Topics regarding layoffs at Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Topics regarding layoffs at Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Rolls down hill

We’ve all heard the saying “c-ap rolls downhill” and it’s so true when it comes to management decisions. The repercussions of those decisions usually end up being costly mistakes that the workers eventually pay for. We’ve seen it all, no salary... — read more 

Cuts coming...

To protect my job and anonymity .. I need to be generic. I was asked to join a call this AM regarding something else non related. After the call, I unintionally stayed on a bit later as I was typing up a to do list for myself and overheard a... — read more 

Don’t be impulsive

I work alongside a great guy but lately he is so fed up with the company he is thinking of just walking out. I can understand his frustration, we’ve all felt it a time or two. He thinks he can find similar employment, but c’mon we are in a pandemic... — read more 

Oxy Stock

Now solidify below $10 at $9.69 closing. 52 week low is $9. That number will soon change.

Oxy sells Colombian assets. Great news!

Sold to Private equity Carlyle group for pennies on the dollar. Desperate move. Tired of dealing with pipeline bombings and corrupt politicians. Oxy does it to Ecopetrol once again! Thank you for your 1.4B JV in Permian, we are not selling to you our... — read more 

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| 5530 views | | 28 replies (last October 19, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+17d7cBhX

I am leaving

Took me a while to build up my courage, but my resignation has finally been handed in. I'll miss all the people I worked with but I can tell you with certainty that I will not miss the company. To all of you still at Oxy, I wish all the best. But... — read more 

Inclusiveness?

So much for for being inclusive and one team. IT has an outage and Anadarko gets the blame. Luckily Oxy IT are so wonderful they spring to the rescue. Hooraaay for Oxy. WE ARE OXY!! If Oxy are so brilliant why did we pay Chevron a billion to go away... — read more 

Yoko Ono is calling her lawyer

What on earth did John do wrong to be d–g into this dumpster fire! If Lucy were not in the stars with diamonds she doesn’t have to acquire companies she can’t afford. I’m not sure that a cohesive thought during a commute will make us “come... — read more 

Raising the BAR

Give me strength! The company is up to its neck in financial quicksand and this is all they have to think about. I won't be raising the bar, I will be going to the Bar to help me stop thinking about this madness. The whole of HR need to be gone as... — read more 

Oxy holds well , no layoffs

The other majors even with better balance sheet are laying off people. There is nothing with Oxy. Is this the silence before storms ?

Why Does This Website Keep Deleting Posts?

Sounds like OXY HR is monitoring this pretty heavily. Posts are being taken down even when nothing bad was said. I said OXY stock is going to zero and it deleted my post. What the heck, its true! Get a life, OXY HR!

Is stupid VH still employed?

This woman needs to go She k–led the company i gave my best years to and destroyed my retirement hopes

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| 3160 views | | 7 replies (last September 27, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+179emBIE

Chevron Acquisition of Noble....Hey Oxy..advice?

Once the Chevron takeover is complete, what's your take on the likelihood of most of the Colorado field office and Denver getting the ax in a few years? Any advice on how Noble folks can survive? How did the Oxy acquisition of Anadarko affect... — read more 

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| 3420 views | | 5 replies (last September 27, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+178ua8cm

Chazen, please fire Hollub!!

The board of directors’ #1 job is to hire/fire the CEO. What are you waiting for? All confidence has been lost. Do it now!!!

How to know you are going to be fired

Refer to this post: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/23-signs-youre-get-laid-off-catherine-byers-breet Specifically: (1) You are put on a PIP (2) Managers and HR stop conversing with you, avoid eye-contact (3) No direction in what to work... — read more 

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| 3770 views | | 11 replies (last September 27, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+177Xlxix

Paying Uncle Warren in cash

Oxy announced that Uncle Warren has a cool $200M cash coming his way Oct 15. This could mean a few very contradicting things since we have only paid in discounted stock till now. Which combinations do you think? Or did I miss one? Oxy has... — read more 

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| 3750 views | | 16 replies (last September 25, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+176OLMkC

Moodys Investor rating

Moody's Investors Service downgraded the debt rating of U.S. oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum Corp to “junk” status in March of this year. I can't think of a better word to describe Oxy and its employees than this. Anything else more... — read more 

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| 2910 views | | 5 replies (last September 24, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+17570J8q

Take over by Berkshire (Strong speculation)

Hear me out. Warren is the largest single debtor and now the market cap of the company is around $9.6B. Is it un reasonable for him to invest a bit more to then take it over completely? Ichan will get his and the new ownership will inject life into... — read more 

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| 3300 views | | 9 replies (last September 25, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+175gHAgC

Here is the idea

I am surprised that no one here has yet proposed a idea to help our company? We are the big company why don’t we all chip in $10, $100 or whatever to fund the company in these tough times ? I mean call me crazy but boy is all in. Show em how we do... — read more 

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| 3120 views | | 7 replies (last September 25, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+175eIdf5

Adding rigs!

Why are we drilling more wells in the Delaware? Shouldn’t we save $ instead of spending?

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| 3360 views | | 13 replies (last September 25, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+175bBrvu

How many LAPC are making an effort?

Why dont they bring back the VCP or some other hybrid of VCP/CoC and let us go? I am only staying for the health insurance but im not doing a lot to earn it Its not entirely my fault but my boss is pretty ineffective and does not allocate me any... — read more 

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| 5070 views | | 34 replies (last September 28, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+174RpTsQ

Q3 spin predictions

What are the spin doctors putting in front of VH and crew to spin this dismal Q into a win for the earnings call? WFH Selling 1 plane Selling Land and minerals to Orion Mining Getting year one of CoC done Failed Africa asset... — read more 

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| 2910 views | | 2 replies (last September 22, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+1732SqNn

WFH

So I was just out driving around and there a lot of people driving on the freeway during rush hour. It seems like it is more than 50% of pre-virus levels. These people are working at some office and they are not service people either, unless... — read more 

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| 4800 views | | 24 replies (last September 21, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+170HKowe

LAPC Bonus Targets Slashed

Didn’t we hear “we won’t wait until change of control passes and then cut your compensation package, we’re not going to play games with people.” And yet today, just over a month past CoC protection, we find out our bonus targets are substantially... — read more 

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| 5900 views | | 27 replies (last September 30, 2020)
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