I always wondered why sugar land training center higher ups full of foreign 'aliens'??? Why do we ve to lay off us citizens and not touch foreign ?? It looks like big blue doesn't trust Americans to run the shit lol. So send us citizens to the unemployment office and let the foreign enjoy the free housing, free flights trip and allowance.. God bless America.
Wht yall think HR.
I would say its obvious......the so called foreigners are better skilled and harder working.....and for your info they dont
get free housing and remember they have left their families and friends behind......and they pay the same taxes
as you........
Asskissing is not good, and it takes place in many places in the world and many organisation so dont guys take it personally. It does not come from a specific locality so no racial meant here. People from India indeed very smart nobody disputes that.
Let's look up your name and publications of your practical work or industry recognitions you judgemental racist f***..youre a shame to this great nation
I agree. The guys from India are educated but very seldom have I seen much of practical experience. They please the management though this is what most important, not the production itself. This is why they don't usually work for small businesses.
50% gone with 80% non US folks here. Its worldwide dumbasses.
You are all clueless. The US makes deals with other countries and in exchange SLB agrees to employ a certain percentage of their nationals. This is the way the world works. But...India is smart to produce a lot of degreed kids that only have book knowledge. Then those kids send US dollars back home.
Its all about money. If you cost more then you go to the top of the firing list.
Nationality doesn't come into it.
no such a notion. in my team, there are mostly indians
More foreigners let go in our offices. Notion is they are saving Americans and letting visa holders go.
American employment laws make it easy to fire you with minimal expense. Blame your love of so called free markets.
This does not even fall under the genocide category. Yet some law needs to be passed in the US to restrict the oil and gas companies.
Interesting ...I had lunch with a KBR manager last Thursday and told me that he had six engineers sitting on the bench due to lack of work. His orders were not to lay off foreign engineers that must leave the country if they lost their job. This is suppose to be a humanitarian gesture. However he had full reign to lay off Americans or those that are legal residents.
Very unfair...aren't we suppose to protect our own first !
sure u referred to the East
There is a bunch of West Indians in the Houston offices and many of them get paid better than many Americans. I simply don't understand how come SLB keeps all these folks and pays for all these visas and even green cards at the same time letting Americans go? I don't believe this is happening because all the Americans are lazy and the others are hard working folks that obey. And certainly not because its easier for Americans to find jobs in America. There is definitely something else behind that. This definitely does not make the American investors happier than they are now.
Ignorant talk. Talk is cheap. Always amusing to hear real thoughts on diversity from these visa experts. They might be blogging from a trailer park or not have driven outside their state or neck deep in debt but seems to know all about foreign countries and lifestyles.
Because they can use and abuse the people on h1 visas and they're afraid of complaining , big blu is better than going back to their home countries. They can be transferred to another country and they have no choice but to obey.
Why do you think so few Americans work for SLB? Most Americans I met who work for SLB have ZERO desire to work in the training center and furthermore most see SLB as a stepping stone to an operator. Most Americans in my location are not getting fired, but actually quitting on their own accord whether it be for going back to school for graduate studies or changing industry because they had enough of the SLB bull.
The USA has plenty of industry besides the Oilfield when compared to most other countries whether it be first/developing or third world. In most countries SLB operates, the Oilfield is the only industry in town. So many foreigners from these less developed places will jump hand over fist to get to the USA.
It's easier to keep a foreigner, yes they are hard working, but also if they dont work that hard, they lose their visa and have to go back to wherever they came from. SLB has more control over these individuals. Schlumberger encourages dual careers/families/and expats for a reason. These people have more to lose.
Dont despair, you live in a country with plenty of opportunity whether you decide to stay in the oilfield or jump into another industry. Be adaptable and be willing to take a risk, even if it does mean making less. Schlumberger is a great company...but ask yourself for who? The employee or the investor?
americanos dont do the international thing so well because they get hit with tax wherever they go in the world hence they prefer to stay at home. that limits their usefulness to slb. sorry - painful but true.
HR Slaughter I bet you struggled to finish high school you jackass!
Americans are too expensive and generally lazy compared to the foreigners. You can't have your cake and eat it.
What load of horse shit. Glad you're gone atleast hr s.
Don't you know SLB is a French company? LOL
They don't lay off foreigners because they are smarter and work harder. They don't drink beer, curse or fall asleep on the job.
Because they don't like Americans. In addition, the Americans could be direct competitors as there are serious language and even educational barriers. The natural instinct for survival during these harsh times plays some role too. Apocalypto.