Getting a new job!!

[85ytz250n]

Well guys I went Tuesday to a job interview for Pride offshore. The lady told me it would take two weeks and then they would call and let me know. They called me today and said that they want me in Houma, LA this Sunday, to do the physical and wizz quiz on Monday and Tuesday so they can hire me. Starting pay is $15.31 an hour with an eighty four hour workweek. My and my brother went together, they havent called him. I am pretty sure it was the prior military that got me the job. :naughty: I can see a major Z rebuild in the future. After I get a house ofcourse. Wish me luck guys.:beer

Barry

P.S. Any of you louisiana guys know a good strip joint around Houma let me know:).

[jason 32]

isn't a 84 hour wook week illegal?

[200x Basket]

nope, i work 84 hours on a regular bassis.

[85ytz250n]

isn't a 84 hour wook week illegal?

I sure hope not, I am looking forward to the 3 grand I am going to make in just 14 days of work. Its a 7 day a week job, for the whole 14 that I am out I am going to be working 12 hour days.

Barry

[smokinwrench]

isn't a 84 hour wook week illegal?

Now that's funny. I work unreal hours at times(30-40 hours straight). I think most lazy and stupid people would like to make anything over 40 hours per week illegal.

[XTrumpX]

I had a buddy who worked the rigs in the golf. Great job if you're young and no family yet. Don't forget to bring your pole. He's got some great pics of the fish he caught.

[Macs]

I worked offshore for a very short period to install some new instrumentation. The money was great. I think it was somewhere around $36 w/ an 84 hour work week ( this was a few years ago before the boom) I just realized real quick that it wasnt for me.

[85ytz250n]

I got the job and am leaving out this coming Tueday for my first hitch. Just got back from a 7day training rig in Morgan City, LA. Water survival traing was a blast, gotta get me one of them survival rafts for the creek this summer. Going to be on the largest spar rig in the world, drilling in water 6000'+ water depth alone. Glad to get the job, the money is much needed.

Barry

[3 weelin geezer]

Damn! For a minute there I figgered it was all at once. Not bad money you will be making but when are you going to find the time to work on the trike? You will be all :drool: to even think about more work.

[ATC-Eric]

Congrats buddy

[85ytz250n]

Damn! For a minute there I figgered it was all at once. Not bad money you will be making but when are you going to find the time to work on the trike? You will be all :drool: to even think about more work.

I will have fourteen days off, I think I can get a little done in fourteen days. The rig I am going to is completely automated, which means very little labor for me to actually do. Really I am only going to work 6months out of the year, the other six are off.

Barry

[85ytz250n]

Well guys, Im sitting here in the heliport with a 10 hour wait and a dying laptop battery, aint life grand. I should be in the air sometime before lunch tomorrow on my way out to the rig, til then this bench is going to be my new home.

Barry

[Macs]

Good Luck
From one Barry to another

[Dave223]

Man, why didnt you msg me and say you were in Houma???? Aww dude, I dunno what you paid for your hotel stay but I could have done it for 29.00 a nite! Im an AGM at one of the hotels here. AND you could have come hung out with me and the family and ride trikes or something....Let me know when your coming into town at the very least we could get together for lunch or something. If your coming into town on a weekend let me know and I can get you a room..Mon thru Thurs we are usually sold out.

Good luck offshore, its going to bed cold as a witches....well you know. No solid floors out there unless your in the bunkhouse, so the wind comes howling in from every direction. And dont think there isnt alot of work out there, lots of chipping and painting, fire watch, cleaning and scrubbing.I hope you stick it out!! Dave

Oh Yeh I almost forgot, If your not sure ,ASk questions..they would rather you do that than mess something up. No matter how tired you may get, try to stay alert, be aware of everything that is going on around you...its not as bad as it used to be, but one mistake can cost you or someone else their life!!! Oh yeh, when I started out offshore in the late 80s, I was making top pay for a helper/rigger...4.50 an hr!

[85ytz250n]

[/QUOTE] when I started out offshore in the late 80s, I was making top pay for a helper/rigger...4.50 an hr![/QUOTE]

That wouldnt even get me out of bed in the morning, starting pay out here now is $15+. The rig I am on roustabouts start out at $16.85 an hour. with an 84 hour week that is pretty good pay. The offshore industry is the only thing keeping my hometown afloat. I will take you up on the invite, I am going to be here for atleast another 6 hours sitting here watching the The History Channel and national Geo. You wouldnt happen to know anyone around here selling trikes would you? I am always in the market for trikes.

Barry

[400exguy]

Not being mean but 15 or 16 bucks an hour would not motivate me at all into working 84 hours a week in a cold semi unsafe atmosphere. Im hardly motivated to work 40 hours a week from the comfort of my couch in my boxers under a nice toasty blanket on a computer...all monetary values a side. But Im a lazy white collar guy:twisted: But good luck in the new job and keep safe. I hope you like it!!

[85ytz250n]

Not being mean but 15 or 16 bucks an hour would not motivate me at all into working 84 hours a week in a cold semi unsafe atmosphere. Im hardly motivated to work 40 hours a week from the comfort of my couch in my boxers under a nice toasty blanket on a computer...all monetary values a side. But Im a lazy white collar guy:twisted: But good luck in the new job and keep safe. I hope you like it!!

The pay isnt the most, but its better than the $7.75 I was making working my nuts off at a lumber mill where I almost lost two fingers. I like working outside, if I was on my couch I would need a wideload sign to go on my Z.

Barry

[400exguy]

if I was on my couch I would need a wideload sign to go on my Z.

Haha dude I hear ya...Im living proof of that! Do not take anything I said as being mean or anything. The pay is good and you seem really stoked about the job in general. I just couldnt do it. I have always said I would rather get paid less money (then I do no) and do something I really like more if a job came up...sounds like you got the best of both worlds, good pay and a likeable job.:TrikesOwn

[Rex Karz]

Good luck with your new job. BUY REAL ESTATE NOW WHILE YOU ARE YOUNG.
I couldn't work 80 hours a week.I like to work about 10 hours a month. LOL Play the rest.

[85ytz250n]

Rex I am going to be buying myfirst house and the three acres it comes with in January, it will be paid for by the time I am thirty.

Barry