Oregon's Trail

Well I'm still in Hobbs. There seems to be a lot of work here. So I'll stay another day maybe 2. I haven't had to actually look for work in like 15 years it has come to me for a long time. The big boys all say go online, the others have apps.but they are a mile long. ...reminds me of when I bought my house. One company will hire me as the background comes out good. Any one heard of Franks international? Formerly Allens casing. It would be doing casing. It pays by the foot plus mileage and safety pay. I'm not too sure how busy they stay but it would be a start. Online apps are a pain but I got through a few of them and filled a couple others out too.it rained over the weekend and the dirt around here sticks to your feet something fierce. I don't really care about the scenery I just want in on the money. There doesn't seem to be an abundance of girls around here either. Ill talk to a couple of wire line companies tomorrow they said they were hiring but the right person to talk to wasn't there . I found a trailer park for 15 a night but after tomorrow ill probably hang with Walmart. We'll see. I knows there's work here so ill put in a few more apps and head to odessa. One thing about texas that for sure is the smell of the slaughter houses. Yuk.

 

Uncle Ben ....where you at down south? I trucked east Texas in the spring I think it was called Wynona it was real pretty over there but I bet there aint any oilfields. Lol.

 

Ya I thought about Carlsbad but they was only for the caves and since our five gov. Decided to shut things down I skipped it. I went through Artesia but man quite small that place was. Lovingtonand Hobbs would be about as small as I went to go.
So I filled out a couple more apps and hit the road. I now have made it to Odessa.. Yeh ! I think I there is more opportunity here but I tell ya for the little size of Hobbs there s7re was a lot of energy service companies and they were all on the same road. Made looking for them easy but most of the big names weren't hiring. Plus I'm real interested in frac and there is more of them in odessa. It was getting dark when I got here and I found me a nice comfy Walmart parking lot for the evening. [Ever not8ce how messed up the walmart people are]..lol. This one ranks up there pretty good. The main roads are mostly flooded out from a good rain. Now that one place in Hobbs is going to try and hire me but im not too sure if that that's what I want or his busy they will be. Sometimes its not best to take the very first thing that comes along. I hate to missed a good opportunity because I took a job that Im not sure about and I also &hate to take it have them train me and split real soon and make them mad and say I burned a bridge. ..... what ya think?

 

Alright so day two of job hunting in Odessa! Wow these are some long asht applications! I f8rst figured a guy could bang out ten or more a day. .uh uh. Half the places want you to do it online. If you plan on coming down here do as many online as you can find! Yes , knocking on doors goes a long ways but not with everyone. Some places are halfasht rude and some are more than friendly. It has and will prove to be a bit of an effort on finding something. NETWORK! It really is who you know or who knows you I should say that makes things happen faster. There is a ton of work no doubt but a complete noob has to put in ten times the effort as someone that's been around the block. I've put in apps at the trucking companies and services even more.
Half the time a day late and a dollar short. ...ya know. Deffinatelygot some thingsin the works but things move slow down here. If you are the kind of person who"needs a job like yesterday" you better have some experience. And even then it takes time because of background checks and what not. I met this knuckle head yesterday that came here with 25 bucks to his name and was begging for money to get back home on the bus....it was cold last night I wonder what became of him.
This game will require some patience and persistence but it will work out. There is lots and lots of work but people want the experienced guys. I'm sure their are some real renegade companies out there that will put you to work and pay cash at the end of the day but I'm really trying to stick with some big names and reputable companies. It will pan out I'm confident in that but you better have some money and be real tight with it. Most companies say that its atleast a min. Of a 10 day process more like 2 weeks to 2 months depending on who the company is. I do enjoy the challenge it has been a long time for me! I found the NASTIEST shower ever fir 5 bucks, I felt dirtier for having it..lol. but I have an interview tomorrow and needed to shave. For the most part the prices of things are the same as any where else so don't bring unnecessary items unless you already have them.
If you come down and you can you really should bring an rv or your own shelter because that IS the one thing that's expensive.

 

So I've been working, realy didn't take long to find work. There is lots of work here. I haven't quite git into oil though its a construction job and not what I came here for but its moneycoming in faster than it's going out. The oil companies don't get ino any hurry. I might have a gig with with a water transfer company. I will know more next week. It sounds like time off is almost unheard of and that they are consistently working around 120 hrs a week. Having a cdl will start me out a buck more than not having one. I will take it but im not too sure what the outcome will be when I'm ready to go home and see my family and knock some boots around. I've got a couple of other things in the mix but I've got to get inline cause I I'mconstantly a day late and a dollar short. .lol. but ill tell ya if you come here there is no way you will starve to death if you are willing to take that subpar job while you look. I see people living in there cars everywhere and half of them are broke and stuck in the parking lot. And too proud to work for 11 or 12 bucks doing less than they came here for. Not me ill work and be patient and when it comes together for me it will be well worth it. But most likely bring your patience with you because it doesn't happen over night. At leas the not for me. Good luck.

 

So I have finally broke into the oilfield circle! I've been hired on at a water transfer company, not Asa driver they do the pumping at the frac sites.

That we last week and today I had an interview at a wireline company and they hired me on the spot as well. Both places are running a background and here real shortly I'll need to make a choice. There is plenty of work a round here to keep one sustained until you find what you want. I initially started with sos for a Schlumberger position that led to a couple of days cleaning at a construction site to a major contractor offering me a job because he had noticed that I bust my ### and that has bought me some time to get myself into the oil field click around here.

And now just short of a month I've been working a full time job, turned down a job and offered an oil field job at 3 different places. And this is all at the same time that I'm told That things slow down around here!

I took my big leap of faith and it really is panning out. So if you are thinking about coming down here and having second guesses ..... Don't. There is plenty of work. Hiring now ...signs we everywhere. Some are just medial jobs some are good jobs but if you stay persistent it will come.

Take it for what it's worth and I just want to thank everyone one here that has given their advise and knowledge about how to get an oilfield job.