This isn't about PE juicing the company and doing layoffs.
This is about transplanting and nurturing a lucrative industry into a former Petro state.
This is sowing the seeds of a prosperous, post-oil world. It's an investment in the future as the world is changing.
This will look more like Lenovo and Thinkpad North Carolina than a PE shake down and gutting.
The jobs will not evaporate, but they will absolutely start cross-training engineers in the Middle East and building up new talent there.
If this is what the union fears, this is the moment to negotiate safeguards.
This isn't about PE juicing the company and doing layoffs.
This is about transplanting and nurturing a lucrative industry into a former Petro state.
This is sowing the seeds of a prosperous, post-oil world. It's an investment in the future as the world is changing.
This will look more like Lenovo and Thinkpad North Carolina than a PE shake down and gutting.
The jobs will not evaporate, but they will absolutely start cross-training engineers in the Middle East and building up new talent there.