Does anyone have recommendations? I am just getting prepared.

Anyone else hear about the centralization of dispatch and clerical jobs to support the 100 union layoffs.

I heard that all contractors in both the US and Canada will have to take a 10% pay-cut. Oh Boy! It just keeps getting better and better!

What are you guys seeing in your locations? I'm sure the former Spectra people are panicking but enbridge guys in downtown know the drill.

If you guys are reading this, and it's become clear some of you are: stop with the constant layoffs. At some point, if you want people to work hard again, you've gotta tell them "if you do a good job you'll be fine." Nobody will ever be an effective... — read more 

Do you guys know or can guess when Round 2 is coming?

Productivity has been down for months and it's not going back up for a long time. Morale will continue to be low since the people that are left just saw their friends get laid off. There will not be any loyalty left for the company. People will leave... — read more 

I bet productity this week will go down. Let's keep our morale high! This week is also a good time to do some housecleaning. So clean up your personal things and keep company's business records organized. Good luck and until the next time. PS:... — read more 

After Cynthia's email this morning the word is 100 union members in EGD will be let go... I know in the Toronto office there are about 20 union position currently vacant, hopefully these are the positions affected.

piece of advice that may benefit you....top up your credit cards and limit maybe a line of credit to make room. make sure you can budget to not be able to find work for 12 to 18 months 24 months is idea. do a financial cost assessment to ensure you... — read more 

Here we go again..... Sr. leadership is clueless! How can you go lay off a bunch of people when you can't even agree on what ERP system we should land on? Layoff a bunch of Enbridge folks and the Spectra survivors will have fum learning oracle on the... — read more 

They are gearing up to layoff people on either March 22. Making all sorts of plans and it's the worst kept secret. Remember Al, how you treat people will come back to you in the long run. Wonder if he and Greg can sleep at night?

Is this company worth working for if layoffs are on a regular basis for the sake of the "stakeholders"? My friends were considering to apply some jobs at Enbridge and I could not really sugar coat the reality.

Anyone else hear rumors of layoffs coming in April?

Let there be blood ... what is nirvana? Best of luck everyone.

The Westheimer office hosted a calm meet and greet with the CEO yesterday but I heard the meeting at the Louisiana street location was lively. Details please.

Hey Enbridge. Provided I survive the cuts over the next couple of months, how does contracting work there? Currently with Procom, hated it, always hated it, but I assumed that I would get hired on and it was a probation period workaround. Instead of... — read more 

President trump put out crib notes for his big speech last night ahead of time. Any such luck from Alvin and his chipmunk for this afternoon?

TCA or--- Tata Consultancy Services has inked the deal to outsource IT. I don't think anyone in US HR vetted the firm TATA to well. Maybe in the singular form it's okay. Welcome to Day 1. http://www.tcs.com/m/default.aspx ( copy and paste the URL to... — read more 

We have been told that planned job reductions are minimal. Yet we know there has to be at least a thousand in Houston. And I would assume a large number in Calgary. Historically, on the Enbridge side, how does this generally work? Should we expect a... — read more 

This is all true - PSCM coworkers on the 5th floor have signs posted on the bathroom stalls " please no flushing paper towels down the toilet". Floors above 5th are constantly getting flooded and smell like Truck Stops. The good news is they have not... — read more 

Is the Enbridge layoff page blocked at your work yet – if not it probably will be soon - the thought police are out there doing their best. Would head of corporate thought police be a VP level position?

Maybe a %, a $ amount, an employee number, or a headcount. Senior and executive mgmnt do not care about you, they care about achieving their targets to receive their financial incentives. Al M makes more money in ONE DAY than you do ALL YEAR. Do you... — read more 

E = Exporting American and Canadian employees' jobs to 'sourcing' agencies

I'm not agreeing with Marx and believe that communism barely works in theory - Venezuela as an example and the wonderful vintage cars driving around in Cuba still - that said - there is one salient point that Marx and Engels brought out from an... — read more 

TCS wave 2 takeover is beginning now. MC is having meetings with various IT teams to inform them that the takeover is happening soon, and to be completed by the end of May. Soon there will not be anyone working in IT that lives in North America. Way... — read more 

Some kind of cost containment garbage. Which they'd tell us this before we do our trainings and stuff, so we could just not.

The party line is that no one's pay will be affected in 2017. Somewhere in the official Q&A section it mentioned "a board evaluation of payscales will commence in 2018. Does that mean that demotees can expect a cut or just a freeze in wages?

Multinational companies continue their devastation upon the local environment. BP and now Enbridge are in no position to continue their unbridled exploits. The Canadian owned pipelines running throughout the US need metallurgical examination. Storage... — read more 

Dress up in the SPECTRA logo gear that I got on sale, set on an esplanade near the building with a sign reading ..... JUST LAID OFF WILL DO AWESOME POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS FOR FREE BEER

Wonder what will happen with all the new Planner/Schedulers that Spectra has been rolling out to the Area Offices... Does Enbridge have something similar?

New enbridge leadership structure is out, including both spectra and enbridge vps and up. How's everyone feel about it?

Do Enbridge employee's work a regular 9 hour day (8 hours + 1 hour lunch)? Do they work 1/2 day on Friday's? How do they accumulate hours for the SDO Day?

5 Steps from the frontline - how one man's battle took down a giant corporation Fahrenheit $540 How to succeed in business without really firing Al does Houston Casing Al may be difficult - Robert De Niro is small in stature but can play a great A _... — read more 

My opinion: The only thing great about Enbridge is the amount of money it pays compared to other industries. It is nothing that stands out about Enbridge at all, or anything that says “I want to spend the rest of my career with this company.” Get... — read more 

On February 14, 1977, I started to work for Consumers Gas. Retired on February 01, 2013 (36 years, less 2 weeks). While I really liked many of the people I worked with over the years, I DO NOT miss any of it. I am so glad to be out of there. Walked... — read more 

Does Enbridge still have PTO days which include vacation and sick days combined? What is an SDO day? I heard Enbridge works 1/2 days every Friday so I wasn't sure what an SDO day is? With SDO days, how many hours per day do they work? Spectra has... — read more 

No stip letters yet. Anyone know what's up? Safe to assume they're trying to figure out how to cut stip? Assume no raises again this year?

Example: a t-shirt for $1. About 2-3 carts of stuff was still not sold by days end. Someone suggested they just build a big bonfire and sell tickets, it would save more money, tme.etc. I'd fork over $5 to watch and sing Kumbyah with everyone. I'd... — read more