At last, Not a bad thing I think.
W

Okay, lets get one thing straight, 70 people were offered redundacy packages, an additional 40 people have lost their jobs with nothing. Our contractors associated with service provision get nothing & this will flow onto to the communities of Cue & Geraldton. OPR & CRL will now have approx. 17 people remaining in the West Perth offices. I am directly effected by this & will loose alot of good people as a result............I could go on about the timing with the build up to Christmas & the fact most projects don't hire til late Feb from now on etc but really there is no good time to be made redundant. I can only speak from my POV, but CRL and Mitsy has done its best to maintain momentum with this project, unfortunately the world economy hasn't & as a result the chinese have decided to sit & wait it out. When the project does proceed and its a when, not if, the true value of the mid west will be recognised & unfortunately the construction cost will have significantly increased.

I feel for the boys losing their jobs at this time of the year. Never a nice feeling.
Gero needs to have some certainty on the OKG Port. We have had 20+ years of false hopes on this Port. Maybe now we can plan on what we know will happen instead of what might happen and the town can move on.
W

Rex said...

jimbo76 said...
Okay, lets get one thing straight, 70 people were offered redundacy packages, an additional 40 people have lost their jobs with nothing.

You sound like you are in among it jimbo. Other than keeping the media machine going, what was the primary involvement of these people?

Can't elaborate too much until my RP is in the bank...................will say for CRL its hit from the CEO down to us bottom feeders, can't comment on OPR as that wasn't my area of primary concern. Upon recieving the news onsite we took the rest of the day off - but only after hearing Perth Office had done so first. Definately one of the better crews I've worked with since I've been in the game. The thing people need to remember with these figures is it relates directly to CRL/OPR employees not drilling contractors/earthworks operators/couriers/down hole survey crews etc so from my department alone there is a fair few more.

jimbo76 said...
When the project does proceed and its a when, not if...

I was born and bred in Geraldton, and I've been hearing comments like this for nearly 20 (*edit... OK maybe more like 15) years, Kingstream... Oakagee.... etc.

Sorry that people are losing jobs. But it seems like its always just been a big media circus that generates an good income for the big wigs at the top of the chain, who've been standing around pissing in each others pockets for years on end.

Good to know that Spot X will be around to enjoy for years to come. Some people see more value in an untouched coastline than a filthy big rock groin...