Folks. Most of us have been here before. Many of us have been through more than one round of redundancies over the years. The market is extremely tough and will remain so for probably the next 3 year’s minimum.im no fan of slb or their tactics with regards redundancies or indeed their preferential treatment of certain individuals but this is what you signed up for. Know your gin number and not your name.... that is what a company the size of slb expects. Lots of very good people are now gone and a lot more to come. No one is “safe” regardless of visa, slp grading etc. If you have been furloughed then expect to be let go. It’s a bitter pill to swallow for most be unavoidable tbh. I wish all employees the best of luck but to be blunt you need to expect that in the current climate management will look after their own and it’s a lottery for just about everyone else. I guess there is no going back from this situation. There will be a reduced workforce indefinitely and indeed many of you will never work offshore again. I praise almost all slb employees I have ever worked with. The vast majority have worked very hard over the years but are now getting sh– on from a large height. Stay safe, evaluate your positions and decide what you CAN DO next. Life doesn’t revolve around slb, even though it’s hard sometimes to see nothing else.
Cheers