Anniversary

Today we had a celebration in Denver. Amy and Leila recorded their one year anniversaries with Halliburton. And Selene has been here for 8 years. Ed treated us to Mexican food at a nice little place just outside of downtown. Congratulations one and all.

Corey from recruiting.

Leila from recruiting.

Selene, HR Admin.

Eric, sipping on a Halliburton Mate Gourd.

Grand Junction, Colorado

Grand Junction, Colorado is about 200 miles outside of Denver, and the most populous city on the Western slope in Colorado. They grow fruit and drill for oil and natural gas. That's about it. Luckily Halliburton is good at one of those things, so we have quite a presence in Grand Junction.

This is the mountain pass I went through on the way to Grand Junction from Vernal.

Larry, Kim, and Stephanie

Sunset in the middle of nowhere.

Vernal, UT

Vernal is a small town in Uinta County Utah with a population of about 8000. The area is currently in a fossil fuel boom, and Halliburton is right in thick of things. The camp has several crews, and they run just about non-stop. Paul Moorman is the local HR generalist. He showed me around the place, and took me out on location for a frac job.

Paul Moorman

While out in the field I was able to generate some good research for my retention project. Hopefully I'll be able to make some suggestions that will help Halliburton hang on to their most valuable asset.

My trusty Ford "Exploder" (as Paul called it).

Does this hard hat make my head look huge?

(Or does my huge head make the hard hat look small)?

Sweet Moustache

Horsepower

Rocky Mountain Week

This week I set off in search of adventure, to see what Halliburton was like outside of Brighton/Denver, and to work on my Generation Y retention project. I don't think I've mentioned the project previously on the blog. Halliburton is great at hiring Generation Y'ers, but they don't always stay around for very long. The project I've been working on for the past couple of weeks is simply: how do we retain them?


To get some first-hand viewpoints from those in the field I took a trip to our camps in Vernal, UT and Grand Junction, CO. I'm going to use the research to help determine what needs to be done to increase retention. Fun stuff!

Pat Goen 30 Years

Pat Goen celebrated 30 years with Halliburton this year. Many of the HR staff in the Northern Region gathered at Dave & Buster'sin Denver to celebrate. A good time was had by all.

On Location

Today Ramsey, one of the engineers, took me out on a frac job. They didn't let me swing any hammers, but I did get an up close and personal look at the work that keeps Halliburton moving. Without these guys doing what they do in the rain, snow, heat, and cold, we would cease to exist.

Project Follow-up

I was back in Denver today to talk over with Ed a few of the long term projects he had me working on. They kind of stalled while I was doing orientation and training, but we refocused and I should be able to get quite a bit done before the end of the summer.

I also met with Selene from HR, while I was in Denver. We are working on a project for Ed to analyze the exit surveys that employees fill out before leaving Halliburton. The goal is to try and take their suggestions to improve employee retention.

Tour of Brighton Camp

Today was a very busy day! Amy gave me a tour of the entire Brighton camp; showing me the different types of trucks, the chemical lab, and the rest of the yard. It was quite muddy and I finally had a chance to get my new steel toed boots a little bit muddy.



After the tour we dealt with some employee relations issues. I can’t go into details, but we have one less crew member, and now have an armed guard watching the front gate. Yikes.

Requisitions

I spent most of this week doing tasks related to new employee hiring. Lawrence was concerned that our system showed quite a few job openings and he wanted to make sure that the number reflected actual need. So my job was to go through and get all the job requisitions up to date. Not a very high profile exciting job, but it really needed to be done.

While going through the requisitions, I found a few that seemed like good candidates. Amy had me phone screen them and two were hired! It felt good to make a concrete difference in the organization.