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re: Shell is hiring operators and my friends are already talking crap
Posted on 12/15/15 at 9:06 am to mikelbr
Posted on 12/15/15 at 9:06 am to mikelbr
quote:
. I'd rather money and a big dick. But I have neither so....
Welll I have enough money to make me happy and have The BIG HENRY!!!!!!!!!! So...........
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Posted on 12/15/15 at 9:09 am to yankeeundercover
His body will be wrecked by the time he's forty and you'll be working 40 hour weeks or less for similar pay. Maybe then he'll quit being trashy.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 9:10 am to DHS1997
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Operators starting pay working 40 hrs/week is not even close to 6 figures. Sure they can work 3 turnarounds a year and make much more but who the hell wants to work 7 12's for 3 months at any time of the year. I work 40 hrs/week max and make a comfortable living. I grew up with a plant worker dad who is retired now and he tells me that if he could do it all over again he would take a staff job earlier in his career he missed so much with me and my 2 brothers working shift work.
Yep. My dad just got off of working 70 straight nights for his turnaround. Dad's an operator. Pawpaw was an operator. All of his grandsons are engineers including myself as a ChE. There is a reason for that.
FWIW, I clear about the same as an operator with 300 - 400 hrs of overtime and for the most part put in 40 hrs a week, with an occasional weekend worked. Been out of school less than 10 yrs.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 9:43 am to sparkinator
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Your math is WAY off.
Well, he IS an operator...
Posted on 12/15/15 at 9:51 am to JJBTiger2012
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I'd take an operators job w/ Shells any day. Yes there are morons but idk if the good ppl of the OT realize how great these jobs are.
Of course not. You have snotty noses on the OT that spew stuff that their Prius driving buddy told them, but really don't realize the type of individual that a company likes Shell hires and the compensation package given to said individual.
Bottom line is...you don't have to work gobs of OT to make great money (despite what is perpetuated on the OT), and the benefits are hard to beat.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 10:12 am to iamAG
My wife's uncle is a commercial shipping boat captain. He makes 6 figures and you would never tell. Humble as can be. All with an 8th grade education.
Sounds like OP has shitty friends. I dropped my childhood friends like a bad habit when they all become stoners working at liqueur stores all while trying to get into the rap game.
There are two sides of every story.
Sounds like OP has shitty friends. I dropped my childhood friends like a bad habit when they all become stoners working at liqueur stores all while trying to get into the rap game.
There are two sides of every story.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 10:22 am to Arkapigdiesel
I work in the O&G sphere (not an operator), and while my particular area is shielded from the downturn, I wouldn't be spouting off about money considering the current climate is still trending downwards.
ETA: I wouldn't be spouting off about money ever anyway though.
ETA: I wouldn't be spouting off about money ever anyway though.
This post was edited on 12/15/15 at 10:23 am
Posted on 12/15/15 at 10:33 am to iamAG
The doucheyest guy I know once announced to people at a gathering that he made $270k a year working at a chemical plant in his first year after graduating in construction management.
I was with some AA's that are from the hood and they were like "wtf this is why I hate white people, they only pay me $40k."
I was with some AA's that are from the hood and they were like "wtf this is why I hate white people, they only pay me $40k."
Posted on 12/15/15 at 10:34 am to xxKylexx
Your friend will have a new Boat....2 f250s....3 atv vehicles...150 inch 4d TV and a dear lease all within 6 months of his new job....all paid on credit. And his wife will have a new bf
Posted on 12/15/15 at 10:40 am to Asgard Device
Should have asked him what his $/hr came out to.
Most of those guys telling everyone what they make are full of shite. I know a guy who tells everyone he makes $100,000 a year as an operator. He's a first year loader with no prior experience at a small plant. He is lying. So are most of the other young people who make those kind of claims. They buy expensive stuff and announce their "income" and brag about having a 6th grade education making more money than the college grads while working less and sleeping in the control room when they are there.
They're in debt up to their arse hole, coving every second of overtime possible to make enough to pay the bills, and not making as much as they say.
Most of those guys telling everyone what they make are full of shite. I know a guy who tells everyone he makes $100,000 a year as an operator. He's a first year loader with no prior experience at a small plant. He is lying. So are most of the other young people who make those kind of claims. They buy expensive stuff and announce their "income" and brag about having a 6th grade education making more money than the college grads while working less and sleeping in the control room when they are there.
They're in debt up to their arse hole, coving every second of overtime possible to make enough to pay the bills, and not making as much as they say.
This post was edited on 12/15/15 at 10:45 am
Posted on 12/15/15 at 10:41 am to iamAG
Does shell pay more than exxon? I thought it was something like $22/hour to start at exxon
Posted on 12/15/15 at 10:46 am to iamAG
Making 6 figures is great, but what they do with that 6 figure income is really all that matters. A small education might help them learn to properly invest that six figure income. Granted, that education doesnt have to be through a traditional avenue like a university, but it wouldnt hurt to be more intelligent either.
This post was edited on 12/15/15 at 10:47 am
Posted on 12/15/15 at 10:51 am to mkibod1
they sit in a chair for 10 hours/day talking about LSU and Hunting, and then maybe for 2 hours they either walk their unit checking gauges, visually inspecting pumps, or signing off on some contractors work permit(contractors=the people who actually WORK at the plant).
and they all look BoredAF. spent a couple months one summer at exxon.
and they all look BoredAF. spent a couple months one summer at exxon.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 10:52 am to Kujo
because all of the college graduates around here work really hard all 8 hours at their office too
obviously
just look at their post counts
obviously
just look at their post counts
Posted on 12/15/15 at 10:57 am to iamAG
I don't care what position one has or how much education, brag about your income and you are sure to hit a wall. It may take 20 years but rest assured it will happen.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 11:12 am to LSUKNUT
They can hate and call me oilfield trash, but I'll still be spending my oilfield cash!
Posted on 12/15/15 at 11:17 am to prince of fools
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His body will be wrecked by the time he's forty and you'll be working 40 hour weeks or less for similar pay. Maybe then he'll quit being trashy.
How's that?
Curious as to what you think operators do in the plant
Posted on 12/15/15 at 11:18 am to iamAG
I have no idea what any of my friends make. They have no idea what I make. It's not something we discuss.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 11:24 am to GeauxTigers1996
Plant operators tend to have a pretty structured pay system so it's not really a big secret at the plant to know how much each other makes
Them talking about it outside of work is just an effect of that environment
Them talking about it outside of work is just an effect of that environment
Posted on 12/15/15 at 11:31 am to iamAG
BTW - After 20 years offshore I'm doing plant work now since the offshore crash. The pay is way less, I work more now than ever before and the work is painfully boring. I pretty much hate my life right now! Tell your friend to stick that in his pipe and smoke it.
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