That's a lot of folks looking for work in an industry that isn't hiring.
From KHOU-TV, Houston, July 24:
Schlumberger layoffs: Company cuts 21K jobs amid COVID-19 pandemic oil rout
The job cuts will affect about a quarter of Schlumberger's entire workforce.
Schlumberger is cutting more than 21,000 jobs as the global coronavirus pandemic quashes demand for energy and oil prices are routed.
The company will pay more than $1 billion in severance benefits.
The job cuts announced Friday, about a quarter of its entire workforce, puts the number of people employed by the world’s largest oilfield services company close to where it was at the start of the oil and gas fracking boom that upended global energy markets and put the U.S. on top........MUCH MORE
