Hesitant to make the jump. Frac Sand via flatbed for AmeriField

Thanks for the detailed response and insight there 4way, I really appreciate it. I'm hearing everything you're saying, and it's just about in line with most of my thoughts/concerns. As far as just driving there on my own, I don't think I could pull that off. Financially I'm in a bind as the family and I are moving today and tomorrow to a new place and that's about drained me, so any fund I'd need just to get out there and survive while looking for a job would drain us completely. If I go, it'll have to be with an outfit that can get me out there quick with a job set in stone when I get there. I'm still up in the air on this as I had 3 questions I asked my "recruiter" on Wednesday, and I've reached out a couple of time since then and I've yet to ever hear anything back so I guess we'll see if I even get my email asking for confirmation about attending orientation. The only thing that is hard on me, is the 21 days on 7 off, and the fact that I know I'd be livid if I went out there and sat for a couple of days without pay, or only cleared a 1000 a week or something of that nature, which I know can happen pretty easily.

 

I hear ya Brett, and I appreciate you sharing your experiences. Recruiters do a great job of bs'in for the most part so I've remained skeptical from the get go of what's ACTUALLY possible, as I'm hard to convince as it is if it's got something to do with unfamiliar territory. Hell, I've had LOCAL outfits look me dead in the eye and tell me bald-faced lies about something as simple as a local run, right AFTER they watched me question a couple of their drivers before walking into the building. But back to the subject, this is supposed to be a "smaller" company with 57 trucks but still, a recruiters job is the same regardless of the company.....if a driver is "qualified" say what you can to get em in the door. I assume they figure that once you go through orientation, get your truck, and get your ### out there you'll either call it quits, or stick it out since you're already there because you have no other choice. Obviously they're betting on the latter. I've read enough horror stories of recruiters painting vivid pictures of greatness, only for some poor fella to sign on, get out there, and realize not a #### thing that was said is accurate.

Dave

 

I was supposed to be at orientation at 10am this morning, however I had to rush my dad to the hospital in the middle of the night. Long story short, I called my recruiter and said I'd be running a few hours late and his reply was "no worries, just make sure you get here, I'm counting on you." Not 5 minutes later I see they've posted a new add with 15 seats available, although when I applied, they only had 12 seats available. Ahhh the usual recruiter tricks and guilt trips. You gotta love it.

 

The oil field gig is not 1099, the local job was.