Job Hunting Sucks

"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock) 09/23/2015 at 07:14 • Filed to: None

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Found a job that looked interesting and relevant, did well at the interview but had to turn it down. While at the interview they informed me that “be available to travel” meant “live on oil rigs for 60% of the year.” Yeah I can’t do that... Better get sending CVs again.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 07:20

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I don't think living on a relatively tiny dot on the map counts as travelling.

Funktheduck > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 07:23

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Oil rigs are dangerous anyway.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 09/23/2015 at 07:23

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Well I would’ve moved around the UK too and trained in a different country a couple weeks a year (that’s the other 40%), but generally it meant operating on different rigs.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 07:25

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That sucks, I hate when employers misrepresent stuff like that. But best of luck in your job hunt.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Funktheduck 09/23/2015 at 07:28

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Yeah and the flying in and out by helicopter isn’t fantastic either.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Snuze: Needs another Swede 09/23/2015 at 07:28

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Yeah it’s a shame, I knew there was a little rig work but didn’t know it was a majority. Thanks, I need it haha.

davedave1111 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 07:35

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“ While at the interview they informed me that...”

There’s the first and most important lesson of job-hunting: an interview is a two-way street; they have to persuade you that you want to work for them, as well as you persuading them that they want to hire you.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > davedave1111 09/23/2015 at 07:37

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Very true. I ask a lot of questions in interviews for this reason. They might find someone happy to work under those conditions which is better for everyone. Just wasn’t a fit for me.

Tohru > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 07:37

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Hmmm.... How’s the pay? Can you put in a word for me?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Tohru 09/23/2015 at 07:39

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Pay was a little above what you’d get working solely on shore in the same field, not by a huge amount though. Probably not I just emailed them saying I don’t want the job...

Tohru > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 07:41

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So... more than $15/hr at 30hrs/week? What’s their email? I’ll take the job!

davedave1111 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 07:42

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Well, if they don’t understand that and bugger you around as they did, then it’s a pretty reliable sign that they’ll be terrible to work for.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Tohru 09/23/2015 at 07:42

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Quite a bit more than that yes. You do need a highish grade in an engineering degree though...

Tohru > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 07:43

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Hrm... I have a theoretical degree in engineering. Think that’ll work?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > davedave1111 09/23/2015 at 07:44

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To be fair I went through a agency who gave me the details so it might be the agency not giving me all the info not the company. They were pretty up front about it at the interview. I don’t think they meant to misrepresent, just an awkward situation.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Tohru 09/23/2015 at 07:45

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Err... probably not.

davedave1111 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 07:51

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Oh, fucking recruiters...

BTW, how’s the car search going?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-MET…

Tohru > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 07:53

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Damnit to the nine hells

pip bip - choose Corrour > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 07:57

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but think of the money!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/23/2015 at 07:59

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I’m not a live to work kind of guy. I just want to earn a decent enough wage, money isn’t much of an incentive for me if I’m guna hate the job.

KatzManDu > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 08:29

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What field are you in? What are you looking for?

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 08:46

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I certainly enjoy travel. I think it is fun to see different locales and earn frequent flyer/ rewards stuff. But yeah that sounds terrible lol.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KatzManDu 09/23/2015 at 08:49

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Mechanical Engineering and a role that preferably has some practical work involved. This had that and would’ve been perfect if not for the off shore stuff.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 08:58

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I have a wife and three teenage boys. God, what I do to be able to work on oil rigs 60% of the year! :)

Mmmmm > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 09:08

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Probably all service companies are going to have you in the field at first unless you already have prior field experience (just as an FYI). Even working with an operator I still went and roughnecked then pumped wells for a while. But hey you must be doing something right if you are getting interviews in the oil field right now. Times are getting tough!

Sam > Tohru 09/23/2015 at 09:10

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I have you beat with my theoretical degree in theoretical engineering.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > haveacarortwoorthree2 09/23/2015 at 09:12

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Haha the interviewer actually said he'd heard people say that.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Mmmmm 09/23/2015 at 09:13

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It was actually a company that supplies the machinery to rigs (turbines for power generation) but yeah I was lucky to even get the interview. I don’t mind field work and travel, just specifically working on rigs isn't for me.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 09:29

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People with little education tend to love rig work. High pay, high percentage of your time off (contiguous weeks at a time), food is included, and they even pay for all that travel time (which can be considerable). If I hadn’t gone into my field and wasn’t such a klutz, I’d probably be doing something like that...

Mmmmm > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 09:30

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Gotcha, yea it’s not for everyone. I’ve never worked offshore but I’ve heard it’s a real dice roll. You can get a big new rig that is like a 5 star hotel or some super shitty one that is just awful.

ColoradoTaco > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 09:35

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If you’re single you should have taken that job. Those guys get PAID. Do it for a couple years, build a nice bank roll then move on.

KatzManDu > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 09:46

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Just checked our job board; nothing right now, sorry.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > ColoradoTaco 09/23/2015 at 10:45

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I'm not that bothered about money to be honest, I just want a job I'm not going to hate. Even a year in a situation I dislike is too much. I know all jobs are going to be a pain in the arse sometimes but living on a rig was a bit much for me.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 09/23/2015 at 12:05

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I can appreciate that it’s a great option for some, but it’s just not for me. I like to be around friend/ family and be able to go back to my own place at the end of the day.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KatzManDu 09/23/2015 at 12:06

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Thanks anyway, are you in engineering too?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Mmmmm 09/23/2015 at 12:07

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Yeah I’ve heard that too. Some have cinemas and nice restaurants, some have basically nothing.

Tohru > Sam 09/23/2015 at 12:25

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Goddamnit, even in theoretical degrees I’m underqualified.

KatzManDu > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 13:34

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I’m in Information Security, but I work for an organization which has diverse needs.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KatzManDu 09/23/2015 at 13:36

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Ah I see.

KatzManDu > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/23/2015 at 13:44

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IF you go to Facebook.com and add a “j” in front of my username from here you can find me and I can send you some links.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KatzManDu 09/23/2015 at 14:09

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I believe I just added you. I can’t into Facebook very well.