Woodside slashes WA jobs after review
Woodside Energy has launched another round of job cuts in Perth after lifting group workforce numbers last year.
Having initially downplayed queries about new job losses, the oil and gas giant confirmed on Wednesday that staff in WA were told on Tuesday of “a small number” of redundancies.
However, Woodside declined to detail the job losses or the impacted roles.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.The group increased its workforce by 220 to 4667 last year, with almost all of the new jobs added in WA, where staff numbers stood at 3563 as at December 31.
Woodside said in its annual report that the increase on 2022 was “due to general workforce growth to support Woodside’s operations and projects”,
However, on Wednesday a spokesperson said “a review of workforce requirements has resulted in a small number of positions being made redundant at Woodside” after a call with WA staff.
“We don’t comment further on internal personnel matters.”
Woodside and its chief executive Meg O’Neill have made no secret of the group’s regular focus on costs, with the energy producer intermittently culling jobs at its Perth headquarters in recent years.
Two weeks ago, Woodside announced a $US1.66 billion profit for 2023, down 74 per cent on the back of lower energy prices and $US1.53 billion ($1.9b) of writedowns on the Shenzi oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico and the company’s stake in Chevron’s Wheatstone gas project in WA.
