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re: What are operators paid hourly, and how does that compute to annually?
Posted on 4/8/16 at 9:24 am to ThreauxDown11
Posted on 4/8/16 at 9:24 am to ThreauxDown11
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I worked 105 hours when I was offshore for shell. It's really not that bad. I wake up eat go to work get off go workout shower get in bed text and talk to wife and kids. Do that for two weeks come home for two weeks. It turns out I have more time off then a normal work week. And I get to spend two weeks straight with my kids. Most dads don't get home til 6-7 and the kids are only up for an hour or two. Not a lot of family time. I enjoyed my time offshore and I made great money.
Gone two weeks out of the year and bragging about all the time with your family?
I think you might be confused as to how this works. I leave my house at 7:15, go home for an hour for lunch, then get back home at 4:45 unless traffic is bad. I'm away from my house 8 and a half hours for 5 days a week. Over a 4 week period, that's a grand total of 170 hours away from home. You on the other hand are gone 2 full weeks out of 4 weeks, or 336 hours. I also don't miss any practices, games, holidays, etc. So which one of us sees our family more again?
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Posted on 4/8/16 at 9:30 am to LNCHBOX
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. I also don't miss any practices, games, holidays, etc. So which one of us sees our family more again?
This is the key for me. I rarely ever miss a family event and love being able to attend all of the kids stuff including school and church stuff. I really feel bad for my friends and family that are gone for Christmas, thanksgiving , and a lot of other family events.
I'm not sure if it's just that there are quite a few uneducated people in the "shift work" jobs or just the strain it puts on families, but there is a high divorce rate. A distant relative of mine who spends a month at at time overseas doing oil rig work was bragging not long ago and trying to get my to join him due to all of the money. Last month he found out his wife has been cheating on him.
I will say, there are way too many people who shite on the plant workers and rig guys on here. I'm very thankful that these industries are around and provide some very good job in a state/region where there aren't many.
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