Topic: Total e & p nigeria limited interview update

Total has started posting their old staffs to Egina project.

All,
Calm down. Coolguy and Devonian are both right- It's just that they don't have all the information together. I would highlight some facts just for your information (I’m not trying to convince you to believe all I say here).


IOC’s in Nigeria
Fact 1: The IOC's right now are dealing with some “financial issues” as regards rising Opex and JV funding.

Fact 2: One way the IOC's seem to be able to reduce the cost is by running a leaner organization hence the collapse/merging of positions. As a matter of fact, some IOC’s are giving employees the option of early retirement.

Fact 3: Older staffs also retire every year; this creates the need for new recruits as positions become vacant. Of cos people get promoted from within to fill the open positions upwards. This creates room for people to come in at the lower end.

Fact 4: IOC’s nowadays seem to adjust the organization to fit with the available number of staffs instead of taking in new ones to balance the equation when older staffs retire.


Total in Nigeria
Fact 1: Total is not exempted from facts stated above.

Fact 2: Total has not completely assigned Usan staffs, as a matter of fact most of them have been seconded to Exxon until a time when Exxon fully assumes operatorship with their own staff.

Fact 3: Egina's project team has been in existence even before this recruitment started. The company needs not recruit for the project now with the exception of some roles requiring SME (subject matter expert) inputs.

Fact 4: When Egina project begins to approach Installation and Commissioning stage, the company would then need to assign people to some positions which would come up. This would be done by reassigning some old staffs and taking some new recruits not necessarily into Egina. Remember, Total still has some staffs currently seconded to help with Usan (Lagos & Usan FPSO).

Fact 5: Total already has an existing team which would run Egina Operations (DW Field Operations, Lagos). More people would just be added to the team. It’s not like they would create a fresh team for Egina. However, the FPSO would require a complete set of guys from OIM (Offshore Installation Manager) to the least operator...So there are opportunities. However preference would be given to the guys seconded to Exxon, they are due back to the company latest Q4 2016.

Fact 6: Total would not employ people when they don't have need for or are not able to pay their salaries.

Fact 7: HR (Recruitment Team) has to follow up with the recruitment so sometimes they might have to send you mails, it doesn’t mean it’s time to resume.

Fact 8: Medicals is not an offer of employment, so don’t make assumptions till you are sitting on your desk in the office (resumed work).

General Comments:
Regardless of all these facts, the recruitment has not been cancelled. All you just have to do is be patient and prayerful. As the company continues to grow and expand they surely have need for brilliant and intelligent guys like you who would take them to even greater heights.
Thanks.