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re: Crude below $50
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:22 pm to I Love Bama
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:22 pm to I Love Bama
they could find other jobs if they learned how to do other things instead of oil work.
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Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:25 pm to I Love Bama
I just started a very small propane company here in MD and the drop in gas has been good to me. Cheaper propane and cheaper gas to make deliveries.
If the production starts to slow down here in the states though, my margins will take a hit as those propane prices will rise.
Good luck to you O&G workers, hope you can hold on to your jobs.
If the production starts to slow down here in the states though, my margins will take a hit as those propane prices will rise.
Good luck to you O&G workers, hope you can hold on to your jobs.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:26 pm to I Love Bama
People can cry that we are overpaid but the average person has no idea the hard work we put in. I feel that I can do anything after my last 8 years in this industry. Now I know for a fact nobody that has a regular job like a banker can do mine.
May come across as pompous but I truely believe it.
May come across as pompous but I truely believe it.
This post was edited on 1/6/15 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:27 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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People can cry that we are overpaid but the average person has no idea the hard work we put in.
that's cool bro...other people work really hard too
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:28 pm to Nado Jenkins83
Nothing wrong in taking pride in what you do, or how hard you work. 
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:29 pm to gaetti15
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they could find other jobs if they learned how to do other things instead of oil work.
You should share this nugget of information with job placement organizations, they may have never thought about it.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:30 pm to fightin tigers
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You should share this nugget of information with job placement organizations, they may have never thought about it.
should be the responsibility of the person
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:32 pm to gaetti15
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should be the responsibility of the person
No doubt, everyone should have at least 10 different areas of expertise to ward of down times in the economy.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:33 pm to fightin tigers
At least someone finally responded to him; he's only posted it about 100x.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:34 pm to Louie T
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At least someone finally responded to him; he's only posted it about 100x.
He is just trolling, I figured I would entertain him for a while by making equally outrageous comments.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:34 pm to fightin tigers
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No doubt, everyone should have at least 10 different areas of expertise to ward of down times in the economy.
Well if you work in the oil industry (which can be very volatile at times)...then you should prepare an alternative just in case shite happens.
They are probably good with their hands, why not do plumbing or carpenter work on the side?
Actually I know a lot of oil industry guys who do side work as Charter captains.
Why not prepare for that contigency
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:37 pm to gaetti15
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Why not prepare for that contigency
Who says they don't?
I know lots of guys that take lower paying jobs such as plumbing or carpentry when the market turns south for them.
Those usually don't pay as well. Not a lot of risk pay when solvent welding PVC.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:40 pm to fightin tigers
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Who says they don't?
I sure hope they do, but people complaining about losing their jobs act like it is the end of the world.
The guys leaving the oil field should be more than well prepared to take on other jobs after being fired.
Of course they will make less money, but hey at least they still have a job.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:45 pm to gaetti15
I will save this for when gas prices rocket up and people are crying about high gas prices. They should be better prepared and happy they can still get gas.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:48 pm to fightin tigers
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I will save this for when gas prices rocket up and people are crying about high gas prices. They should be better prepared and happy they can still get gas.
look I appreciate the work that folks in the O&G industry do...but some of those workers need to realize (and many that I do know do think this)...that their job is easily expendable if shite like this happens.
Don't complain and bitch because you didn't think this would happen and you lost your job...OK so you make less money at your new job after you get fired...you should know that there are chances that will happen multiple times, especially if you have been in the field awhile
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:52 pm to gaetti15
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should be the responsibility of the person
Like buying flood insurance, huh?
This is gold coming from you.
Oil goes south long enough, lots of good hands lose work. It's tough to snag another job in a different field making anywhere near the same pay.
The price of gas is less and that's great. The guys reveling in other guys losing their jobs is something pretty low, IMO.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:53 pm to gaetti15
I can get on board with that if we won't hear a peep about rising gas prices. Unfortunately, we know that won't be a reality.
This post was edited on 1/6/15 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:55 pm to mylsuhat
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how about you complain about consumer goods that went up in price due to the oil prices but have yet to return to lower levels with the decline of oil... but yes, it's big bad oil that is screwing you
Confirmation of the original point...Big Oil starts the rape job and all other consumer goods go up....
You couldn't have said it better...
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:55 pm to gaetti15
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but some of those workers need to realize (and many that I do know do think this)...that their job is easily expendable if shite like this happens
Very true. Same holds for every profession out there. Maybe short of grave diggers, I guess.
Maybe I haven't kept up as much, but when LSU made cutbacks their were all sorts of professors in the news whining about what a tragedy it is.
If a major industry is gouged it makes ripples. I haven't seen O&G people crying at near the levels of some other professions, at least not yet.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 6:59 pm to fightin tigers
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LSU made cutbacks their were all sorts of professors in the news whining about what a tragedy it is.
yeah I remember that
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I haven't seen O&G people crying at near the levels of some other professions, at least not yet.
I haven't either, but I just would think that of all of the work forces in the world, that the O&G industry workers would realize this more than anyone
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