Last week’s blog on the aging workforce by Eddie generated a number of comments including one from an anonymous reader who said the executive management at their company was OBLIVIOUS to the issue of AGING WORKFORCE.
Talk about putting your head in the sand….
At least the folks at ConocoPhillips are aware of it… Their CEO, James Mulva went on record recently to say that:
“Half of Conoco’s employees are eligible for retirement by 2012” (see BusinessWeek Article)
Wow. Losing half of your workforce to retirement in less than 5 years is a BIG PROBLEM!!!
And the issue is certainly not limited to ConocoPhillips. Look around any operating company and you’ll see that about 40% of the engineers are over 50.
So after some years of general industry dialog around labor shortages, too few engineers, etc we have more or less reached the conclusion that the “Aging Workforce” represents a very real problem for engineers, operators and the like to our industry.
Now that we have given the problem a name, let’s start solving it shall we?
At PAS, addressing the problem of an Aging Workforce is core to our strategy, and we aim to deliver software that helps offset, address or mitigate that issue.
More than that, we want to step out and help further the dialog around this issue. To help solve the problem. Not just for the benefit of PAS, but for the safety, reliability and sustainable profitability of our industry.
So at this year’s PAS Industry Conference, we’re hosting an EXECUTIVE PANEL to discuss the Aging Workforce issue as peers and leaders in the industry.
And we want you to participate too. Come on out, attend the conference – even if you can only come for Day Two – and help us turn the dialog into actions. Actions that can help us collectively meet the challenge ahead.
See you there!
10am September 17 – just south of beautiful Houston, TX
Click here to register
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