r/oilandgas

I won’t give too much info away because I don’t wanna dox myself but some salary guys are preparing to go upstate to Martinez Ca to fill in as scabs for a strike... Marathon already fucked over the boys in Detroit, So cal had an extremely rough time getting local agreements during the contract. Some would even say The national bargaining committee for USW rolled over for marathon who headed negotiations… with the evolution of society & AI incorporation, it seems inevitable that some of us on shift in ops/maint/ROW will be pushed out. Praying for those of you in Northern California and a brutal reminder to everyone who still laces boots and punches in everday to make yourself valuable in more ways than one. Learn as much as you can and always have a plan and money put aside.

He's been on site for 40 years. Knows every pump, every quirk, every "don't touch that valve when it's hot out" rule that isn't in any manual.

Well, the management's solution is "Shadow him for a few weeks."

I mean, we're cooked, right? Or has someone actually pulled off a real knowledge transfer before someone like this walks away?

after only 2 days of singing the MOU