Layoffs in the Oil Patch 3

[Ironhorse]

Maybe the (now ex) CEO of Attabotics will build a submarine to visit the Titanic next. Sounds like he's cut from the same cloth.

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by RichieRich

Well here are some random folks talking about their experiences working there and wow I don’t think the now ex leader is safe walking the streets for a while!


https://www.reddit.com/r/Calgary/com...are&utm_term=1

I have met, through work and personal, people that have worked at Attabotics.

Basically, can confirm (anecdotally) much of the sentiments on that Reddit thread.

It's too bad. A great industry to enter and, allegedly a good product idea. But ultimately leadership is important and you can't start acting like trillion dollar bezos when your product isnt even at market

[Lanny'sDaMan]

I worked for Atta for just over 5 years. The teams I worked with were all amazing people. Management and ownership? Not so much. I won't get into too much detail (NDAs etc) but Scott Gravelle is definitely on at least 300 people's ####list, and that was before the absolutely Garbage way the employee base was informed of the insolvency.

We got the email at 7:00pm Sunday night telling us the Company was going bust. And not to bother coming in on Monday as no one would allowed access to HQ. It just felt so cowardly to not have a company wide face to face to explain this situation. And they spent the last three weeks blowing sunshine and smoke up our asses about up coming projects.

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

The gushing on Linked In is so cringe. A lot of it goes way beyond just acknowledging an opportunity.

“I just want to say thank you so much to all the wonderful, creative, extraordinary people I worked with at Acme. It really is an incredible company, and the passion and joy everyone brought to the job every day filled me with awe. I’m so, so grateful and honoured to have shared the journey with you. You guys are AWESOME!!!”

Maybe I’m a cynic, but nobody writing or reading that stuff believes it, do they? So who are they trying to impress?

This genre of LinkedIn posts are the worst. It's all performative. Even when the scythe is hanging over their head, these people find a way to inject toxic positivity into their posts.

"I'm so excited to announce this hostile takeover by <company>! They're leaders in <field> and I'm grateful for the opportunity to work with <name>. We work stronger when we work together. :muscle-emoji:"

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

This genre of LinkedIn posts are the worst. It's all performative. Even when the scythe is hanging over their head, these people find a way to inject toxic positivity into their posts.

"I'm so excited to announce this hostile takeover by <company>! They're leaders in <field> and I'm grateful for the opportunity to work with <name>. We work stronger when we work together. :muscle-emoji:"

Isn't that entirety what LinkedIn is? I can't imagine any other use for it other than to perform a character you are playing to stay employed, find employment, or be employable in the future. Ya, it's all saccharine pablum, but that's what it says on the tin.

[woob]

100% Fuzz. It's 95% performative. LinkedIn was a decent platform for awhile, but then it just because another social media cesspool. I'm still amazed at how much people fly their political flags on that platform.

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Isn't that entirety what LinkedIn is? I can't imagine any other use for it other than to perform a character you are playing to stay employed, find employment, or be employable in the future. Ya, it's all saccharine pablum, but that's what it says on the tin.

A few people treat it like twitter, or go hard on political posts. I had to unfollow an old manager of mine because he was basically parroting everything Danielle Smith and Dan McLean posted.

[chemgear]

Cross posted in the video game thread. Linkedin is certainly . . . something.

Crazy manager at a company that just fired 10,000 people to pay for AI hardware thinks it's a good ideal to suggest they use AI to deal with it. Oh, I guess they also own linkedin too.

[Fighting Banana Slug]

Originally Posted by chemgear

Cross posted in the video game thread. Linkedin is certainly . . . something.

Crazy manager at a company that just fired 10,000 people to pay for AI hardware thinks it's a good ideal to suggest they use AI to deal with it. Oh, I guess they also own linkedin too.

I mean, it is kinda dumb, but the resume review is a good idea.

[Ashasx]

Does anyone know what's going on at Imperial today?

[Weitz]

Rumblings of closing their Quarry Park office.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Rumblings of closing their Quarry Park office.

Closing? As in moving out of Calgary altogether or moving back downtown?

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Closing? As in moving out of Calgary altogether or moving back downtown?

Rumors I heard:

They were looking to build new on SAM, but that got kiboshed (this was 2019).

They've been looking for office space downtown for the past couple of years.

Last pick I heard was Western Canadian Place (old Husky tower) but who knows, maybe BH now that CNRL is moving out of there. BH1 needs major HVAC renos though.

QP is god-awful, the design is moronic and the move was quickly regretted.

[Roughneck]

Did anybody ever lease those two buildings Imperial was trying to offload a few years ago?

[Ashartus]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Closing? As in moving out of Calgary altogether or moving back downtown?

They are mostly pulling out of Calgary.

[ajr4013]

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6bj5wna

Details here

[DiracSpike]

Crappy news for Imperial employees affected. This kind of garbage happens when you’re tied to a mothership American or European company, luckily there’s lots of strong Canadian companies like CNRL and Suncor that are always looking for good people.

Also a warning, to everyone, except I guess government employees where anything goes and nothing matters: A lot of the layoffs include offshoring jobs to these global business centres in India and elsewhere. This is becoming increasingly popular with big American firms (Exxon influence over imperial at work here). I’ve heard from a bunch of ex chevron and Exxon people that this is what they’re doing, and it’s not just oil and gas. This is a very predictable logical follow up to the work from home trend over the last 5 years and it’s only going to accelerate. If you’re able to convince your employer your job can function as a voice in a box from wherever location, don’t be surprised when they go seek out voices in a box for 1/10 what they have to pay North Americans. This should have been easy to see right at the very start, a lot of people seem to have had difficulty with that, but now that there’s concrete proof this is actually a thing there’s no excuse any more. Your biggest advantage is that you’re physically located in Canada where our companies operate

[Slava]

Yeah the WFH push has a be careful of what you wish for element. Not only is it a race to the bottom for some roles, in terms of wage. It’s also a global market in terms of talent.

[Bill Bumface]

WFH for me, not for thee!

[5abi]

So imperial is moving their hq to edmonton?

I’m so confused how’d that work for disciplined like g&g and engineering