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Originally Posted by Ray
Shell Deer Park refinery laid off 200 staff a couple weeks ago, by performance, not seniority.
They have not hit the hourly yet, but they did shut down the solvents plant and
about half of the chemical plant. They think that in the next year or so, they will
lose enough thru retirement and transfers that they may not hit the hourly guys.
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Got a friend that works there and he said the same thing. I know there's a lot of upper management/ office types here that could go and probably not be missed. Right now they've just about tapped the poor azz hourly operations/maintenance guy as much as possible. They've cut all OT, screwed our vacation schedule to hell, and doubled our duties thru cross training.....but hey, at least I have a job.
I'll guess I'll just ride the Obama wave into the ****ter with everybody else!
On another note...we had a meeting with management and they painted a bleak future for refining in America for the next 5 years or so. They said possibly half of the refinerie's in America will be closed due to legislation that makes it unprofitible to stay up and running. I don't know if thats just a scare tactic by UM, guess we'll wait and see.