Just heard DW commercial is getting a 30% cut. Anyone close to the org have any insights?

Post your thoughts, comments, concerns

"Simplified" Leadership Structure (check) "Changes" to our underlying ways of working (check) Next phase to be announced this week: Taking work out of the system. Driving Efficiencies within the team.

Been in DW for 10-15 years in the Wells Org and we have gotten so bloated from all the divestments and bringing people in. It’s insane. JG2+ roles are created out of thin air that deliver no real value. People are tripping over each other and causing... — read more 

https://www.reuters.com/business/workers-shells-scotford-facility-canada-move-set-up-strike-vote-2024-06-14/

I just joined the company (IGU) less than 6 months ago. Do u think with this info, will increase/decrease the possibility of me to be redundant.

How many jobs moving to India?

Apparently the layoff percentage across different departments is around 10 to 15%. You think the same will happen to IGU ?

For those that have been through an MOR before in Shell, appreciate it if you can give advice to those that have been impacted (never experienced this before and I’m super nervous). How do we get ready? Is there hope for job placements? How do we... — read more 

It’s giving desperation

Was anything important said at the Townhall? Is it worth watching?

Tell us your situation. Let us know where you are. How bad is it? Remember - there is no reorg. It's all in your head!

With all the waves of layoffs primarily targeting seniors, it’s no longer a place where you can retire - you will be kicked out way before your legitimate retirement age.

It's kind of like when one of your friends gets married. It puts ideas in their heads and soon, everybody is doing it. If you don't act fast, all the good ones will get snapped up. Then you're left with some ugly Scot with a lot of bad gas.

PAO getting the axe and rumors floating that Exxon is/has placed multiple offers for either Chemicals as a whole or just Geismar. They haven’t started bringing out the paint buckets at this time, but $100 mil on new buildings during a budget crunch... — read more 

Scotford announced their re-org. No numbers given. Sounds like it might be deep.

Can anyone tell me the safe business units and groups to look for a job ?

Can somebody provide more info on the layoffs that happened yesterday? How many were impacted? Is it over? Anything would be great. I hate not knowing what's going on even if it's not my team being impacted. A little transparency from the management... — read more 

Seems like management want to reduce this as its high compared to competitors...why do we have such a high number? Do we have too many subsurface and engineers compared to competitors?

Visitors - go way back in time here and read posts from a year ago. You’ll find the true insiders or the clairvoyants. This post has held up well. Post from TheLayoff.com I’d like to hear more from him/her.

I'm still waiting to hear from my manager but how did everyone else here do in the announcements today?

I think working in DW has limited my skillsets as a reservoir engineer. The worst part is that no one in the industry hires people like us who have >10 yrs of work experience but only in DW since it’s a niche market. Does anyone have similar... — read more 

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More cuts coming for everyone or just changes at senior levels..thoughts?

I heard someone quote this week dozens of active but uncoordinated re-orgs currently ongoing. This was USA. Feels less efficient than a broad cut like Reshape. Certainly harder as a front liner if the next discipline over isn't available as a... — read more 

May 7th meeting scheduled that says "please join my leadership team and I for this global connect where we will discuss IDT's journey ahead"

I heard Deer Park Chemicals is about to be offloaded similar to what the Refinery went through two years ago. I heard the fire, reliability and cost are the main reasons. Anyone else hear anything?

Well they finally made the announcement, and not just an announcement to say they have announcement coming. The site GM finally laid out a timeline for when layoffs will be taking place. It's going to be rough summer for the folks in Canada. They... — read more 

threat serious this time? next move merge with bp

Is there going to be a reorg in Bangalore ?

Rumour this is coming...anyone else heard anything

Is it going to be sold, or just shut down? What’s going to happen with all the reactors?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/shell-to-unload-1000-retail-locations-in-pivot-to-ev-charging-141517030.html

Does it make any sense at the moment? With the announced layoffs I've read about in M&A and other groups, do you expect a hiring freeze across other departments. I've seen job postings, but had no traction with apps, even with the introductory HR... — read more 

finally. Giving the many missteps and poorly time decisions they have done along with strategy in the last few decades it is about time to clean house on this one ......

I think I’ve had mild food poisoning from eating in the cafeteria at least a dozen times this past year. “Fool me once” and all that.