"E90M3" (e90m3)
07/23/2019 at 08:34 • Filed to: None
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"E90M3" (e90m3)
07/23/2019 at 08:34 • Filed to: None | 1
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If you recall, I had a couple offers to go back to the oilfield in fall 2017. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! As much as I detested my job, at the time, I decided against taking the job. I eventually ended up in Greenville, South Carolina. Looks my decision not to return to the ups and downs of oil and gas was the correct one, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
One of the reasons I decided not to go back to oil and gas was because I really didn’t want !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! I don’t think I have to mental fortitude to deal with being unemployed for 11 months again.
Nibby
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 08:39 |
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hi i love you
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E90M3
> Nibby
07/23/2019 at 08:44 |
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Just Nibby things. I also expected a completely unrelated GIF.
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 08:48 |
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I applied and interviewed for a job at Schlumburger out of college, not getting that job is probably one of the best things that could have happened for me.
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Nibby
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 08:50 |
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 08:51 |
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Everything’s slowing down...
Hopefully it turns around soon.
Tapas
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 08:56 |
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I feel you.
Oil is a good industry to work in if you’re okay with ups and downs, or you have a niche/important role that insulates you from the market.
That’s not the case for most people. I’m glad I left it too.
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E90M3
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
07/23/2019 at 08:57 |
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I’m not sure if my life would be better or worse if I had not gotten a job with SLB out of college. They were the only ones to offer my a job, so it’s not like I had other options. I can certainly say that my life would at least be different .
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E90M3
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
07/23/2019 at 08:57 |
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Yeah, I feel you on that.
ttyymmnn
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 08:59 |
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Don’t worry. It will turn around when Trump and Johnson get together and declare war on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz gets mined to kingdom come.
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E90M3
> Tapas
07/23/2019 at 08:59 |
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I was too early on in my career to be that important; regardless, even then I’m not sure if I’d ever gotten to that position.
The ups and downs were a major factor in why I didn’t go back, I also wanted to keep my normal schedule and have friends and what not. Am I always happy now? No, but am generally happier than I was when I was in oil? Yes.
Nothing
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 09:03 |
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I wonder if any of those cutbacks are in CO. You can’t throw a stone around here without hitting a frac site.
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E90M3
> Nothing
07/23/2019 at 09:04 |
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I’m not sure, I would assume they’re not going to be immune.
average user
> Nothing
07/23/2019 at 09:19 |
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One of my friends who worked in CO has been laid off. He made great money but now it’s over. Not sure if he worked for Halliburton.
450X_FTW
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 09:45 |
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Greenville SC is a lot nicer anyway. I travel to Fountain Inn a few times a year for work.
RacinBob
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 09:47 |
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You want a job where you will never be laid off again? Look into large commercial HVAC equipment service.
If you can read a schematic, do brazing and fabricating, are good at fixing things, and show up to work every day, I can’t imagine a more bulletproof job. We are retiring folks at an increasing pace and this generation by comparison isn’t very interested in machines or working very hard.
I’ve worked with service techs for years. They are good at problem solving and like working on their own and every one loves their job . Go do a Junior college HVAC course if you don’t think you have the skills but I suspect they are flexible as long as you have the right skill set.
If you are an engineer, go into service sales or service operations.
Bottom line;
These are big complicated machines and the stuff doesn’t fix itself. There are
more units to work on every year
and an increasing scarcity of people to do it. Jump in, the water is fine!
https://www.trane.com/careers.aspx
PartyPooper2012
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 09:47 |
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It could be all your fault... If you had taken the job, Hall iburton would have made profit with your overseeing the operations and 8% of employees would have kept their jobs...
But it’s also probably not your fault and i am glad you have a job still.
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
07/23/2019 at 09:50 |
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W e’ve been breaking new ground on the longest and slowest economic expansion in history, so it’s not surprising. What goes up eventually goes down.
DipodomysDeserti
> Nothing
07/23/2019 at 09:51 |
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Sounds beautiful. I drove through northern Colorado a few years ago and you could smell oil in the air. Smelled like Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Textured Soy Protein
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 09:52 |
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There’s also the whole them being evil thing.
