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89coupe
03-04-2009, 02:28 PM
I heard they had some HUGE layoffs, 150 people cut.
Eibbus
03-04-2009, 02:29 PM
190 according to my sources. Best of luck to anyone who got caught up in that =\
ApexDrift
03-04-2009, 02:32 PM
a friend of mine was just let go yesterday... apparently he called in sick and they just let him go over the phone...
Tarrantula
03-04-2009, 02:36 PM
They dont do good work anyways. Im CONSTANTLY fixing their drawings.

EDIT: that and ber-mac. fuck.
ralliart_girl
03-04-2009, 02:41 PM
^ I think this is besides the point. Sad to see a company of that size cut jobs.
ExtraSlow
03-04-2009, 02:43 PM
Not sure how many people ConocoPhillips employs in calgary, but as a percentage, 150 people is small beans.
One of my buddies works for a smaller engineering firm, and his company laid off a third of it's staff.
Denslayer
03-04-2009, 02:44 PM
I hear there has been major cuts over at Suncor too....tough times for sure
Kritafo
03-04-2009, 03:00 PM
Apparently the news crew was on site. Sounds like someone tipped them off. Disgruntled employee or planned? I know they said they were cutting back, but how would the news crew know when to show-up?

I head 120 today.
Aleks
03-04-2009, 03:01 PM
Originally posted by Tarrantula
They dont do good work anyways. Im CONSTANTLY fixing there drawings.

EDIT: that and ber-mac. fuck.

Hope you don't fix grammar for them :poosie:

Tough day at Conoco today. Hope oil goes up soon...
Crymson
03-04-2009, 03:01 PM
They laid of 115 people in Calgary today. It was announced a while back that they were cutting their workforce globally by 10%
bigboom
03-04-2009, 03:33 PM
Originally posted by ExtraSlow
Not sure how many people ConocoPhillips employs in calgary, but as a percentage, 150 people is small beans.
One of my buddies works for a smaller engineering firm, and his company laid off a third of it's staff.

Actually its almsot 10% of the Conoco work force in Canada, I wouldn't consider that small beans when the rest of the staff being cut from Conoco globally is 4%.
Euro838
03-04-2009, 03:41 PM
Is that number full time staff or a combination of staff and contractors? It would be interesting to know which areas they are reducing i.e. juniors, middle management, etc.
ralliart_girl
03-04-2009, 03:43 PM
Originally posted by Euro838
Is that number full time staff or a combination of staff and contractors? It would be interesting to know which areas they are reducing i.e. juniors, middle management, etc.

I think it includes contractors too.
Thomas Gabriel
03-04-2009, 03:44 PM
My buddy just got a sweet internship there. :dunno:
atgilchrist
03-04-2009, 05:14 PM
I was talking to a guy over there yesterday, he gave me his card and joked that he may as well hand them out while he can. I think he was safe, but if those are the jokes running around the offices...eek.
Boat
03-04-2009, 05:54 PM
They are honoring their commitments(i.e people that they gave employment offers) to the summer students this year, thats all I know.
01RedDX
03-04-2009, 06:22 PM
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Xtrema
03-04-2009, 08:12 PM
Originally posted by Thomas Gabriel
My buddy just got a sweet internship there. :dunno:

I think co-ops are fine at least for the upcoming term. They are relatively cheap anyways.
Ebon
03-04-2009, 09:58 PM
I'd assume most companies would keep your co-op and internship commitments. Cheap and might provide a labor source for them a year or 2 later if the economy is back on its feet.
Sil80_D
03-11-2009, 12:13 PM
Originally posted by Tarrantula
They dont do good work anyways. Im CONSTANTLY fixing their drawings.

EDIT: that and ber-mac. fuck.


You sound like you're in the same office as me lol.

anyhoo, I guess media doesn't tell you much cuz 100 people is nothing. The Bantrel office close by went from 2000 to 60 apparently. And that's in a newly built office complex too....:eek: