Work ethic in todays society.

[Trip McNeely]

lol No.

[SMKR]

What is with the laziness of people, especially in this volatile economy? I work for a very good oilfield service and supply company, one of the larger ones. We cannot keep people because they don't want to work past 5:30, or be on call. We have had 6 people quit within 2 weeks because of those 2 very reasons. In fact the state road authority here does not work at night either, so all the road construction is done during the day and they are you guessed it "UNION." When I worked in Texas as a service tech for an O&G Service company I was on call 7 days a week and averaged 80 hours a week. I knew about it before I started, and I stuck with it. Money was good too. People complain about jobs, but then they don't want to work for the dollar. It's no wonder why all of the Oil and Gas industry has to get people to move here from Texas, and Louisianna, etc. No one here has any fucking work ethic. Rant off...

How much are yall paying? hours/week? Ill put my app in if the pay is right. they currently have us on a 15/6 hitch, 120-130 hours week @ $16 hour in the oil field down here in south texas.

[talisman]

lol No.

That's not equal. What kind of equal opportunity ethic is that?

[Trip McNeely]

How much are yall paying? hours/week? Ill put my app in if the pay is right. they currently have us on a 15/6 hitch, 120-130 hours week @ $16 hour in the oil field down here in south texas.

You would have to talk to a recruiter, I dont do the hiring, but they are needing people up here always. Its not a wellhead/frac company, so you wont have half of those hours or labor. We are supply chain.

[jluv]

Their fuckup is committing to the job in the first place if they knew the conditions.

I don't blame anyone for not wanting to work 80 hours a week or be on call all the time. I want to make a buck, but I damn sure don't buy into the idea that we all should work our asses off until we're too old and broken down to enjoy retirement anyway. But again, I wouldn't take the job in the first place just to quit a couple weeks later. That's just a waste of everyone's time.

[Trip McNeely]

Thats the thing, this isnt labor intensive and not 80 hours a week. For a service tech, yeah.

[red95gts]

I see the same thing in my line of work. On call was part of the gig when you were hired and you pull it one week at a time, approximately every 6-8 weeks. If you don't even get called in all week, it's $1000 take home just for standby pay. If you do get called in, it's 1.5x your hourly rate on top of standby. It's the easiest $1000 you'll ever make.

Yet, these guys constantly bitch and complain about it. In the same breath, they complain that they don't get paid enough. Fuckin lazy bastards.

[onemeangixxer7502]

How much are yall paying? hours/week? Ill put my app in if the pay is right. they currently have us on a 15/6 hitch, 120-130 hours week @ $16 hour in the oil field down here in south texas.

Fuck a bunch of that bullshit

[91CoupeMike]

There has always been shitty people. Maybe you shouldn't hire retards.

[michaeldhayes]

You would have to talk to a recruiter, I dont do the hiring, but they are needing people up here always. Its not a wellhead/frac company, so you wont have half of those hours or labor. We are supply chain.

what company is it you work for? also you said it is a supply company... are you talking about supplying iron, chokes,etc?

[bonnie&clyde]

Why work when you can still get promoted for being a fucktard, I have worked most of my life and busted my ass at every job I have ever had, and what did I get in return? More work and to see the retards get promoted for either kissing ass or for complaining about having to work.

[racrguy]

There has always been shitty people. Maybe you shouldn't hire retards.

If that's a qualifier you'll never be gainfully employed.

[yellowstang]

Man, I hear ya. Don't even get me started on this On Call BS, we have gone round and round with that in my office. Some people are special I guess, and don't have to be on call, or something like that...

[jefehbk]

Why work when you can still get promoted for being a fucktard, I have worked most of my life and busted my ass at every job I have ever had, and what did I get in return? More work and to see the retards get promoted for either kissing ass or for complaining about having to work.

Amen there....wish there was a "Kissing Ass to get Promoted for Dummies" book. I would be all over that one

[GhostTX]

Why work when you can still get promoted for being a fucktard, I have worked most of my life and busted my ass at every job I have ever had, and what did I get in return? More work and to see the retards get promoted for either kissing ass or for complaining about having to work.

Dilbert Principle in full effect

stating that companies tend to systematically promote their least-competent employees to management (generally middle management), in order to limit the amount of damage they are capable of doing.