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Good points and I agree with a lot of what you said,
Ok, nobody said Williams is a bad company or wasn't getting things done, just a shame that they fired so many employees only a short while ago and now are in the position of backfilling some of those positions with different people. I would rather see them hiring than laying off. After thinking about it some more maybe that is just way it is business, not much you can do about it.
I also don't think you can sweep these safety incidents under the rug so easily. If they can operate without any more safety incidents over the next five years than I would agree the corner has been turned. Seems like things have improved, let's hope it continues.
Who says there's a talent shortage? Projects getting permitted and built, new projects moving through the process. About a hundred jobs posted companywide, many at lower rank where Williams really needed the help. Where there were incidents, they've been studied and are being addressed. OKC office closing will allow Williams to avoid another round of hurtful layoffs elsewhere...
it is time to completey forgive, get better and move on, no matter how difficult. That is the plan, better late than never. Wish the best to everyone.
Williams is not a high tech industry where you need a lot of turnover and youth. One mistake, can cost lives and tens of millions of dollars, I don't think this was factored in during the layoffs, because it is not possible to put pen and pencil to it.
Well said and I could not agree more. A few bad apples spoil the whole bunch and a lot of times the bad apples are at high levels, very unfortunate. Happens at a lot of companies.
Williams likes to think they provide company harmony and provide the ultimate work place, in reality it is the largest bunch of clicks ever assembled.
Most of the individuals are of high ethics but the individuals who are not seem to be in power and do not make informed decisions based on performance only on personal preference, of which is a shame, hopefully it happens to those individuals someday.
This article seems to provide some doubt about the layoffs
http://chiefexecutive.net/employee-layoffs-may-cost-more-money-than-they-save/
Most of the 50 plus are very vulnerable as well, lots of financial needs to support family, and difficult to get rehired at this age, very hard. What they did was not right. i doubt it will make the performance of the company any better, probably worse. If people where not performing, then get rid of them but this wasnt about performance it was more about purge and replace.
Simple - it's because Williams sh-- canned the majority of true actual performers - doing the real feild work - that were over 50 years old. That's the sad reality.
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