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  • Transocean (Gulf Oil Spill) Execs Receive Bonuses For "Safe Year".

    How absurd can we get? Less than a year after America's worst environmental disaster the company's executives are rewarded for having a safe year.

    Transocean, the firm which owned the rig that caused the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, gives top executives bonuses for its "best year" for safety.
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    "Notwithstanding the tragic loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico, we achieved an exemplary statistical safety record as measured by our total recordable incident rate and total potential severity rate," the report says.
    Lies, damned lies, and statistics...

    "Yah, there was that one screw up where the platform exploded and several died, but it's offset by the fact that there were fewer employees left alive and/or working to have the chance to incur safety infractions..."

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    • #3
      They certainly didn't lose their jobs over it, definately a safe year for them.

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      • #4
        Another possibility is that, even with the Deep Horizon explosion, 2010 actually was a safer year than most... which, in turn, ought to tell you that the business they're in isn't particularly safe in any given year.

        edit: the bonuses don't seem appropriate, but that's how things work: no accountability at the top.

        -Arrian
        grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

        The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Arrian View Post
          Another possibility is that, even with the Deep Horizon explosion, 2010 actually was a safer year than most... which, in turn, ought to tell you that the business they're in isn't particularly safe in any given year.

          edit: the bonuses don't seem appropriate, but that's how things work: no accountability at the top.

          -Arrian
          Spoken like a tool of the evil insurance industry.
          Solomwi is very wise. - Imran Siddiqui

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          • #6
            Dirty American oil
            Clean Canadian oil
            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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            • #7
              I thought it was British petroleum
              If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
              ){ :|:& };:

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              • #8
                All blame for environmental problems of the world rests squarely on the British since they started the industrial revolution.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                  I thought it was British petroleum
                  How many Brits were on Horizon?
                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                  Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Solomwi View Post
                    Spoken like a tool of the evil insurance industry.
                    Well played, sir.

                    -Arrian
                    grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

                    The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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                    • #11
                      I hear they are going to donate the money to the families of the victims.

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                      • #12
                        If so, good, but probably only because their bonuses made the news and it was bad PR.

                        -Arrian
                        grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

                        The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                          I thought it was British petroleum
                          BP doesn't stand for British Petroleum any more

                          Ownership:

                          http://www.bp.com/extendedsectiongen...tentId=7019612
                          Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
                          Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
                          We've got both kinds

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                          • #14
                            The irony of the bonuses is palpable.
                            We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
                            If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
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