That's what I was told last week when I declined a Denver to Houston offer.

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| 740 views | | 2 replies (last November 9, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+EnM6xU9

Talk big. Know nothing. Road to advancement.

I'm in charge and am going to go to more ball games and dinners. Talk big and know nothing is my road to success. Never been in an energy company before. But that doesn't matter to Noble. I'll run this unit into the ground while looking for my next... — read more 

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| 690 views | | 5 replies (last November 9, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+Envl4Vp

Layoffs

It's starting in Houston....

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| 630 views | | 2 replies (last November 9, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+EnlN8kY

Companies do what they need to survive

while there are people still here from the first round of layoffs that leave us scratching our heads, the bigger picture is no one cares about people. they do not have the time to research who is actually working and who just sits around and talks a... — read more 

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| 571 views | | 3 replies (last November 10, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+EnXusBE

If management can't see this, the company is doomed.

I pray Noble has the gonads to fire everyone who won't work, who makes fun and causes trouble for those who do work. We have a huge bunch of spoiled brats in my age group and if I said this out loud to them, the pack of mad dogs would turn on me. I... — read more 

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| 701 views | | 6 replies (last November 9, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+ElwetXL

Stover

You are a joke! If you really care, which you don't, why don't you just retire!

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| 630 views | | 3 replies (last November 9, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+El4AO3t

Brats and Dumb

Spoiled brats with egos. 50% Dumb and lazy supervisors and managers go figure a layoff.

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| 650 views | | 3 replies (last November 7, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+El0n006

Oil and Gas Downturn is officially over

Overall, oil prices are responsible for 101,383 job cuts so far in 2015. A number of companies, including Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL), Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), and Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB), have experienced... — read more 

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| 600 views | | 3 replies (last November 9, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+EkuQ06p

Anxious

Sitting here at Noble Houston praying I get cut. This company has gotten so far of center in the last 3 years there is NO chance of it ever getting back to right unless the board clears the upper deck of the misfits who are suppose to be running the... — read more 

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| 650 views | | 8 replies (last November 10, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+EkeIaaf

Advice to Management

If these layoffs are based on anything other than genuine merit and work, it will be a travesty. We can cut the Dustrict by half and not touch the real talent. If they get rid of the highest performers and productive people and leave the attitudes... — read more 

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| 710 views | | 11 replies (last November 8, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+EjAMOyM

Post-Layoff Support Groups forming in Canonsburg

Due to the huge numbers of folks expected at next Wednesday's inaugural meeting of Whiners, A**holes, Antagonists and Haters (WAAAH), the initial meeting has been moved from the Iceplex to Consol Energy Center, Alternatively, not to be confused with... — read more 

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Post ID: @OP+Ejnecpm

Shovel it as much as you like, it still won't go away.

Susan and nearly everyone of her managers are incompetent and the few that aren't habitually fail to speak up. Susan and her direct reports viciously enforce conformity. No ideas other than their own or that fit their myopic vision have merit. Worse... — read more 

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| 590 views | | 5 replies (last November 5, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+EjHrzcU

Shame on me, shame on you, SHAME ON US!

This is directed at my fellow Canonsburg Land "TEAM' members- Please take a few minutes and think about how we have represented ourselves-as a Department AND as individuals-on this page, in our words and IN OUR ACTIONS over the past weeks and... — read more 

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| 630 views | | 8 replies (last November 5, 2015)
Post ID: @OP+EiiA5RW

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