Friday, January 9, 2009

Schlumberger begins job cuts

Oilfield services giant Schlumberger Ltd. will trim about 100 employees from its Houston-area work force of 5,000 as part of an effort to reduce staff by 5 percent across North America.

Schlumberger spokesman Stephen Harris said Thursday that the company will eliminate about 1,000 administrative, operations and contractor positions across its total North American work force of 19,000. The job cuts began on Jan. 7, he added.

 

Read full article: http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/01/05/daily38.html?ana=e_du_pub

 


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