#project

The local folks are about to start Engineering projects, managing them and handling the billing when all is said and done. If you thought you were backlogged before, get ready! Just heard about it in Denver.

Schlumberger figured out modern well logging. Nearly a century later, I have to deal with sh---y OSDU standards and .ZGY files pushed by Indian project managers with no understanding of what we’ve actually been doing. Completely failing company... Also, no one likes SLB. Stop pushing your offshore Indian storage architecture on everyone.

Just seen there was a celebration of project unity in the UK with Shannon Bell. I am not sure this migration could have been anymore of a sh-t show. I previously spent 30% of my week chasing approvals (that in 4 years I have never not had one approved or declined for my error). I now spend 95% of my week on approvals, but yeah let's celebrate the sh-t show, senior people should lose their jobs for this incompetence.

Why does HCSC still maintain project manager roles? Beyond following up with people, what value do they actually add and why don’t they seem to be held accountable when projects fail? Shouldn’t these positions be considered redundant with us being agile ?

We got a new project which need to finish it asap.
The agenda is document all the manual /automation critical functions we perform during regression.
Is this the plan to reduce the resource anytime ?

I was terminated in March last as a result of self protection political games from my manager. Naturally this also terminated all the knowledge of a significant project I managed for over 3 years.

Since then, I still get regular calls or texts asking me for help, information or assistance. Despite my message to VP and several directors asking them to refrain from this pointing out I am no longer responsible for filling their self created knowledge gap; it continues on regular basis.

Conclusions:
Cummins management is delusional.
Cummins has a knowledge problem.
Cummins doesn't give a damn about certain genders and prioritizes dei over project success.

We haven't had a single big layoff in a while. Now it's more of a rolling thing: trim this team one week, cancel that project the next, slice another department the following month. If you heard about the latest cuts and were surprised, then you haven't been paying attention.

In the recent Town Hall meeting, someone brought up what is Project Skittles and caught management off guard. Just wondering if anyone heard of this Project.

Sunnyside Restaurant & Lodge is temporarily closing its doors for an extensive renovation project. The Local Food Group, led by Mark Estee, is undertaking this significant upgrade. The estimated cost for the renovation is up to $5 million. This closure is expected to last approximately six months. The project aims to modernize the popular establishment.

Sacramento, California

https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2026/08/05/sunnyside-tahoe-layoffs-remodel-mark-estee.html

Direct charge causes a 50% loss of productivity for anyone what works more than one project. This is an early sign of cash flow issues

There's a wave 2 WFR aligned for October. There is also a McKinsey run project ongoing ...And employee F26 ratings have been moved up to July. What's OpenText up to?

Last week, several projects were shelved. Several contractors were terminated/laid off.
Never seen such a velocity with which FIS is doing cost cutting.

Upcoming August lay off is "mother of all layoffs".
Get ready.

I learnt that project Fuji is real thing a and 14000 jobs impacted..any one has any insight on board area and other details?

For those involved with the project, share your thoughts.

how is this project really going? been hearing a lot of buzz inside and outside of this company.

people don’t seem give a lot of credit here.

Anyone here anoutband/or can comment on what is being called Project Autumn?

Are you obliged to do handover after layoff tomorrow? I do not think I want to turn on my machine after that.
I am working on a project that is going live in next 2 weeks. We have some critical issues going on right now.

Just a general thread.

Any info. out there on TIS modernization projects? Some are under review or shortly going on hold, what does that mean for the future direction of TIS?

This extension isn't for you, this mass exodus just didn't fit their timeline. My guess is there will be a lot of rah-rah bullsh-t next week, and guilt tripping.

Do what's best for you, not the shareholders. Project Simplify isn't over, they just want you to forget about it right now.

I will start

Upstream: Worst to be part of big BU. Lot of work and no reward
Best: Small BU, same distribution and generally worse people. Even better Uncon support groups. Do nothing but critic others work - easy for any Exxon people

GP - Avoid Dev Planning. Go for any Cat 4 or lower projects.

Finished a major project and they let the last remote guy go today.

I was selected for a in house project to replace a old computer system. Being old we had low on parts, also the reliability was very low. If I’m going to do this right why not find out where the bottlenecks are and get a wish list and try to do my best.

When the system was ready for testing I set it up next to the system that was on line and testing can be done. Some people were excited and others started claiming I was planning on taking peoples jobs.
Needless to say the rumors got started. The system did go on line and worked well.

because openly talking about the sh-t show I am experiencing to anyone here puts my job at risk. Communication between the groups is not as good as it was before Nov 2025. Project progress has slowed, keeping up with changes in direction is ridiculous. and trying to keep quality in the contractors' work is, well, impossible (too much to oversee). Leadership should not have wiped out so many good people in that last big layoff. This is my experience. Is it just me, or are others in this market also at their limit?

Do we think the project will be completed on schedule, or is it heading toward another FNV4 situation?

What a blunder... Sometimes I feel that half of the pain we are going through is due to this horrible dud. It's a dark gift that keeps on giving as we bleed even more money trying to fix things.

How does Accenture have 350 people and unable to deliver Project Keystone? Why isnt anyone getting penalized for this sh*tshow? Who is the sponsor for Accenture?

Accenture is terrible and with GCC effort - i am sure they are selling their souls and su-king Jose’s and Kevin A’s lollipop

I love how my project team is in Houston India Manila and BA. How the F are we supposed to accomplish anything.

Executive incompetence (or incontinence) is truly the root cause of all of this.

Gross mismanagement of spiking costs for flash ki-led margins, awful roll out of UCPQ, project ocean was a disaster that is still the gift that keeps on giving having to pay a 3rd party to fix it.

Seagate sold their ASIC team to Broadcom. I wonder if WD will do the same ? I'm aware of a couple of projects being completely mothballed at WD today.

Hearing some great intel and insights that Kaskida is being challenged by Meg for potentially not meeting economic and technical hurdles…
Please share your insights on this complex project that was rammed into FID by Murray’s go team…What does Elliot Management think about their capital6 deployed and possibly destroyed? When the the technical class challenges sanctioning

What does anyone know about what is supposed to change State Farm? Apparently it's a big deal.

Where bad ideas go to become and AFE and a pds that was done 3 yrs ago and people who should never ever get promoted. What say you?!

Alright… what is “Project Panda” and why is it suddenly the worst-kept secret?

The SUPER TOP SECRET ULTRA SECRET NDA project that everyone knows about called Maverick is getting close to it's official "roll out" live day and it's so far from ready that it's comical.

Sadly, many of you - specifically sales, ISG/CSG - are going to have the misfortune of "testing" it out. I know nothing about what these new tools are, what they are replacing (apparently DOMS is being "replaced" but that's been said for the last 20 years LOL) but I will say that you are all in for a horrible time when it goes live.

I think the deadline/go live date is mid May and so much of it is STILL being tested right now. Keep in mind the OG "go live date" was in February...

Godspeed my friends.

If not, how sc--wed am I?

Polyarc Games announced company-wide layoffs. The VR developer could not secure funding. This followed the cancellation of a major project. The number of affected workers was not disclosed. Polyarc is known for its adventure-puzzle game Moss.

Seattle, Washington

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/vr-developer-polyarc-games-facing-layoffs-unspecified-number-of-employees-affected