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How to Keep Employees at a Drilling Company

May 12, 2022

OK, so you hire a great candidate and they work for a year then ghost. It happens. Drilling and construction are hard and any minute a person could get what they perceive as a better offer. But, this situation still offers an opportunity to reflect on how welcoming your company’s culture really is. This week, host Brock Yordy revisits the tribal culture of the drilling industry. It’s Ask Brock episode 161.

“An employee that’s been with the company a year and walks off, all of that training and knowledge is gone,” Yordy says. “We think about, what could we have changed? What could we have done?”

In this episode, he discusses:

  • Retention in drilling and construction
  • Employee mediation
  • Proactive steps for struggling employees

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Send an email to questions@askbrock.com.

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