Some concern in Denver about the possibility of riots

[avebury]

I was talking to a friend yesterday who has a son and his family that live in Denver. He was telling her that people are afraid of riots breaking out there. Chevron has closed its Denver office and told their employees to plan on working from home for the near future. His wife is due any time now and he is concerned about the possibility of not being able to get to the hospital when she goes into labor. I told her that he might want to study up on child birth videos on Youtube I meant it at a joke but apparently when she passed the message to him he thought that it was not a bad idea.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. This doesn't seem realistic, but ok. Also the Chevron closure is a business decision.

https://www.denverpost.com/2025/05/06/chevron-to-lay-off-125-workers-in-denver/

Chevron, Colorado’s largest oil and gas producer, plans to lay off about 125 employees in its Denver office starting July 1 as part of an effort to cut costs companywide.

The company said in a letter to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment that the job cuts would be permanent and that the employees aren’t members of a union.

The announcement comes as oil prices hit a four-year low, hovering at around $60 a barrel Tuesday.

“Chevron will try to redeploy employees to other Chevron locations, which may reduce the number of layoffs at this location,” the company said in the notice, required under the Colorado Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

[avebury]

2. Chevron was concerned enough to move to teleworking.

I guess better safe than sorry.