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re: The Permian Basin Has a People Problem
Posted on 10/31/22 at 1:46 pm to ragincajun03
Posted on 10/31/22 at 1:46 pm to ragincajun03
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Not only did older workers retire, younger workers found other industries that would pay similar wages but without the travel.
Lawd, is this the truth. I work in industrial construction. 25 years ago, we paid $45/day per diem and workers would go because usually the out of town gigs offered tons of OT.
Now we are paying $150 / day, and increasing wages by $5-10 / hr just to get people to go. And they still refuse.
It is really difficult getting people during outage seasons. They just don't want to travel because they are content getting their 40 and going home.
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Posted on 10/31/22 at 1:47 pm to ChestRockwell
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Fat women with crew cuts outnumbered the coyotes.
Find a different one every few days?
Posted on 10/31/22 at 1:48 pm to The Torch
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The oilfield is full of crooked trashy arse people
You never worked in the oilfield.
Posted on 10/31/22 at 1:52 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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If you need a job and the economy sucked, you would. That's what men do.
It's not a bad way to counter inflation right now.
Posted on 10/31/22 at 2:02 pm to saintsfan1977
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The oilfield is full of crooked trashy arse people
You never worked in the oilfield.
I've been doing oilfield/pipeline work since the 1980s and yes, the oilfield is full of crooked, trashy people. To a lesser extent the world is full of crooked, trashy people.
Posted on 10/31/22 at 2:04 pm to The Torch
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The oilfield is full of crooked trashy arse people
How is that different from any other industry?
Posted on 10/31/22 at 2:40 pm to redstick13
We off 1787
Posted on 10/31/22 at 2:52 pm to lowspark12
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Midland is a tough sell…. That’s a hell of an understatement.
I left upstream because the PE group I was working with told me my next gig would be in Midland full time. Whole lot of nope.Posted on 10/31/22 at 3:30 pm to billjamin
I started working out of Midland not long ago. Just got back in from my 4th hitch. Midland itself has everything I need. I try to spend 95% of my time there getting paid or sleeping. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live out there, but it hasn't been terrible so far.
Posted on 10/31/22 at 3:39 pm to el Gaucho
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Every body knows the little work from homos could never make it in the oilfield
Takes a real man bruh
I make what I was making working derricks working from home.
And tuck my baby girl into bed every night.
How does that make you feel hand?
This post was edited on 10/31/22 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 10/31/22 at 3:41 pm to el Gaucho
quote:Look at me! I am a tough guy on the internet.
Every body knows the little work from homos could never make it in the oilfield
Takes a real man bruh
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el gaucho
You got me.
Posted on 10/31/22 at 3:55 pm to shinerfan
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I've been doing oilfield/pipeline work since the 1980s and yes, the oilfield is full of crooked, trashy people
So you're in that number.
Posted on 10/31/22 at 4:42 pm to Nado Jenkins83
Same. I think you’re just west of me. Our new location is between 1788 and 349 on 1787.
Posted on 10/31/22 at 4:50 pm to lowspark12
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Midland is a tough sell…. That’s a hell of an understatement.
Midland is paradise compared to Pecos, there’s literally no grass there. Looks like Afghanistan
Posted on 10/31/22 at 4:53 pm to saintsfan1977
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So you're in that number.
I am who I am.
Posted on 10/31/22 at 4:55 pm to ragincajun03
It's that Mojo Magic from the Panthers
This post was edited on 10/31/22 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 10/31/22 at 5:06 pm to LazarusJohnson
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I make what I was making working derricks working from home.
And tuck my baby girl into bed every night.
How does that make you feel hand?
Posted on 10/31/22 at 5:09 pm to foosball
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Midland is paradise compared to Pecos, there’s literally no grass there. Looks like Afghanistan
Orla, Jal NM, and a few other shite holes make Midland look like paradise.
Posted on 10/31/22 at 5:16 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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As a formerly single young professional who once lived there though it fricking sucks arse in that state of life
I felt that way about Mandeville when I was single there.
Anyway, I've heard terrible crap about this Midland-Odessa place for decades now. Would love to go spend 3-4 days there just to gape at the horror in slack-jawed amazement. There's no way my wife's going for that particular vacation idea, though. Still working on that Oklahoma Panhandle camping idea.
Posted on 10/31/22 at 5:20 pm to saintsfan1977
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Orla, Jal NM, and a few other shite holes make Midland look like paradise.
Lol. All of SE NM is a shite turd. Even Carlsbad and Hobbs which is nicer than Irla and Jal. Lol
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