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re: Oil field layoffs are really hitting SLa
Posted on 9/24/15 at 3:31 pm to blueboy
Posted on 9/24/15 at 3:31 pm to blueboy
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I think the number was 1,500 layoffs across the board, and of course, the closing of the Lafayette office with a much smaller operation being relocated to Covington/Mandeville.
Is the Lafayette office closing for real this time? They've been talking about closing that office since before I worked there like 5 years ago.
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 3:33 pm to JJBTiger2012
Hopefully this will make a lot of the Acadiana Alabama fans go back home.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 3:38 pm to BROffshoreTigerFan
supposedly
they are selling most of their shelf assets
they are selling most of their shelf assets
Posted on 9/24/15 at 3:39 pm to tigerclaws15
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If these guys didnt get paid crazy amounts of money for very little skills, the O&G people could still keep their jobs, gas could be low and everyone could be happy.
Cold hard truth..
Posted on 9/24/15 at 3:41 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Big oil has destroyed Louisiana's coastlines. frick oil.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 3:45 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Nah he's right. You're a child. Whether or not it helps/hurts the economy as a whole is uncertain (the Fed is worried about it). But you're posting on an LSU board trying to look edgy, and there are a lot of hard working people affected by it.
One day you won't be fricking around as a business major at a subpar school going to Tigerland bars and you will have a real job and a family to support. Then you might not be so callous about others' hardships.
One day you won't be fricking around as a business major at a subpar school going to Tigerland bars and you will have a real job and a family to support. Then you might not be so callous about others' hardships.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 3:46 pm to JJBTiger2012
Tomorrow is my last day with my company (real estate). Just got off the phone with HR. 2 weeks notice, 2 weeks severance pay + left over vacation pay.
Fortunately the kids are out of the house and on their own and I have savings to get me by for 6 months without dipping into 410k.
Thankfully the internet provides a quicker and easier way to job search-my first layoff meant me sending out letters and sitting on my thumbs waiting for replies.
Keep you'lls heads up....
Fortunately the kids are out of the house and on their own and I have savings to get me by for 6 months without dipping into 410k.
Thankfully the internet provides a quicker and easier way to job search-my first layoff meant me sending out letters and sitting on my thumbs waiting for replies.
Keep you'lls heads up....
Posted on 9/24/15 at 3:46 pm to JJBTiger2012
Definitely prayers to those people and their families. Like somebody told me before, it aint the last job in the world though, say your prayers and hit the ground and go get it.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 3:47 pm to Old Money
The Army Corps of Engineers destroyed the coastline in the 60s and 70s when they decided to prevent the Mississippi River from moving west.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 3:48 pm to TigerBait2008
quote:
If these guys didnt get paid crazy amounts of money for very little skills, the O&G people could still keep their jobs, gas could be low and everyone could be happy.
Cold hard truth..
For all the talk of supply/demand, it's crazy how idiotic some of you are.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 4:07 pm to hendersonshands
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A lot of people who work very hard have lost or will lose their jobs and if that's funny to you, then you're probably 15 years old.
I don't find it funny but I do find it odd how none of these oilfield guys cared about people that were affected by the housing crash. I don't remember the oilfield hands asking people to keep buying houses and to pay more for them to keep those people going.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 4:12 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Aren't you 19? Your parents are probably still paying for your gas.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 4:13 pm to thegreatboudini
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The Army Corps of Engineers destroyed the coastline in the 60s and 70s when they decided to prevent the Mississippi River from moving west.
Ha. The CoE actually pressed congress to allow this to happen.
You think the politicians and businessmen wanted to lose BR and NOLA's shipping industry?
That was a business decision. Not an engineering decision.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 4:21 pm to Lou Pai
You know a lot about my life.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 4:32 pm to bleeng
quote:
Fortunately the kids are out of the house and on their own and I have savings to get me by for 6 months without dipping into 410k.
that extra 9k will be nice
Posted on 9/24/15 at 4:32 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:
Nah he's right. You're a child. Whether or not it helps/hurts the economy as a whole is uncertain (the Fed is worried about it). But you're posting on an LSU board trying to look edgy, and there are a lot of hard working people affected by it.
One day you won't be fricking around as a business major at a subpar school going to Tigerland bars and you will have a real job and a family to support. Then you might not be so callous about others' hardships.
This.
Reality is gonna punch you hard in the face one day.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 4:43 pm to CFDoc
I 100% agree it was done to save the Baton Rouge and New Orleans economies.
They had a decision to make, eventually lose coastline, or save the bombing economies up and down the river. They chose the latter.
They had a decision to make, eventually lose coastline, or save the bombing economies up and down the river. They chose the latter.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 4:44 pm to JJBTiger2012
some of you guys are idiots.
If you work anywhere the O and G industry thrives then you're job is likely indirectly tied to it. Whether that means money spent by those guys, tax dollars being put into engineering and construction or government work, or strictly supplying tools or labor for the industry. Everything will be affected if this downturn is sustained.
Obviously it's nice to pay less for gas but it could also mean making less money in the future because of gas.
If you work anywhere the O and G industry thrives then you're job is likely indirectly tied to it. Whether that means money spent by those guys, tax dollars being put into engineering and construction or government work, or strictly supplying tools or labor for the industry. Everything will be affected if this downturn is sustained.
Obviously it's nice to pay less for gas but it could also mean making less money in the future because of gas.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 4:45 pm to thegreatboudini
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They had a decision to make, eventually lose coastline, or save the bombing economies up and down the river. They chose the latter
The extent of the damage prolly wasn't known at the time. They also had to factor in the impact the river floods had on property, business, and the loss of life.
ETA: I can always respect a hard working man, but frick lawyers.
This post was edited on 9/24/15 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 9/24/15 at 4:59 pm to icegator337
I never get this sentiment.
The lawyers I know and deal with are straight-up, good, smart people.
They seem to go out of their way to put the stereotype t rest.
Other professions are well below lawyers in ethics, IMO.
The lawyers I know and deal with are straight-up, good, smart people.
They seem to go out of their way to put the stereotype t rest.
Other professions are well below lawyers in ethics, IMO.
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