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Any of y'all work in the offshore oil field? I've never been and need some advice.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 6:05 pm
Posted on 8/20/22 at 6:05 pm
I'm an industrial maintenance electrical technician and just got an offshore job position from GIS, it's for the same title/position and a slightly higher rate but of course with a ton more overtime.
I was offered a choice of 14/14, 14/7, 21/14, and 21/7 shifts for routine maintenance on either shell or BP rigs. The job would be paying me 30-60% more money yearly because of the overtime. Ive been interested in trying offshore work, hence why I applied to a company. My biggest question is should I take it. I'm 27, I have a wife and a 5 year old and I feel like it would be hard on them. What are yalls thoughts?
I was offered a choice of 14/14, 14/7, 21/14, and 21/7 shifts for routine maintenance on either shell or BP rigs. The job would be paying me 30-60% more money yearly because of the overtime. Ive been interested in trying offshore work, hence why I applied to a company. My biggest question is should I take it. I'm 27, I have a wife and a 5 year old and I feel like it would be hard on them. What are yalls thoughts?
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Posted on 8/20/22 at 6:24 pm to Hurricane2020
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have a wife and a 5 year old
Different line of work for me, but I used to do a lot of international work travel for weeks at a time. I love traveling, but glad I do much less of it for work these days. It was pretty hard for my wife at the time.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 6:24 pm to Hurricane2020
consider.... what will you do in your offtime. farm, landscape or fish and f-ck
How independent is the family.
Are the shifts 10-12-14 hour. all you are going to do in down time on a rig is sleep. Maximise daily hours
Posted on 8/20/22 at 6:36 pm to Trevaylin
So my off time would most definitely be spent fishing, saltwater fishing in particular. It's my passion. If I took the job I would be flying out of Houma LA, so if I moved to the south Houma area I could be be in the marsh fishing 10-30 mins from home everyday. I own a 24ft bay boat and only get to take it out once every month or two because getting to saltwater from the baton rouge area is a too expensive to do on a weekly basis. If I lived down the street from the marina I would be on the water every day nearly.
Shifts are 12hr minimum.
Also my wife works and isnt a codependent pesron.
Shifts are 12hr minimum.
Also my wife works and isnt a codependent pesron.
This post was edited on 8/20/22 at 6:37 pm
Posted on 8/20/22 at 6:40 pm to Hurricane2020
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Any of y'all work in the offshore oil field? I've never been and need some advice.
with young wife and kid you better stick to the 14/7 or you wont be married for long. any more time away then that and you may as well just save time and start the divorce paperwork right now because she will be fricking around and not waiting on you. sorry, but its just the blunt truth of reality.
always limit your time away from home as much as possible.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 6:54 pm to Hurricane2020
14/14 if you can afford it or 14/7. Being off 7 seems like a lot but it goes by fast. 14 days away from family is tough you need to make time for them because you can never get it back.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 6:56 pm to keakar
Yea I understand that completely. That's why I am asking here. I've worked out of town from months at a time with my ex, but she was fricking other people when I was at home anyway. My plan would be to do the 14/14, which would earn me $25,000-$45,000 more per year than I'm currently making depending on hours, and MAAAAYBE the 14/7 if I feel bored at home so much. 14/14 would be way more than enough money to support my household and my fishing habit.
This post was edited on 8/20/22 at 7:04 pm
Posted on 8/20/22 at 7:06 pm to Hurricane2020
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a 5 year old
You got 7-8 more years with him thinking you’re the greatest person in the world. I couldn’t imagine doing two weeks away at a time.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 7:14 pm to Slickback
He's a momma's boy. But yea that's true, it would be hard. At the same time I want to provide him with more than I ever had. I grew up with just my mom with her working 2-3 minimum wage jobs just to feed me. My father was too stupid to relize that I was important enough to support and love when I was a kid. He was more worried about his new family. He realized he fricked up by the time I was a late teen. We have a great relationship now, but it still makes me upset that my childhood was a struggle because of his absence.
I'm trying to find a balance between being able to provide him and my wife with a great quality of life and provide enough time for both of them.
I'm trying to find a balance between being able to provide him and my wife with a great quality of life and provide enough time for both of them.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 7:14 pm to Hurricane2020
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if I feel bored at home so much
If you're bored at home with a 5yr old, after being gone for 2 weeks, I don't know what to tell you.
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I'm trying to find a balance between being able to provide him and my wife with a great quality of life and provide enough time for both of them.
I think that's what most of us are trying to do. May take some tweaking, but you'll find it.
This post was edited on 8/20/22 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 8/20/22 at 7:20 pm to Hurricane2020
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At the same time I want to provide him with more than I ever had.
