If most the Enable HQ employees are moved or let go, it will add to the huge pile of lost O&G jobs in OKC in just the last 5 years or so.
Sandridge imploded, Devon has seen about 75% reductions, about the same or more for Chesapeake...
We've lost over 10,000 well-paid energy jobs during that time.
Gonna force OKC to diversify and find a new area to expand in beyond energy. The nascent aerospace industry is a good start, and hopefully Paycom's success can entice other tech and finance companies out here.
It would be nice if all these tech companies didn't all want to congregate in the same dozen cities.
^
And most tech start-ups come from college students and/or recent graduates.
It's zero coincidence that Oklahoma is almost completely on the sidelines when it comes to these lucrative jobs.
We don't want those liberal elite educated people here in Oklahoma, do we?
Sorry. I just get so frustrated with the backwards attitude about education here and how it hamstrings financial progress in this state. What will it take to convince everyone that Oklahoma's future includes a skilled educated workforce and not just farmers, ranchers, and rig hands? How many businesses have to move south to get the attention at 23rd street?
Those call centers aren’t a terrible investment if you can keep them leased up. It’s been tough lately.
As for OKC’s economy in general, seems like the weed business is picking up a decent amount of the slack. And not being full recreational likely has the benefit of keeping supply reasonably balanced with demand.
Your point was about a single building owner investor doing okay vs our economy's devastating impact on the general population and their opportunities. You are also implying the weed business is a good alternative to a fundamentally healthy economy. These completely ignore what is going on in the real economy for real Oklahomans.
If that is political to you, than I probably know what your politics are.
Biggest mistake Oklahoma made was having two state university systems instead of one single flagship like Nebraska and Arkansas. It works in more populated states but not in Oklahoma.
Is there any chance at all they stay located in OKC or they are certainly moving most employees to Dallas?
A lot of crapping on OU here, which has done an incredible job of maintaining university quality and reputation as the state slashed their budget. I can't speak for how things are going with the last couple presidents, but OU is not some failed project. The state needs to re-invest in it. Hopefully those trashing it here are also contacting state reps to increase education funding.
I thought this was the Enable thread ?
For each ENBL share you own, you will get .8595 share of ET. Should consulate this summer.
almost certainly moving them to Dallas given what they did with SemGroup. In the buyout with SemGroup part of the contract was they would maintain the Tulsa office, 90 days after the deal closed they relo'ed everyone to Dallas.
They're also hyping $100 million in "efficiencies", 500 OKC employees X $200,000= $100,000,000. A few will get relocated but most will get severance.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Bookmarks