Anything on bonuses?
Oxy & Astros Are Both Cheaters
So funny, why did Oxy get a huge sign in the Astros' outfield and a fancy corporate suite ? Oxy isn't a downstream energy company. No one cares who Oxy is, and most think it is a carpet or toliet bowl cleaner. Oh that's right, the Oxy management... — read more
Layoffs again?
Does todays email from Vicki mean more layoffs?
Oxy Stock to Fly High
https://unseenopp.com/occidental-petroleum-stock-nyse-oxy-approaching-rally/
January layoff numbers
Any ideas of how legacy Oxy employees were laid off in January?
Anyone finding jobs out there in oil and gas.............
With the rig count down to 790 I have not seen too many technical jobs out there. Maybe I am looking in the wrong place, but it sure seems to be a tight job market.
Bonuses?
Rumors that there will be no yearly bonus, and that the quarterly field prod bonus is eliminated. Anyone know if there is any truth to these rumors?
How many people work at Occidental Petroleum?
What's the cumulative employee count for the entire company? How many, out of that number work at Houston?
Thank you Vickie!
Thank you to Vickie and the rest of the Oxy executive team. Your sheer stupidity, impatience and greed has allowed me to cash in on Anadarko's generous change of control plan and take an early retirement. Without each of you I'd still be working away... — read more
W2s
Does anyone know when W2s will be available online or mailed out?
How different would things be if we hadn't purchased APC?
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Short term, things look much worse. Who know what he future holds?
I'm just wondering...
Has anybody who left Oxy on their own regretted that decision? I'm considering quitting but I'd lie if I said I was not nervous and worried that I might end up regretting it down the line. It would be nice to know others who did the same thing are... — read more
When will we be able to relax?
Everybody keeps saying that layoffs are done for now, but I still feel like we are nowhere done and they'll surprise us with another round before this week is done. Which means that my stress levels are not going down, but increasing. Does... — read more
VH gets herself BS PR, while Oxy staff gets pink slips
So much BS in this article, she might as well work at a dairy farm shoveling it, instead of being a astronomically paid CEO with a golden parachute. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/business/vicki-hollub-occidental-risk-takers/index.html
If you’re leaving OXY where would you go?
For this looking to leave OXY, what company’s / industries do you think would offer better opportunities. I’m not an OXY fan boy but as I’m preparing to take my VSP in August, I’m not seeing a lot of comparable salaries and benefits. I’d like to hear... — read more
How many people were laid off, total? And was it really to get media exposure and raise stock price?
Was this lay-off really really necessary? Seems like so many heads per RMT had to go, heard shooting for several hundred in Resources but doesn’t seem to have occurred.
A bit of hyperbole
I understand this situation is not exactly ideal, but I don’t think we have had as deep of cuts as people around here are making it out to be. What % of the “combined company” have actually been let go through VSP/Layoffs? Not as many as there ought... — read more
With last weeks toilet flushes, what next??!
With the deserved karma for Oxy staff last week, will we see any kind of improvement from the remaining members of the company? With ethics, integrity and doing whats right suddenly become option sin the new organization? Given the ignorance to... — read more
Colombia hit
VH said internatiknal non-US payroll wouldnt be much affectes today they laid off more than15 people in Colombia, our BU is just. A few hundred employees so it wasnt as little as expeced. We ahre down to the bone on head cound for the last couple of... — read more
VH doesnt cut jobs ?
“If you cut a lot of employees, you might reduce your costs by $1 or $1.50 per barrel,” Hollub said. Instead of chasing those incremental cost reductions, Hollub put her people to work cutting into the company’s finding and development costs, she... — read more
How bad were the Houston / Woodlands layoffs?
Any first hand info? Any news about the final count and who was impacted?
Media Coverage
https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/energy/article/Occidental-starting-widespread-layoffs-in-Houston-14959670.php
Any layoffs today?
Have there been any more layoffs today? I haven't heard anything so far...
Automation Specialist - Why I declined
Oxy is laying off people, imagine that. I declined a job with these guys based solely on their reputation of hard to work for and keeping the hanger on'er butt kissers and laying off or firing the people that actually can do the job!
Midland, TX layoffs start tomorrow - January 9th (Thursday), 2020.
Today was Houston, Greenway location - January 8th Yesterday was Anadarko / Woodlands location - January 7th
Layoffs...
So far from what I have heard 7 laid off from Denver City, TX. Not sure why everyone keeps calling it Denver? Muleshoe had quite a few not sure how many. Anton got hit pretty hard as well as Levelland. Sounds like Hobbs, NM and... — read more
Can a company even function normally with such a big threat of layoffs?
Morale is at its lowest at this company and everybody knows it. Can people even function at work in this kind of atmosphere? I certainly can’t function normally and, to tell you the truth, I have a hard time focusing on task that i did routinely. The... — read more
Maverick Basin Layoffs ?
Does anyone know if they are hitting Maverick Basin ? After the email everyone went silent and we are just running around like chickens without heads over here.
Booked conference rooms in GW5
4th floor (HR) conference rooms in GW5 are all booked all day Wednesday thru Friday. Hopefully it doesn’t take that long. Waiting s—s. Just get it over with.
Time to move. Need opinion
I have a PhD in engineering. Have been with Oxy/APC for two years as an entry level engineer (not staff). I think I’m underpaid. Different websites support this. Now that layoffs are here, what do you think a fair salary should be for me in case I... — read more
Panic Mode
It’s full panic mode now with lay-offs in progress while SAP is rolling out. Drama.
Here come the layoffs
Wait we were told Oxy doesn’t lay people off??
Bonuses
Heard bonuses will payout at end of February. Can anyone confirm and know how bonus amount will be determined for legacy APC?
I actually feel blessed to have a great job at Oxy.............
I know Oxy has it's detractors just like many other oil companies and companies in general, but I really do feel like I have a good job and boss at Oxy. I have been around the industry for a while and I have to say this jobs works for me just fine... — read more
New vacation policy is bad
I am really upset with the new PTO. I mean who TF thinks that rolling all medical time into one time is good idea? On top of that such people suggested and executed such s&$&ty policy. On average you have 3 dentist 2-3 medical and about 4-5 sick days... — read more
PTO for 2020?
What's going to happen with PTO for 2020? We are less than 2 weeks away from the end of the year. Are they going to make an announcement during the holidays? If we get to January with no announcement does that mean legacy Oxy keeps their plan and... — read more
Reimbursement?
When will we get reimbursed? Does Oxy reimburse? I tried calling the hotline for reimbursement and nobody could tell me about reimbursement. Reimbursement is being overlooked and I just need to know when I'm getting reimbursed. Did anyone get... — read more
Advice for early and middle career engineers
I never post here but thought it could be great forum to ask. What advice do you guys wanna give to early and middle career engineers at Oxy? Haven’t seen a lot of people leaving or being let go, so is this just beginning? Is it worth waiting... — read more