I'm a stone cold rookie, gonna work the texas oil fields

ok, now i got some new questions but i cant ask them right now. I'm gonna start work early today and i just woke up. I'll get back to you guys with some questions and answers in the next day or two......i got hours to make up because i got changed to a different group which means i had to take an extra day off to fit into the "group 2 schedule"......which also means i'm looking at a "short check".....you have two kinds of checks per month, a short and a long check. It has to do with the 4/1 schedule until the 4rth day lands on a friday and then you have 1 weekend off......when you have the weekend off, thats also when you'll get a short check, so the best way to look at this whole thing is how much you make in a month......or you can work saturday and just take your sunday off like i'm going to!

ok, see you guys later. I'm thinking of getting a helmut camera and recording some of my jobs at work, wouldnt that be cool?

 

ok, so at the 86k pace, which means my average gross every two weeks is about 3300, then you say i want 583 fed taken out. I looked at my stub and fed took out 624, so thats about 40 bucks too much that uncle sam is taking out. Like i said, i claim 1, how many more would i have to claim to get myself down to about 583?

What is fica? On my stub, it shows i paid:

federal: 624

medicare: 48

ss: 139

and of course my cali state tax: 228......now, i'm wondering, when my cali tax is eliminated, will that change how uncle sam taxes me because their will be, in essence, more money on my check?

I have no debt and i dont pay health insurance or life insurance, i elected not to take the medical benefits because i will eventually get my own......just like i didnt like the myrill lynch 401k plan because i have no idea how it exactly works and i'm not sure if i want to use it as an investment vehicle. As of right now, i dont exactly know how i want to invest but i'm pretty sure i want to invest in myself.....maybe get my own rig one day or something......i'm not giving these wallstreet bandits and crypto communist government any of my additional hard earned money to go play with.

ok, so you said you have ways for me to clock more, perhaps you can explain that briefly?

you shouldnt have missed your cdl class, dont see what youre waiting for, you should get your ### out here, yes nabors in sonora is hiring, they are always hiring, its really as simple as that. When youre ready, just ask and i'll give a contact number to call.

That means you too gisquid!!!

 

yes, very true, your cdl is your life and i personally protect mine to the death. Are you sure you want otr? with only 4 months experience and not even otr experience, you will be treated as a rookie otr driver and thats when basically the only otr companies who will hire you is the otr vampires like swift, cr england etc. etc.

if i were you, i'd come back to the oil field and find a company that doesnt run you illegally, its not hard to find.

.....but if you have your heart set on otr, i totally understand, i know its a lifestyle and it really fits for some people......just like the oil field doesnt fit for some and fits for others.

 

well since you are a rookie, then your options are limited. You can still find a job easily though. I think nabors is just fine to start and its just fine to stay as well. It really depends on what works for you. I would say you should look at 2 important things, the work schedule that fits for you and the area in which you will be working out of.

For instance, i like to work alot of hours and have flexibility with it, in other words, a company works with me and gets me lots of hours to drive. If i worked for a place that made me work a 12 hour shift and not a minute more, i wouldnt like it......but thats just me. i also like a 4/1 schedule because i like to run hard and get that needed day off.....and it doesnt feel like a 9 to 5 joe blow type schedule where you work 5 days in a row or whatever. Not every company works a 4/1, so i feel its something to consider.

Understand?

 

clockin the hours boys

 

ok, last night of work and then i'm forced to take a 24 because i'll hit my 70 in the morning......it aint easy getting those hours in, it sounds easy but you still got to work them, you got to want it, it isnt automatic. I'll address some stuff tomorrow and talk a bit about some of the stuff you fight the most on this job......like SPILLS, its so easy to over fill a frac tank or whatever if youre not paying attention, consumed with paper work in your cab or greedy in trying to top a tank off to the max. I got some good gusher stories and they are an absolute nightmare when you jump out of your cab because you got a "feeling" and you see that water or brine or flow back gushing out of the top of a tank.

Later guys.