oil rig jobs....goodbye 9-5 hell.

[scjordan]

Offshore oil field bro checking in. 28 on 14 off. Longest hitch I've ever pulled was 10 weeks away. Good money.

[lucious]

I don't understand how a Ph.D in neuroscience lives below poverty line? Did you royally **** up with networking or something?

250 a week before i pay my rent.

after rent i have 90 bucks left over, thats barely enough for groceries. Going out, socialising, drinking, clubbing, picking up, taking a girl out? Forget it. Going to the movies sends me flat broke.

its just the nature of the beast, for some reason the government thinks aboriginals and teen mums are a good investment of tax dollars, not future scientists or doctors.

[Finaliize]

Guys. Seriously. Where do I apply in the US? WHEN WILL IT BE MINE TURN? I have manual labor experience

[cman1787]

lets be honest here op, after your 2 weeks off you'll be dreading to go back for 2 straight weeks of hard manual labor

[jizzmaster]

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[Darkwatcher759]

neurosciences/genetics. For a phd you need to be working 9-10 hour days, go to meetings, put up with ******* office losers etc....and live below the poverty line. Its hell and not really worth it unless you really need the title of Dr for something. As it stands right now, that is not worth my sanity.

I'm in my fourth year of phd in electrical engineering. I definitely slack off majorly and go weeks at a time putting in 2 hour days, but it doesn't feel good. In my situation, I am pretty much on my own. Other people inherit a project, I literally had to build mine from nothing. My advisor is very hands off. So I'm not really stressed from putting in a lot of work, it's just the stress that comes with walking around blindly, with expectations of you to produce. Plus I'm paid 16k to do work that the navy is paying us 500k to do (I'm the only one on the project, write the reports, give the talks, etc), which feels a little bad since I'm drowning in med bills and don't eat breakfast and lunch to save money.

But there is some people I know whose advisors make them put in 60 hours a week, so that's gotta suck even worse.

[TheCore84]

Ever worked 14 days straight, 12 hour days slaving your arse off?

Neither have I, couldnotdo/10.

Have worked 21 days straight for 14 hours.

[lucious]

I'm in my fourth year of phd in electrical engineering. I definitely slack off majorly and go weeks at a time putting in 2 hour days, but it doesn't feel good. In my situation, I am pretty much on my own. Other people inherit a project, I literally had to build mine from nothing. My advisor is very hands off. So I'm not really stressed from putting in a lot of work, it's just the stress that comes with walking around blindly, with expectations of you to produce. Plus I'm paid 16k to do work that the navy is paying us 500k to do (I'm the only one on the project, write the reports, give the talks, etc), which feels a little bad since I'm drowning in med bills and don't eat breakfast and lunch to save money.

But there is some people I know whose advisors make them put in 60 hours a week, so that's gotta suck even worse.

i know the feel bro-its a full time job you dont get paid for. absolute fcking hell.


people say manual labour is daunting, i would do anything at all over working full time for a below poverty pay. Dont mind manual labour at all, its offices and daily grinds that chit me

[lildave]

This has got to be one of the coolest jobs ever.

2 weeks on, 2 weeks off. Awesome pay. No commuting. No rent. Food taken care of. No hustle and bustle, no office bullchit, no ****gy coworkers who I want to push off a building.


Extra pay for remote locations isolated from everyone?Come at me bro, couldnt give a chit about being isolated and forever alone. In fact, I fcking hate 99% of people. Dangerous? Sure, at least theres excitement and I wont commit suicide from having such a fcking boring life.


Only problem is it seems like you need experience for most oil rig jobs. How do you get in with no experience?

lol... was reading till the last part and realized that you dont actually do the job... I've done the job... sure the pay is good... I dont think they get paid enough to do what they do... I make just as much and dont have to deal with cancerous drilling fluid covering my face, the bs that goes along with people with a grade 9 education making over $100k a year, not having a break for 8 hours cuz they need to get something done..
I use my brain and some muscle to do my job now..

[kfx450r]

Lol @ thinking isolated places = working alone... random oil rig workers probably have tons of annoying ass people. I would take the job if I could find one though, do not mind any of that **** for the pay they get and getting 2 weeks off..

