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re: Thinking about switching trades (Smart move or Not)?
Posted on 9/19/17 at 3:50 pm to SwampBandit
Posted on 9/19/17 at 3:50 pm to SwampBandit
If you're going to change careers, do it young.
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Posted on 9/19/17 at 3:51 pm to JohnnyT
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Think through and document an inventory of what capabilities and skills make you good at your current gig (assuming you are good at it). I suspect you'll find that those qualities are valuable in a number of adjacent spaces.
Thats the thing, doing what i do now i already do plenty of walk throughs with operators and inspect all of their pressurized equipment, associated piping, storage tanks and so on so the transition i really dont think would be bad.
I am invested in what i do pretty deep with the certifications i have and so on but right now i am still young enough to make a move that money wise and retirement wise would truly be better for my family but with that you take out family time and missing a bunch of things with the kiddos and so on
Posted on 9/19/17 at 3:56 pm to Mulat
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The only thing I am hearing that sounds different from your current job and salary, is the Overtime required in the new position, is that what you want, more overtime as well, more time away from family?
Id love to make more without overtime but with what i do now thats what it would take regardless...I just want a job that i can provide my family with the best things possible such as schooling and so on...plus id love to retire at 55 and not when i get put 6' under
Posted on 9/19/17 at 3:57 pm to SwampBandit
I appreciate the advice yall are giving so far!!! Thanks
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:00 pm to SwampBandit
As an operator myself, I say do it. No question about it. Granted, I like shift work, not everyone does though. Shift work is definitely the biggest downfall for this line of work.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:00 pm to SwampBandit
If you make 35% more then retirement shouldn't be in the equation unless you are terrible at saving on your own.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:05 pm to SwampBandit
One issue to think about when working at Exxon is the fact that they can send you to there Houston facility if they want to (I'm assuming you are applying in BR). I've known people, especially new hires to Exxon that they end up transferring to TX and they had no say in the matter.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:08 pm to lsu13lsu
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If you make 35% more then retirement shouldn't be in the equation unless you are terrible at saving on your own.
Its only 35% less pay in the first year. After you get through training and start getting your quarterly raises which from what i understand is dependent on the rate that you learn your unit the pay goes up drastically and withing 2-3 years i would end up making 35% - 45% more a year, plus benefits are excellent.
But like stated above shift work is the downfall and id hate for my family to fall apart because of it but my wife is all for it...Id really love to make the money and her be able to stay home and bring my kids back and forth to school and not have daycare and all that headache
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:09 pm to Awesome All Day
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I've known people, especially new hires to Exxon that they end up transferring to TX and they had no say in the matter.
That would absolutely suck, id have to fall back to what i am doing because i do not want to move anywhere around the houston/baytown area
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:16 pm to SwampBandit
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Id love to make more without overtime but with what i do now thats what it would take regardless..
So it sounds like "working hours wise" it is a wash, same hours either way, so make the move that gives the long term result; but first do run the numbers on paper conservatively, particularly for your wife, so everyone understands how it is supposed to go.
In my case it took 6 yrs to get back to the salary I left, 2 yrs more years to make up the money I would have made at my old job I had left, and after that I was well above what I would have earned in my old job X 4 or 5, working 25 yrs at the new higher salary.
Good Luck
This post was edited on 9/19/17 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:21 pm to SwampBandit
Not wanting to transfer would be a good talking point during the interview process. Ask them how likely it would be for something like that to happen.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:22 pm to Mulat
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o it sounds like "working hours wise" it is a wash
It would definitely end up more hours because i would take any OT they give...This working 40 hours a week stuff and getting OT once every 2-3 months to tease you of what you could make is killing me
All in all the hourly payrate would end up being around the same plus some but with 4 hours OT every day worked because it is overtime after 8 and you work 12 hour shifts...I have beat myself dang near to death thinking about all of this and i always talk myself out of it when the test comes up and then kick myself after for not taking it...I have seen pay stubs of what my cousin makes and it makes me cringe...
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:25 pm to Awesome All Day
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Ask them how likely it would be for something like that to happen.
eh, why bring it up? If he comes off as unwilling, it might cost him the job. I'd leave the subject alone. He knows what he will/won't do and he can always go back to his old job if given the ultimatum. As difficult as it sounds on here to get a plant job, I wouldn't give them any reason to pass on me. I'd just act as eager and willing as I sould without being disingenuous.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:27 pm to 225Tyga
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:47 pm to SwampBandit
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Posted on 9/19/17 at 5:02 pm to chalupa
I have thought about it but the contractor doing the inspection at Exxon has the worst benefits ever, super expensive!!!
I just think operations would be less heartache than inspections, I have yet to see an operator that looked overly worked in the plants o have been in, I do know stuff gets hectic during shutdowns and stuff but that is usually when I am crawling into vessels anyway...
Always being the one to have to crawl inside of vessels and so on is the shitty part in what I do but granted it's laid back for the most part but I can see stepping into a unit lead inspector for the plant would be a lot of stress and you would always be getting called at home and so on
I just think operations would be less heartache than inspections, I have yet to see an operator that looked overly worked in the plants o have been in, I do know stuff gets hectic during shutdowns and stuff but that is usually when I am crawling into vessels anyway...
Always being the one to have to crawl inside of vessels and so on is the shitty part in what I do but granted it's laid back for the most part but I can see stepping into a unit lead inspector for the plant would be a lot of stress and you would always be getting called at home and so on
Posted on 9/19/17 at 5:50 pm to 225Tyga
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you miss 100% of the shots you never take
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