He wants your time way more than he wants your money. And offshore money has a way of trapping a man. The money rolls in and you get the truck and the house and the car. Then the kid is in private school and playing travel ball. The wife has her fully loaded SUV and is accustomed to the money.
Then you look around and realize you’re missing out on damn near every family event and all you want to do is be home with him but you can’t get out because the money has trapped you.
I’ve got a 2 year old and after watching my brother spend his life offshore I would have to get mighty damn hungry to do it myself.
This post was edited on 8/20/22 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 8/20/22 at 7:28 pm to Hurricane2020
With a kid at home, 14/14 is probably ideal if anything is. Leaving is tough. If your wife doesn't work, the time home is like being on vacation once a month if you plan things out. The honey dos pile up but you can usually knock those out quickly.
A few things to consider.
Have people you can call if things come up at home that you need someone to take care of or help out with.
Find a mechanic, AC guy, and plummer you trust if you don't have close friends or family you can trust to take care of those things when they pop up while you are gone.
If things just feel wrong after a month or two, decide to leave it behind quickly. You will be surprised how fast you get used to the money and then it is hard to leave it behind.
It takes a special woman to live that life , too. SO pay attention and ask about how she is with it.
Good luck baw. Be safe if you go out there.
A few things to consider.
Have people you can call if things come up at home that you need someone to take care of or help out with.
Find a mechanic, AC guy, and plummer you trust if you don't have close friends or family you can trust to take care of those things when they pop up while you are gone.
If things just feel wrong after a month or two, decide to leave it behind quickly. You will be surprised how fast you get used to the money and then it is hard to leave it behind.
It takes a special woman to live that life , too. SO pay attention and ask about how she is with it.
Good luck baw. Be safe if you go out there.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 7:43 pm to Hurricane2020
14/14 is the way to go if you can afford it. You are home less then 14 if you take travel time out.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 7:43 pm to Hurricane2020
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He's a momma's boy
Seems like you are more worried about fishing than your boy. I hope I’m completely wrong. I did a 14/14 while newly married for a year n Alaska. It wasn’t bad but I couldn’t have handled it with kids. Nothing in the world is better than watching your boy catch a fish or shoot a deer I hope you enjoy it as much as I do
Posted on 8/20/22 at 7:48 pm to mdomingue
Souds to me you made your decision...you want to fish in your down time...now you're just trying to justify it.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 7:49 pm to CottonWasKing
Neither me nor the wife are materialistic. She wants an SUV but a used one that is great for the family. The only reason I have a truck is to haul my boat, im a nerd at the end of the day that happens to love saltwater fishing and the ocean in general. The plan is to sell my truck and buy her a V8 SUV that can haul the boat and get me a cheap car since IDGAF. Besides our house, my boat is the most expensive thing we own. We as A family love vacations, so that would be where alot of money got spent. Video games, consoles, computers etc are already pretty cheap with my current income. Vacations aren't. I'm not worried about getting used to the big money or wanting more since I already hate working as it is lol.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 7:50 pm to unclejhim
It's definitely more than that. That's is much too simple of an answer.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 7:54 pm to duckdude
Me and my son play video games all the time. He's a gamer and not big into the outdoors, and outside of fishing nor am I. He likes to CATCH fish, but he's not really into the hunting for the fish part, or going out on the water all day just yet. So instead of taking him on fishing trips on the boat we will go to the river and haul arse for a couple hours. Or we will go on a vacation to the beach and we will fish and swim together. Hopefully he begins to share my passion as well. But until then we still have the video games, something I could probably still do offshore on a laptop. I'm also the dad that goes to everything with him. All trips, all school events, every doctor's appointment. Hell, I've wiped more arse than his biological mom. I'm very involved with my son, much more so than many fathers I have come across.
This post was edited on 8/20/22 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 8/20/22 at 8:23 pm to Hurricane2020
I don’t have off shore rig experience but a couple things to consider
What’s your wife’s work schedule? She’ll be alone raising and running around with him 14 days in a row.
Do you plan more kids?
What’s your mid and long term career plan? As said, let’s say you do this for 2-3 years? What then? If it works and you do it forever that’s great.
What if it doesn’t work out? How do you transition back?
What’s your wife’s work schedule? She’ll be alone raising and running around with him 14 days in a row.
Do you plan more kids?
What’s your mid and long term career plan? As said, let’s say you do this for 2-3 years? What then? If it works and you do it forever that’s great.
What if it doesn’t work out? How do you transition back?
Posted on 8/20/22 at 8:38 pm to Hurricane2020
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He likes to CATCH fish, but he's not really into the hunting for the fish part, or going out on the water all day just yet
That's just part of being 5yrs old. They go through stages of what they enjoy and for how long.
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