Seen a bunch of banker types walking around WL this week, wondering what all the suits are doing here...

Whatever, really people, why are you so worried about losing your jobs......Honestly, I always wanted to work for BP, when I worked at another oil company, once hired I was miserable. They abused not just the enviorment but people too, I was hired... — read more 

Involuntary severance - A way to legally get rid of overachievers that are pushing best practices and creating work for management. Best get these people out!

Recently told to be moved to the GEC; some others were told to have work only until Marc-2016 - Any advise on the new GEC model ? What are the pros/cons ?

I work in L48 and have been with BP for 25 yrs, one a typical day I spend couple hours in the cafe sipping coffee and chatting about the oil prices, I only go to the cafe when I am bored surfing the net and watching cute cat videos. I then take my... — read more 

Just read on an inter-company message that all managers are receiving raises and bonus' for 'all the hard work' they've done to save the company money. Basically for laying off thousands of employees. Doesn't seem right.

BP laid off an employee and let them leave in a clearly unstable condition today. That person jumped from the overpass at I-10/Barker Cypress today. They've managed to cover it up in the media but it needs to be acknowledged.

I have worked at BP pipelines for over 7 years and have been through a reorganization every 18 months. It is pure chaos. The leadership listed in the previous post only makes decisions that benefit them individually and cares not for the employees... — read more 

"BP plans layoffs at Texas City, Texas, chemical plant -sources" Headline reads on Yahoo news. Good Luck to those affected and wishing you all the best

Upstream has an HR org of over 800 (~4.5% of employees are in HR). Downstream has 40 people in their HR org for an overall business of roughly the same size. Is HR next on the chopping block?

Anyone have a rough estimate of what our Cost Per Barrel is? I thought I had read a while back that is was in the 90s.

USPL just divested all its terminals. Doug Sparkman, head of Fuel Value Chain does not inspire confidence. A cardboard box has more charisma than this guy. His townhalls are a disaster. For example, asked about contacting him, he responded, "Get on... — read more 

its about time to clean house. Many idiots assumed managerial positions they don't deserve.

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2015/03/30/bp-says-paying-just-a-fraction-of-its-oil-spill-bill-could-put-its-u-s-business-in-trouble/

100 take vsep at bpTT About 100 employees have accepted voluntary separation packages from BP Trinidad and Tobago as the energy company continues to grapple with lower global oil prices. In a statement yesterday, bpTT — a subsidiary of UK energy... — read more 

Check the posted article out.

How realistic is this rumor guys? I know that people have been talking about it for a while but wanted to see what you think about this.

Employees who were fortunate enough to keep their jobs here at BP have been told that there will be no raises this year. Not complaining, just saying.

In my group, 25% of the staff in Houston has been let go. Some were obvious targets (deadbeats, new hires) but some of our most experienced and knowledgeable folks have also been let go (likely more expensive to keep)

Do we have any updates here? It looks like we were not hit as hard as some of our competitors, which is a good thing. On the other hand, things may get much worse as 2015 progresses. I wanted to see if anyone has more info on what will happen to our... — read more 

Unclear how it will affect US, we will know soon.

I heard said some people had already received layoff notices by BP. I did read somewhere they asked people in Trinidad to voluntarily leave. So, this makes me not trust them at all. If BP is laying off, others will too for sure so get ready. They... — read more 

We'll see, we have a large meeting scheduled for Friday, I will update you on how things go. I know and all of know that BP will be laying off so nobody is surprised here at the same time many people are very anxious as we do not know how deep they... — read more 

This may be it. There is a ton of conference rooms booked anonymously this week. We'll see...

Procurement, Legal Services and HR were affected, this happened back in December 2014 and early 2015

The Dallas Federal Reserve predicts that up to 130K jobs could be lost in the state by mid-2015 if WTI crude oil remains at 55.00 a barrel or lower. Now, 2015 will be a fun year for us at BP and all competitor. This industry is nuts, I've been... — read more 

Heard we are moving to OK.

Just announced, we are cutting North Sea 200 staff jobs plus 100 contracting jobs - cutting only onshore roles, not in offshore operational positions

We have a lot of overhead in BP. Net earnings per employee are much lower than our peers. Management should be laying off 20,000 folks but they have no backbone. Hence we linger on with our sick bureaucracy.

Everyone is affected - everyone will be downsized - you name it: exploration, global wells, global projects, global operations organization, Fuels, Lubricants, Petrochemicals, technology, finance, procurement and supply chain, human resources, global... — read more 

Maybe this will give BP a chance to unload some the redundant management within the PSCM areas. It may have become too costly to continue to dress up these clowns in a tight market.

Gilvary Has said that we will have a difficult year ahead of us. Mid level supervisors are being let go already, hundreds... We have 10,000 people here in Houston, if they go with a 10 percent reduction that is a thousand families affected. Our... — read more