Denver, you have relocate to Houston offers? Anyone actually shown the door yet?
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Wow, 'no dog in the fight', u hit the nail on the head!
but, Canonsburg was not doomed to fail in the beginning-not if Houston would have listened to the folks familiar with this Basin and CONSOL, but egos and cover-ups won the day-AND LOST THE BATTLE!
Rather than put faith in the few that new this area, they brought in egos from the DJ that thought they could push their way around, rather than work within the system. Most of that bunch are gone, and Houston brought in more DJ Do=gooders. Well, this isn't the DJ, and we now pay the price.
MTG, GAP, blah blah blah...you can't learn anything if you don't listen. Hard lesson that still hasn't made it through to Houston
No offers yet in Denver...two managers on vacation this week, we haven't even had a staff meeting. Managers meeting Monday
I'm not sure why there are meetings for managers next week in Canonsburg. That would somehow imply that they are making decisions at this late date of who will be spared. The reality is that managers won't be spared; there are far too many now and several of them are buffoons. That fact has not gone unnoticed in Houston.
Reality check time: Canonsburg has failed. Sky high prices could cover up the deficiencies, but everyone there knows that they were handed an impossible task from the start. Unrealistic expectations, an unfriendly JV partner, and no clue as to the actual obstacles which had to be overcome on the ground, in the courthouse, and in the legislatures all spelled doom to the 5 year plan. Noble still doesn't understand that they bought into a pile of crap and that there is no running room to expand, especially with the blinders firmly in place.
So, how does upper management deal with the problem? Admit a mistake? Of course not. They are blaming the employees in Canonsburg who did not perform the impossible. There is no reason to think that Noble suddenly "gets it" with the challenges of the MBU. No reason at all.
The easiest course of action is to cut the office down to the size that can be remotely managed from Houston. Kill all those who know where the skeletons are buried. Blame those who are about to be fired for the mistakes that were made prior to their hiring.
The ones responsible for the situation are in Houston and their jobs are secure. They have always considered the people in Canonsburg as inferior rubes, and they are the ones who have pushed the layoffs sooner and deeper than had been communicated. Of course it is not fair, but this is how hierarchies work.
Canonsburg is going to get demolished, both to cut costs and to cover Houston butts. The survivors are unlikely to enjoy the new work environment at all, perhaps happy to have a paycheck. The casualties will at least have the opportunity to find work doing something meaningful. I wish them well.
I heard through the grapevine that consolidation is coming for Marcellus, Denver and Greeley. After the layoff, Denver will be left with 5 to 6 floors at WTC and Greeley/Marcellus will be a ghost town.
HR booked conference rooms for the 10th in Canonsburg. Next week are meetings for managers with direct reports. It's happening. Sad.