Absolutely zero, in fact we're adding additional crews for next year. I think some of the baker Hughes guys will end up on the chopping block but...
And it falls again. Seems that lower oil prices are better for for consumers as they ultimately benefit businesses with the consumer having more...
Frachand here. I'll add what I use/operate with: 1. 10" redwing lace ups---yes the pad sites get wet a lot and sometimes chemicals leak...
In my class we had 97, 14 of us already had cdl's. But yes they put everyone else through their two week cdl school. If you do that you're...
I'll add to this. From an HR lady I talked to, after 6 months you can apply for other jobs within the company (for overseas it's a year or two I...
Haven't stayed at a man camp yet, but the "rule" is if we frac more than an hour away we're staying at a camp or at a hotel. There's no per diem...
I work at Halliburton frac. First, we get tons of overtime, my "shortest" day was 14 hours last week, and even with that I'll still get around 180...
From what I know you have to live in the camp for your rotation, mine is 6/3 (frac) and I think the cement guys are 14/7. No worries on the questions.
Red wing boots--they're super comfortable. We had 3 types to choose from and I got the 4499's. One guy in the group asked for a size 14 and they...
Tracy, 3 women total on my first day, one girl's husband already works at halliburton in frac. The girl in my group is about 5'3, and small in...
Thanks for the heads up. Yes that was us! Wow what a day, had one guy just about pass out so they had him sit in the supervisors truck for awhile...
So I started on Thursday. Loooooong day, tons of admin info and lots of other info to absorb. Halliburton really stresses safety and being on...
So I officially start work on Thursday (orientation). I'm excited and grateful, been getting a lot of advice about the first few weeks, much...
Thanks everyone! Still waiting on a start date. security58, sent you a pm.
Poor guy. My training guy kept giving us examples of when he was in the military and talking the whole Effin time I was driving when I needed to...
Quick update: so I finally talked to a Sanjel recruiter today (not the one who got me all hot and bothered for nothing). Only took 3 phone calls,...
So here's my post physical update, couple things first: Yes 13/hr is not really that much in the big picture of it all, BUT I don't mind starting...
Forgot to mention for the out of towners: south San Antonio has tons of cheap housing. 1. Because of the oilfields and 2. It's the south side. Not...
Thanks to all. It's forums like this that truly help out. Some notes: I will be based out of Elmendorf, Tx. It's just south of San Antonio off...
......laying in bed Thursday morning contemplating my next move since I haven't been able to find a cdl job since graduating in May (applied...
