Williams purchased Access Midstream, promised its existence and then stabbed us in the throat. We have been dying a slow painful death since the takeover( never was a merger) . I just hope that the Access employees that are still there , find jobs and learn to never trust Williams management for anything. I guess the ole adage is true.. You have to be trusted by the people you lie too.
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Make it smaller, Cheaspeake is still a big fish, even if reduced in size. They over hired in that office and then fired dedicated Williams employees to get the head count down, not good for terminated employees and totally unethical in my honest opinion. On top of that it is very poor management to bring in newbies and get rid of the experienced and talented people.
merger? when a $30B company buys a $5B company, the $5B company disappears. wmb has been very generous with access employees but we now have a office complex with 500+ employees with little to nothing to do. the only reason to keep okc was for Chesapeake but now that chk exposure is being reduced, the okc office seems supercilious.
But it made no sense to put Access employees over into Pipelines and get rid of the experience just to look like there was a merger.
It makes no sense whatever closing okc, considering Cheaapeake is based in Okc.
VP headcount has never motivated Williams decision makers that I've seen (too many VPs anyhow). Relo packages are a common thing. After the announcement this week, probably only one Sr VP will be left there (Houston or Tulsa is where the action is anyhow right now).If you are an Access employee who thought this was ever a merger, well...No.
Doubt they will close okc, don't see it, too many VPs work out of there. Actually don't see much changing, except there will be some winners and losers, yearly reorganizations are a great way of taking the accountability out of the process.
Does the OA consolidation mean the OKC office is closing?