march right?

mmm...i dun think so...coz fren of mine juz got cancellation emel for march08 ofs1...*sigh* real boring sitting idle @ home..

Hi all,

Just to inform you guys..

Schlumberger just started the '2nd wave' of releasing its employees..

As of yesterday I am no longer SLB employee ..

Although I'll be eligible for re-hiring when thing got better, its not going to be that way for at least 2 years..that's how bad things are this year. I also heard rumors that many new trainee are being held, as no place is available for them at this moment.

As for me, I'll try others service companies but chances are slim..If no job for me here, I'll be heading home at the end of this month.

owh, so sorry to hear that. hope u'll find what ur looking for...

I see, thanks for the updates.

Hehe, like I said earlier. Even if you manage to get into Schlumberger today you're going to face immense pressure and politics from the seniors in there.

No one will be willing to teach you anything and you're left to survive as long as you can. If you kantau halfway, be prepared to be axed.

Good luck.

what? they sacked u oredi? mind to elaborate based on what criteria they choose to retrench their employees? i.e. performance wise, seniority, available workloads..

any info is a great help..

Based on seniority, politics and role.

Seniority as in LIFO

Politics as how involved, influential and good with your bosses

Role as in how important you're to the company. What kind of skills you have which others do not.This is related to experience so newer and lower position staffs get the axed first

this is true for slb or u juz generalizing it? its true most of company are doing this..but i hope sumone can tell me what exactly in slb they are looking for to sack the employee.

No I'm not generalizing here.
We are not supposed to leak out further information because the computers/laptop that we use have monitoring and keyloggers installed even with our email clients.

Where I've got my sources its up to you to believe or not. This is through my discussions with my superiors in Europe.

What do you mean by no one will be willing to teach you anything?

It's self explanatory.Need to tell further? People are busy with their own agenda.

okies..so, dats the informal ways to inform wats really going on in slb, is it? hehe..thanks..i tot u r juz generalizing...

whooaa, now they didn't wan to coach the newbie in slb? there is like someone to look after trainee rite? i thinks its like personal manager..to guide trainee for exam/school etc2...correct me if im wrong..

I'm not implying that they are not going to coach you. They will. After that you're mostly on your own, due to the stiff competition in SLB, you are required to work independently with minimal help from others. You'll know I'm trying to tell once you are accepted and assigned to your work next time.

can u specify at which moment/duration of coaching "after that" is referred to? is it until finish school or breakout etc2...thanks

I do think that every single job is like that.

gave you a task..off you go doing it. certainly can ask question but there must be initiative to do it independently.

why on earth this recession must happen during the time I just graduated.

but funny thing is, I just googled about slb hiring, and the hiring manager in europe just gave an interview on their hiring and that they're positive on hiring new trainees.8000 per year.

oh well, again that's an interview so of course it was positive.

Did they mention how high the dropout rate is in the article? How much priority they have for Malaysians, etc.

yeap they did. after a few months 45% drop out.after 5 years or so only 20% survived.

and since their basic hiring policy was to hire fresh grad so I wondered if they kept firing people,who will replace all of these people since the job is labor intensive and require technical skills.surely they cannot stop their recruiting program?

the ratio of the hire is like 10% goes to r&d,10 % goes geologist and marine thingy, a few percent to something that I can't quite remember. but the majority goes to operation.

and it said currently the labor force for the fields is low in us area, high in indochina areas.

This post has been edited by milleu: Feb 16 2009, 02:12 PM

you have the link?

maybe u shud google it oso..