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re: Oil Rig Work Questions
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:14 pm to Croacka
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:14 pm to Croacka
quote:financially responsible people who aren't poor
who wouldnt be?
quote:I think blue collar workers who make >50k live beyond their means at a much higher rate than white collar, but i have nothing to support that.
This goes for most anyone. I know plenty of white collar workers in the same situation.
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Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:17 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:
financially responsible people who aren't poor
so if you lost your job this week, you would be fine indefinitely?
I'm not saying they all have an emergency fund as sufficient as some white collar folk
regardless, most people are going to be in a jam if they can't find a new job within a few months of losing their current job
i have nothing to support that either, except it seems like common sense
This post was edited on 12/10/14 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:19 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:
I think blue collar workers who make >50k live beyond their means at a much higher rate than white collar, but i have nothing to support that.
I think it is a stereotypical thing, usually the 20-30 year old crowd that is pulling down 100-150 tend to overspend. I have noticed blue collar workers over 30 tend to concern themselves more with retirement and calm down with the huge spending.
Lots of our white collar workers have their wife staying at home and are mortgaged to the hilt. They don't tend to ball out, but they are also 5 years behind in spending.
Seldom do you have immature white collars 18-25 making serious money. They are on the maturing side when they start banking.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:30 pm to Croacka
i'm a student and i don't work, so no 
quote:definitely
regardless, most people are going to be in a jam if they can't find a new job within a few months of losing their current job
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:31 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:
i'm a student and i don't work, so no
So do you have any real world experience with white vs blue collar workers?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:38 pm to fightin tigers
I have experience with both and would say the percentages are about even. I would also say that Laff takes the title of most leveraged to the hilt people, both blue and white collar workers. A large sector of the town is like a microcosm of Dallas, the joneses are big here.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:44 pm to fightin tigers
i used to work construction in the summer.
i'll spare you my life story, but i know more about these things than most people my age. my family is also full of general contractors, union scum, accounts, and phds.
i'll spare you my life story, but i know more about these things than most people my age. my family is also full of general contractors, union scum, accounts, and phds.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:49 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
The Lord loves a working man
Don't trust Whitey
Don't trust Whitey
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:49 pm to DeltaDoc
Brother makes about 130k deep water production for a major
Posted on 12/10/14 at 3:08 pm to yellowfin
Anyone know how is E&I work offshore?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 3:15 pm to yankeeundercover
quote:
and they live in trailers
Im sure some do, but in my experience this couldnt be farther from the truth... I have 3 immediate family members that all work offshore and none of them live in anything close to a trailer. All drive very nice trucks (not jacked up and all that crap), live in very nice homes, and dress well. Given none of them are at low positions by any means. But they work hard and earn the money.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 3:17 pm to Rig
Anybody hearing of service companies laying off due to the price of oil in the Gulf?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 3:20 pm to DeltaDoc
My neighbor is an AD (assistant driller) on a deepwater rig. He just started on a new rig making $160,000 year. He also had an 8% retention bonus at years. Not bad for working half the year and having only a HS diploma.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 3:21 pm to DeltaDoc
Posted on 12/10/14 at 3:22 pm to lsuguru
quote:
Anybody hearing of service companies laying off due to the price of oil in the Gulf?
Haven't heard, but won't be surprised if it starts happening soon.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 3:31 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:I would think this is starting to look like a real possibility.
if they got laid off.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 3:32 pm to fightin tigers
One of my childhood best friends has done this "Offshore" for 32 years. Same wife (who doesn't work) and raised two children in a middle to upper middle class situation, but missed half their lives and regrets the shite out of it.
He does 30 on 30 off
Saw where he was headed to Africa this Tuesday for 30 days so he will miss another Christmas with his family.
Big sacrifice for not enough money if you ask me.
He does 30 on 30 off
Saw where he was headed to Africa this Tuesday for 30 days so he will miss another Christmas with his family.
Big sacrifice for not enough money if you ask me.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 3:36 pm to The Torch
quote:
Big sacrifice for not enough money if you ask me.
Yep. I have said it before. The same thing that drives big CEO's drive some blue collar workers. I have seen them forsake their families for their careers. It isn't even the money, it is the challenge.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 3:36 pm to The Torch
I work with them.
They all make substantially more than me.
And they all always need an advance on their check.
They all make substantially more than me.
And they all always need an advance on their check.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 3:40 pm to Coon
Not drilling, but I know a guy that was a paramedic in Tuscaloosa that finally quit riding in Ambulances and took an offshore job as a medic or something. Was making a decent salary and worked something like 14 on/14 off. Would drive back up to T'town and fart around with part time work and relax, then drive back down and do it all again. He loved the change in scenery and was tired of being called out to car accidents and having to see them dying on the pavement.
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