[Darkwatcher759]

i know the feel bro-its a full time job you dont get paid for. absolute fcking hell.


people say manual labour is daunting, i would do anything at all over working full time for a below poverty pay. Dont mind manual labour at all, its offices and daily grinds that chit me

I have some friends in another lab who make 30k, their adviser is really cool (buys them lunch here and there, plays in their fantasy football league, actually writes the papers his name is on). So it's luck of the draw in the phd world. I would be happy with my flexible schedule, doing research, if I wasn't holding on to every penny for dear life, and didn't have to worry about writing grant proposals to make sure I keep the meager salary I do have.

[lildave]

yeah im sure there are loads of gyms out in the oilfields. Sign up at golds gym.

Here was my poverty gym... then I went and ate as much food as I wanted for free... and if I wanted there was at least 10 people I could buy steroids off of.

[lildave]

Maybe down in the USA they get 2 weeks off. Up in Canada its 1 week. Three crews. One days, one nights, and one on days off. Two weeks is too much time off anyways. If this job is for you then you most likely are ready to go back after a week anyways.

[PushTheWeak]

Eagle ford shell here.

Frac baby

[PushTheWeak]

lets be honest here op, after your 2 weeks off you'll be dreading to go back for 2 straight weeks of hard manual labor

Only if your vagina hurts.

It's not even that bad. Been doing it for 6 years.

[cman1787]

Only if your vagina hurts.

It's not even that bad. Been doing it for 6 years.

theres a difference between enjoying it and tolerating it

[PushTheWeak]

theres a difference between enjoying it and tolerating it

If you can't enjoy making 8500 plus bonuses a month then idk what to tell you..and tolerating it..what's so hard about it?! Waking up at 3 am everyday?! Easy. Handling pipe wrenches and sledgehammers for 16 hours a day 7 days a week with a 20 man crew easy as fukk.

[Darkwatcher759]

If you can't enjoy making 8500 plus bonuses a month then idk what to tell you..and tolerating it..what's so hard about it?! Waking up at 3 am everyday?! Easy. Handling pipe wrenches and sledgehammers for 16 hours a day 7 days a week with a 20 man crew easy as fukk.

stop pushing the weak. what are you, in some sort of oilfield mafia?

[cman1787]

If you can't enjoy making 8500 plus bonuses a month then idk what to tell you..and tolerating it..what's so hard about it?! Waking up at 3 am everyday?! Easy. Handling pipe wrenches and sledgehammers for 16 hours a day 7 days a week with a 20 man crew easy as fukk.

money doesn't necessarily buy happiness

and tolerating = doing the job even though you don't like it. (kind of like the situation op is in now) not much to do with how hard it is per se

[apples09]

brb no sex 14 days

[Finaliize]

If you can't enjoy making 8500 plus bonuses a month then idk what to tell you..and tolerating it..what's so hard about it?! Waking up at 3 am everyday?! Easy. Handling pipe wrenches and sledgehammers for 16 hours a day 7 days a week with a 20 man crew easy as fukk.

get me a job plz FL brah reporting in

[adubas]

Try 2 weeks on 1 week off. Working camp jobs usually ****ing sucks. You will get ****gy co-workers

OP's hopes are now crushed

[PushTheWeak]

stop pushing the weak. what are you, in some sort of oilfield mafia?

Lol mmhmm

[Tony1986]

Oil rig welder checking in

[GainsofPeace]

I dont get the hate on 9-5 jobs. If you thinking working 9-5 in an office is hell I'm not sure how your going to handle 14 straight 12 hour shifts of hard labor. But gl regardless. The pay is just unreal.

[isenseven]

Oil rig welder checking in

wtf is that??

Worked on the rigs in alberta last summer.. you get paid exactly what you deserve for the work you do... good hours, picked me up, lived with parents.. profit.. made prob 15,000 over 2 1/2 months working 11on off sometime 22and3

[ManYeahTru]

How the hell do I get into this.. any serious requirements..

[TrainInsane1987]

Where do you live. Do you have any experience with manual labour? Most oil companies will hire you if you do and let them know you are willing to work in a physically demanding environment, isolated from the real world for weeks on end. Just apply for a leasehand position. If your in alberta pm me and i can send you in the right direction.

pm sent

[Tony1986]

wtf is that??

Worked on the rigs in alberta last summer.. you get paid exactly what you deserve for the work you do... good hours, picked me up, lived with parents.. profit.. made prob 15,000 over 2 1/2 months working 11on off sometime 22and3

It's a jacket for the rig to sit on in the middle of the sea basically it's legs their huge

Quite scary when weather is like this

[stoshinator]

This you op?