H ere in DC, I got approached with opportunities to work for the Koch brothers and Palantir. I told both to fuck the hell right off. Nicely.
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E90M3
> 450X_FTW
07/23/2019 at 10:09 |
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That’s actually where my plant is.
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E90M3
> Textured Soy Protein
07/23/2019 at 10:37 |
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Eh, I don’t really care. If the relocation and pay had been better, I’d probably taken it. I hated my job in Savannah that much.
Kiltedpadre
> RacinBob
07/23/2019 at 10:43 |
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Drinking water and wastewater treatment are in a similar position. Retirements are happening more quickly than some positions can be filled.
You need to be good with math, schematics, and troubleshooting for sure. You’ll probably start with mediocre pay and a crappy schedule, but through just a couple of job changes I’ve nearly doubled my pay in just over three years. I’m studying for my next level certification which will lead to another decent raise.
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Kiltedpadre
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 10:45 |
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I work with a guy that did several years with Halliburton doing water well drilling and rehab. I know I couldn’t have done it personally. He spent several years out of the country for three months then home for two weeks at a time.
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E90M3
> Kiltedpadre
07/23/2019 at 10:47 |
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I think my schedule would have been 14 on 7 off, not every place has the same schedule and some of the schedules are brutal. That is certainly a rough life.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
07/23/2019 at 11:21 |
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Yup. But bull markets don’t die of old age...
China’s definitely slowing, and that will have big ripples.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> ttyymmnn
07/23/2019 at 11:23 |
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Eesh...
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Nothing
> DipodomysDeserti
07/23/2019 at 11:55 |
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84 wells, from one operator, are going in within a 2 mile radius of our neighborhood. There are at least half that going in from other operators within the same distance, too. Fun times here.
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> Tapas
07/23/2019 at 12:17 |
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Try working for airlines of you enjoy the rapid hiring/firing fun. I'm happy to be away from that crazy biz...
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 12:21 |
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In Iraq the workers had red Dodge trucks and would leave them at the drop of the hat if things got hot. Looked like one big corrupt outfit to me.
Khalbali
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 12:35 |
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A co-workers wife worked for halliburton when I lived in Denver, back in 2014-5 she got offered a promotion in Alaska or else laid off, so they moved to alaska and got eaten by bears (maybe, maybe not, I never talked to them again though so I don't know that they didn't.)
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E90M3
> Khalbali
07/23/2019 at 12:43 |
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When I lost my job with SLB in 2016, I didn’t have that option. If I had, I’d chosen the door.
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RacinBob
> Kiltedpadre
07/23/2019 at 15:37 |
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Yep. I was on vacation and in the parking lot in Northern Minnesota and there was a guy checking his gear next to his 1 ton field truck with hoist, welder etc. He was grabbing a smoke, maybe 55 .
I asked him what he was doing today and he said he was going to reseal a sewage lift station pump. He said the frost heaves lift the pump off the base and they need to be regasketed in the spring. So he gets to spend the morning in ankle deep “gray” water at 35 degrees. We both agreed, its going to be hard to find someone to replace him when he hangs it up.
If you can keep infrastructure machines working, or manage the people who do, you will be pretty well paid and never be wanting for a job.
PS, I gotta get back to mine.....
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Khalbali
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 16:30 |
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I’d totally take Alaska, too bad I never finished school..... They were big outdoorsy types too, he was big into jeeping and they did a lot of camping and stuff so I think it suits them just fine. I just want a minimal number of people within a thousand miles of me at all times.
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E90M3
> Khalbali
07/23/2019 at 19:12 |
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Not really my cup of tea, plus I don’t really like winter.
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Khalbali
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 19:16 |
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Yeah going from your area to Alaska is a much bigger jump than going from Denver lol. I think I'd love it though.
LastFirstMI is my name
> E90M3
07/23/2019 at 20:00 |
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Story time.... my father in law worked for Slumburger for 25+ years as an engineer. By the end he was in charge of a big project that resulted in multiple patents, etc... On Monday after the project ended, HR was in his office offering him early retirement. He was devastated. However, it came with a nice severance package, and within 2 years somebody realized they didn’t have anybody left that knew how his project worked, so they hired him back as a consultant at twice his salary. That’s sweet revenge!