"May Have Been Insensitive"- You Think?

One of my coworkers printed off this article for me today. He did it for at least two reasons: 1. We have a safety incentive program that rewards our associates for turning in articles about safety. An even better reason I think is that 2. he knew I would appreciate it.

I mean, how dumb are you people at Transocean anyway? First, you are part of an utter catastrophe that kills 9 of your own employees, 2 other people, and causes environmental damage the true extent of which we will probably never know. Then you are glib enough to say

"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 SEC statement reads. "As measured by these standards, we recorded the best year in safety performance in our company's history."

Oh sure, besides that fact that NINE of your employees died, it was a fantastic year for safety. Of course, if that is true, how many people do you kill in a normal year? Who had the nerve to write this? Did anyone else even read it before it went to the SEC? Proxy statements are a huge thing for companies. It seems to me as though they care as much about putting together a well thought out and well written proxy statement as they do the lives of their employees.