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re: How much are plant operators at the LNG plants making per hour?
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:06 pm to TexasHand
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:06 pm to TexasHand
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People don’t see the 40ish operator that takes vacation around their kids bring out of school, birthdays and anniversaries. They don’t see the operator that comes off nights and stays up smelling like FCC bottoms and gets their kids ready for school and on the bus. Or the operator that puts in 12 then drives 2hrs to make a sporting event, goes home, sleeps 2hrs and goes back to work. Are sacrifices made? Absolutely! Is there a balance you must work to achieve between work and family? Absolutely! Family first, full stop….
This is all me Except the FCC part. I don’t get dirty anymore
I mean, if I do, it means it was just a shite day. And that’s been rare *knock on wood*
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Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:12 pm to LSU0358
During the last two re-orgs…. Engineers were wishing they were operators. There’s give and take for both professions. I know for 100% fact, I can work 500hrs of ot a year (40ish) shifts and make what a 10yr engineer makes. And I’d like to know how many hours they actually work for “UTime” or unpaid overtime. I’d still pick 7-7 over 9-80. They will burn an engineer in a heart beat….ops? Not so fast lol
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:13 pm to Prominentwon
I’m not to the can’t get dirty part yet lol… soon soon
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:15 pm to Prominentwon
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Hes not married, has no kids, never will and is the boards authority on family life.
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Makes sense now. Thank you.
Other than it’s not true, you got it figured out baw
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:40 pm to Epic Cajun
Yep, 1st Christmas I've worked in 7 years, and it was on nights. Did the family thing yesterday morning. Im by no mean saying it's the best job in the world. It does mean you are away from family at times. But as a whole it's not a bad deal. You work 26 weeks out of the year and get 200 vacation hours. If take all your time off you work 23 weeks. If you work 200 hrs of over time ,guess what you're back at your original 26 weeks. So you didn't work anymore time. You just moved days around. Still 6 months off. If you want more ot have at it, if you want less don't work it.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:42 pm to Epic Cajun
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This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 5:35 pm to Dangitbobby7
So with 10% OT on top of the 112K that would bring an operator up to roughly 127,500. At 30% OT that op would be at 160k. At 50% OT (or 3,000 hours / yr) that op would be approaching 188k/yr.
That's a long, long ways from 250k+ some are throwing out in this thread.
That's a long, long ways from 250k+ some are throwing out in this thread.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 6:22 pm to LSU0358
250+ is a stretch yearly…. It can be done, I’ve done it BUT, that’s a 1300-1400hrs of OT year for me. Also have to take into account gross vs net. 250k a year is achievable but you will live at work. 200-210k and have a home life is doable in most refineries that fall into the big 3-5. Add in a 15-18k bonus per year and monthly safety bonuses….. it’s not only do able but extremely common.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 6:23 pm to TexasHand
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. it’s not only do able but extremely common.
Yes, being a top 1% earner in your profession is “extremely common”
fricking idiots
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 6:24 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 6:38 pm to theunknownknight
As an engineer and for XOM… they’re not. But most of the people end up being in management roles that usually aren’t capable for an operator. But it does happen as most Exxon operators are college educated and meet the criteria. And I made 185k with under 500 hours of OT this year.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 6:42 pm to MSG
I always find OT pay being celebrated as a badge of honor so odd when these threads pop up.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:01 pm to DCtiger1
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I always find OT pay being celebrated as a badge of honor so odd when these threads pop up.
I’m glad we can find common ground on this baw
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:04 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
By the way, wife just had a baby. Was $75,000. Since the plant pays my insurance premiums and its such high quality insurance, I paid literally nothing. Bill was $0.00.
That's probably the highest quality benefit I ever experienced my whole career.
Just plant things I guess.
That's probably the highest quality benefit I ever experienced my whole career.
Just plant things I guess.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:08 pm to DiamondDog
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Just plant things I guess.
Yes, because no other industry offers the same kind of health insurance
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:09 pm to DCtiger1
I have worked in a ton. How many pay your insurance premiums for the entire family and have no deduct insurance with $1000 max OOO. I'll hang up and listen.
Douche.
Douche.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:11 pm to DiamondDog
I'm a douche because you're bragging about plant life?
The answer is plenty of white collar industries do just that with fully funded FSA/HSAs annually.
Btw, nothing wrong about you being proud of working in a plant.
The answer is plenty of white collar industries do just that with fully funded FSA/HSAs annually.
Btw, nothing wrong about you being proud of working in a plant.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:17 pm to DCtiger1
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answer is plenty of white collar industries do just that with fully funded FSA/HSAs annually.
Name them. What industry pays the premium and contributes the max HSA/FSA amount for its employees.
They don't.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:19 pm to DiamondDog
The last fortune 50 company I worked for before starting my own business. Financial services industry, corporate pharma, etc
Why do you feel the need to justify how awesome your job is to internet strangers?
Why do you feel the need to justify how awesome your job is to internet strangers?
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:23 pm to DCtiger1
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The last fortune 50 company I worked for before starting my own business. Financial services industry, corporate pharma, etc
You're absolutely lying. Gibe the names. I worked 3 separate Fortune 100 companies and none provided that crap. We all had to pay for healthcare.
The argument is that all this thread does is attack people that work at the plant, when most every day jobs don't provide the same perks.
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