By John Donovan
The alarm bells signaling Shell’s intent to act ruthlessly towards contractors have been ringing for several months. It seems that the thumbscrews are also being applied to ALL contractor labour suppliers.
News of Shell’s plans to intensify cost-cutting in reaction to the ressession and falling oil prices was contained in a leaked Shell internal email from Shell executive Malcolm Brinded that we supplied to Reuters in January. Hence the article: “Shell gets tough on costs as oil prices bite”.