In February, Carrier made headlines for announcing it would eliminate 1,400 jobs from a plant in Indiana and move them to mexico. The company makes air conditioners and commercial refrigerators. For all the attention Carrier has been receiving lately, it's hardly the biggest job-killing company in America in 2016. Carrier isnt even on the list of the top 20 jobs that are job-killing companies. The main jobs in the U.S. right now are mostly energy and retail. The top one in the top ten would be National Oilwell Varco a big supplier of equipment used in oil and natural gas drilling. Below is a list of the top five of job-killing companies.
1. National Oilwell Varco: 17,850 jobs cuts. Reason: Low oil prices
2. Walmart: 16,000. Reason: Store closings
3. Schlumberger (SLB): 12,500. Reason: Low oil prices
4. Intel (INTC, Tech30): 12,000. Reason: Restructuring
5. Halliburton (HAL): 10,200. Reason: Low oil prices
Questions: Do you think the jobs wont be present in the future?
Since oil is at the top of the list do you think the job will still be there in a couple of years?
My thoughts: I think that most of these jobs will be present in the future because we will need oil and some of the stores that are closing. I do believe oil will still be there when the future comes because we will be trading still and will need oil for resources. The rest of the story here
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I think most of these jobs will be available in the future.I think oil will be there in the future because we can easily mooch off of other people's oil supply and trade. As for the jobs, I think there will be oil jobs available always because its a dirty job and not many people want to do it. And the stores closing gives opportunity for an economy boost in Mexico.
I think that most of those jobs will be there in the future but a lot fewer. In couple years yes the jobs will still be there in a decade probably not.
I think the companies are moving to other countries because those people are willing to work with lower pay because they're not used to getting everything handed to them. On the other hand, Americans think that they can just mooch off the government and taxpayers because they're too "entitled" to work a minimum wage job.
I think that jobs will always be available for those who want to make money. Many companies are making jobs all the time. Take our school for example, our school district makes up many jobs that don't need to be jobs. (I'm not going to list them because some people might take offense to it.)
I think that the lose of American jobs is bad but the employment rate will change eventually and America will make it through this. You can't really blame a lot of companies because they are trying to save money just like the rest of us. I think companies need to find a better way to be more cost efficient rather than outsourcing. Oil jobs will be around until there is no more oil so I don't think we need to worry about them.
You make a good point on not blaming the companies. They are just doing the smartest thing for their business. However, it would be beneficial to workers if they could find another way to cut costs. I agree with you that oil companies will be around for awhile.
Numbers go up and down all the time and unemployment rate can be different, and I do think that oil will be a leading industry for many years because we are so reliant on it.
I agree because oil is always a necessary resource and it will bounce back. The unemployment rates fluctuate a lot and I think this is just that.
Once more people find out about the jobs they will start to rise and become more popular.
I think these numbers will change throughout the years coming.
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