Thread regarding National Oilwell Varco Inc. layoffs

MURICA!

*AlbertaProud, Typical! Blame everything on the U.S. You only have yourself to blame with third world workmanship, Nepotism, High wages. I was there when Poland was threatening to not take position of the rig you built. they did but did not exercise the option for the second rig. Shameful...

No one is buying land rigs anymore. They make their own. The company is run like c-ap, but your analogy of 10,000 years of knowledge equates to having 10,000 years of building wagon wheels. No one needs it anymore. The management is bad, but that's the main reason that facility isn't there. You can't sell 1-3 rigs a year and financially afford to keep a facility open.

Come on guys stop whining.... if Clay doesnt lay off people and close facilities before the end of this year then how is he going to get millions of dollar bonus next year???

NOV is a rust bucket.. they will manage thru, but eventually crumble with the corrosion that exists

And the truly horrible thing about that is that division used to be Dreco Energy Services; one of the more storied companies in Alberta history. If you have a chance on your way out, steal a copy of the book cataloging that history up to their acquisition.
Unfortunately in this province we now work for American slave-masters, who only wish to extract the most dollar value they can out of our resources. This feeds their shareholders at the trough continuously and without interruption. They don't give a sh– about this province, this country, or the people who live here.
While the people who are now out of a job have my sympathies, there'll be no love lost as NOV slowly pulls out of our country.