Arky's Sunoco adventure begins in the west TX oilfields!

We are paid .23 or .24/gross barrel depending on experience + .50/mile. The mileage is taken directly off the odometer. We get hourly pay for wait times over 30 minutes. There are other occassions where we are paid hourly ($18). I would probably make a mistake trying to list them at this point though.

I guess my problem is with being required to do 1/2 hour twice/day, but them not paying for it. When otr, I was never required to show 1/2 hour on either end. A 1/4 hour pretrip and flag a post trip was the way I always did it....and I could normally combine a pretrip with fueling which may be impossible here. I do understand that pre/post trips need to be more thorough on oil field equipment due to the off road driving. I just think that if they are going to require extra time to spent, they should compensate us for it....thats all. We did talk about a few ways to work with it yesterday though. It will likely be better than I originally thought....time will tell.

 

We currently wear our own clothing. I'm told that could change soon. We are required to wear certain boots, but we are reimbursed for them. We will be supplied with an H2S monitor, gloves and a few other things. As far as I know right now...clothing is the only thing not provided for in some way...and that may change.

 

We haven't gotten to that part yet....I'll let ya know.

 

I'll send you a pm.

 

Orientation Day 3:

Today, we are at an off-site training company. The morning was spent in h2s and fire training. The afternoon is being spent on CPR, blood borne pathogens, etc. Lots and lots of videos and power point presentations.

Notes for Day 3: H2S is scary stuff. Pay attention to this training.