After Weds. news, any word on future layoffs.
Anything New?
Been quiet lately. It feels weird in this building.
Commitment Runs Deep!
What's the policy on supervisors dating their employee and giving them a promotion?
Just today !
Devon escorted out 23 people today from various departments! More to follow. The story is they are planning to outsource my positions.
Trump isn't going to fix us!
We have a crazy a$$ president and he is not going to fix oil and gas. He may get us in a war. Oil prices will be dropping back to $35 in the summer. The black gold is gone. If you work at Devon hang in there, but look else where if you are unhappy... — read more
Whats up with the stock price?
Can we not impress the wallstreet analysts, and execute with WTI in the low 50s?
Happy Commitment Runs Deep Day!
I just wanted to wish everybody a Happy Commitment Runs Deep Day! Go Devon!
I love working a Devon becuase there is absolutely NO accountabilit!!!!
I just love the insulating feeling of not be held accountable for anything. Three cheers for asset and execution team and no communication just random finger pointing. To the retard execs: do you really think SCIENCE, viz. Scientific Method, can be... — read more
I love working a Devon becuase there is absolutely NO accountability!!!
I just love the insulating feeling of not be held accountable for anything. Three cheers for asset and execution team and no communication just random finger pointing. To the retard execs: do you really think SCIENCE, viz. Scientific Method, can be... — read more
Geos and Engineers Beware
Can't share too much, but after the new year I saw some reviews and the general message was that for the number of rigs currently operated at Devon there is going to have to be some more slimming of technical staff
Future of North Texas
Any Predictions?
Layoff/life results
Here we are almost a year later and being laid off is still messing with my life. I was finally able to find a job in O&G almost 8 months later but it is a remote part of the country forcing me to give up all the (social and health) progress I had... — read more
Prior Layoff W-2s
Anyone know when we will get our W2's for the employees laid off in 2016? I would guess they are being mailed out oppose to electronic.
2017 - more of the same!
Well, here we are just about to start the new year, and it feels a little like 2016 continued. I have heard from a really good source that this year will be full of surprises. Departments that are barely getting by now, will be crushed by these... — read more
Funny how things work out!
I really wondered what it would feel like when my old job (which I was "relieved of") was advertised as a position needing to be filled. Seeing it now I think it is funny that I am sitting with a new job, which pays great, and Devon did me the... — read more
Devon Makes the News Again
So, how many rigs are up and running? West Texas and Delaware should be sitting over a huge reservoir discovered recently. Does 50 wti make it proved reserves though.
No honest answers.
No one has every answered the question, Why did Devon let good people go and keep temps, inspectors, consultants or what ever you want to call them?
Some interesting Devon facts....
The employees Devon has been letting go fit into at least one of the following three categories.. Male White Over age 50 The majority of them fit into at least two out of the three categories, while many of them fit into all three categories.
Work Phone
Mother Devon is tracking you on your work phone. Be careful. You can disable location services by going to Settings --> Privacy --> Location Services OFF
Devon to start chipping employees
By the end of 2017, 55% of all Devon salaried employees will have a gps chip implanted in their buttocks. By 2020 Devon employees , exemt and non-exempt will all be chipped, Devon will have the ability to know where you are ,and what you are doing at... — read more
More people leaving???
I have noticed a number of long-time staffers leaving in recent weeks. One is senior level HR rep, one a Sr. level acct'ing supervisor in the Budget & Planning group, and one a long-time experienced marketer for the Permian Basin. Each was a 20-30... — read more
Does anyone else wish they had been given the severance and ran the first time around?
Devon was always the "job to get" in Oklahoma, but since they did their "restructuring", everything that made it a great place to work has been taken - will will continue to be taken away more and more. On top of that, no one feels safe anymore (at... — read more
Can We Build Solar Panels??
There, i said it. After the debates, I realize Oil & Gas is gonzo, if we are relying on Trump to champion all things energy. Trump was an interrupting, snifling, whiner last night. And Hillary wants to power everything with solar. Hello. The SCADA... — read more
Devon hiring you back as a contractor? Don't hold your breath.
Only in rare circumstances, where you're the only person who possesses a critical skill they need, will they hire a laid off Devon employee back as a contractor. Here's an example case. SM (using their initials) was a laid off Devon employee from the... — read more
IS POWDER RIVER Viable At $45 WTI
Is Powder River receiving the same proportionate capital as the Stack and Permian Basin? Whats the Devon rig count in Wyoming?
Its coming.
The calm before the storm. You can feel it on every floor and see it in all of the managers faces. More layoffs and more outsourcing. The entire IT will be in India by end of Q2 of 2017. OKC HQ will only be a figure head for management everything... — read more
Why would Devon not hire people who were laid off as contract labor?
Devon is hiring contract labor in my old dept,but say they cannot hire me back as a contractor. Anyone seen or heard of this happening?
Fresh Crop of Interns. Enlist Now!
Check out the latest job openings. Interns wanted! Fresh, smiling, unassuming faces to fill those empty seats.
Devons hiring again...
Are any of the laid off people getting notice of Devon hiring for their previous position to get their old job back?
I finally get off severance and decide it's time to fill for unemployment. I try to file online and receive a notification that I'm not monetari
I finally get off severance and decide it's time to fill for unemployment. I try to file online and receive a notification that I'm not monetarily eligible for unemployment. So I call the office this morning and the lady tells me that all my wages... — read more
Fast rig in the stack
Just read an article that Devon drilled a record well in the stack Was it actually Devon or Felix? Just curious
Houston, We Have a Problem
WTI price chart is looking ugly. Backlog of wells not completed until price improves.
What a sad place for sad people...
The fact that something like this website, covered with messages from sad, little, angry people, even exists makes me wonder how any of you could work at this place and not feel blessed if you are now out of it. Life deserves more than spending it at... — read more
Severance pay
Doe the amount listed on your check stub under severance include the 60 day warn period? Just trying to judge how much I have left
Still Looking For Work
Five long months have gone by and I'm still looking for work in an energy related capacity. You can't help but feel like a failure as a result of getting laid off. Even though many other great people were let go right alongside you it's still tough... — read more
Crickets....
Chirp chirp chirp, no news is good news, eh? No recent posts from chicken little. Did Daves stand up comedy act at the town hall silence the naysayers?!?