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any of you baws left the oilfield and aint going back?
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:00 am
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:00 am
since the downturn. anyone left the oilfield and found out that you prefer what you're doing now? and if so, what was your old job/new job?
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Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:02 am to Honky Lips
i know several people who left or was forced to leave the O&G industry and found jobs paying 80% of what their O&G job paid but these new jobs were stable and less strenuous. They said no chance in hell they are going back to O&G.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:04 am to Honky Lips
I'm a petroleum engineer and I'm thinking about other options. Not too sure I want to go back to school though after paying off my student loans earlier this year.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:04 am to Honky Lips
I'm in safety and compliance. I left, got my PMP and haven't looked back. Better hours, a little more pay, ton more bennies.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:04 am to tke857
quote:They'll be back. They always come back.
They said no chance in hell they are going back to O&G.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:05 am to tke857
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They said no chance in hell they are going back to O&G
Unless they're offered 20% over what they were making previously and then they'll be speeding back out there in their brand new jacked up F-350 diesels....And financing a brand new double wide!
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:08 am to Honky Lips
In.
Laid off from Directional Services as a DD although I had just made the move from drilling optimization/well planning (bad decision in the end)
New job Civil Design
huge paycut but I don't think I will go back. I like my 4 9s and 4 work week. Its a much more normal and stress free life. I am not missing getting woke up with plan changes or well issues
Laid off from Directional Services as a DD although I had just made the move from drilling optimization/well planning (bad decision in the end)
New job Civil Design
huge paycut but I don't think I will go back. I like my 4 9s and 4 work week. Its a much more normal and stress free life. I am not missing getting woke up with plan changes or well issues
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:09 am to Honky Lips
Hanging by a thread, but they're lower more rope as we speak.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:15 am to Honky Lips
I left back in the fall of 2014. I never worked offshore though I primarily held a high position in the shop/office. I had worked there for almost 7 years.
I might eventually go back. I get calls every now and then offering me a raise in what I was making, a company truck, etc. I love my job now, but if I hold out for a few more perks I might just go back lol.
I might eventually go back. I get calls every now and then offering me a raise in what I was making, a company truck, etc. I love my job now, but if I hold out for a few more perks I might just go back lol.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:19 am to Nado Jenkins83
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Laid off from Directional Services
Who were you with, if you don't mind me asking?
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:19 am to Honky Lips
Still hanging in there by a thread
Took a huge pay cut
Looking at other options
The stress is not worth it
Took a huge pay cut
Looking at other options
The stress is not worth it
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:19 am to lsutigersFTW
quote:
I might eventually go back. I get calls every now and then offering me a raise in what I was making, a company truck, etc. I love my job now, but if I hold out for a few more perks I might just go back lol.
Been getting calls too. Mostly contract labor (no thanks) or an office position is shitty places like midland or casper. I hate Houston so that is out as well
I spent too much of my life traveling and living in less than desirable locations. it would have to be a sweet gig.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:21 am to Honky Lips
Company bankrupt January 1 2016.
Got picked up April 2016. New company bankrupt August 2016.
Doing odd jobs, publishing my research, and staying in the black pretty well, but I'm going back. Silly not to. Money's great and I love doing it. Not to mention I don't have a family or mortgage to worry about but if I did things may be different.
Got picked up April 2016. New company bankrupt August 2016.
Doing odd jobs, publishing my research, and staying in the black pretty well, but I'm going back. Silly not to. Money's great and I love doing it. Not to mention I don't have a family or mortgage to worry about but if I did things may be different.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:22 am to Kjun Tiger
quote:
Who were you with, if you don't mind me asking?
might give away my civilian identity to some
one of the big 4 2007-2015
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:24 am to Honky Lips
$$$ will get anyone back
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:25 am to Nado Jenkins83
Understood. I was wondering if we have crossed paths somewhere along the way.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:26 am to LSUpetro
quote:
$$$ will get anyone back
ohh its tempting for sure. I could easily make twice what Im making now. But I saved a lot in my decade before and no wife/kids to pay for
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:27 am to Kjun Tiger
quote:
Understood. I was wondering if we have crossed paths somewhere along the way.
possibly. I was in the field in the barnett from 2008-2010. haynesville from 2010-2011. then went to PA/OH/WV until laid off
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:27 am to Honky Lips
Son left, will be stunned if returns though being asked to.
Has opted to pursue career in IT.
Has opted to pursue career in IT.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:34 am to LSUpetro
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$$$ will get anyone back
Not really. Time and age > money every time. I often observe (and reached the point that) the older you get, the less and less control money has over priorities.
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