Working Conditions at Man Camps

[fixall man]

Originally Posted by Wiscomtngrrl

I never officially worked for them. I was not fired . . .

I was offered the job, then they took it back when I asked them which 12 hour shift it was. Yep, I'm fully aware of the at-will and the Right to Work laws. It's a damn good way to let employers fire you for any reason and get away with either not hiring and/or firing someone illegally.

I'm one of the millions of unaccounted for unemployed in this country.

my unemployment extention runs out on friday next week,where I live there is no work other than temp work at min. wage.I took a man camp maint. job,start on saturday in williston,6 wks. on 2wks off,oom and 3 meals per day provided,12 hr shift,rotating emergency on,bennifits after 90 days.I was told they have a shuttle that runs to town

[Wiscomtngrrl]

If Target Logistics is hiring, I'd be willing to do that. I'm so happy that you didn't get caught up in the company I was about to work for.

[fixall man]

target logistics.com
9 job openings now
housekeeping,cooks,frontdesk staff
also I was told they are taking over management of one or two other mancamps,some some positions may not be posted yet,also check the williston shopper for local companies that povide housekeeping/cleaning services

[Wiscomtngrrl]

This business out of Colorado I was about to work for but didn't has no links to jobs anywhere in the North Dakota oil patch nor information about their business anywhere on the web except for a simple website made from a freebie program. Think they have only been in North Dakota since late last year.

I want to say that when they emailed me the initial job offer, I was explicitly instructed not to say anything to other employees. Hmmm. . . .

Gotta be careful about small outfits that are popping up crew camps in places where they can get away with lack of local zoning, health and safety regulations. Also, I'd hate to see these shady companies stiff employees out of checks. Hopefully, that is not happening.

[WestCoastWilson]

Originally Posted by Wiscomtngrrl

This business out of Colorado I was about to work for but didn't has no links to jobs anywhere in the North Dakota oil patch nor information about their business anywhere on the web except for a simple website made from a freebie program. Think they have only been in North Dakota since late last year.

I want to say that when they emailed me the initial job offer, I was explicitly instructed not to say anything to other employees. Hmmm. . . .

Gotta be careful about small outfits that are popping up crew camps in places where they can get away with lack of local zoning, health and safety regulations. Also, I'd hate to see these shady companies stiff employees out of checks. Hopefully, that is not happening.

Wiscomtngrrl, well one thing that stuck out the most about one of your past posts in this thread, where you said that you found this job on Craigslist. When I first started looking for work about 2 years ago, I almost fell for several scams on Craigslist, that were all hiding in the "jobs" section. Then I went on to read some of the job hunting scams that went on there and I no longer look for jobs on Craigslist. Thank goodness, I never gave any of those companies that I was applying for, my personal information where they could steal my identity. Yet I do know that Craigslist gives people a warning about potential job scams, BEFORE they will allow you to click on the jobs section (in some cities). So the reader has advance warning that the jobs "that they are about to view" could be a scam. Now I pretty much stick to reputable websites like Monster.Com, as I never came across any fishy sounding job openings and nor have I ever come across any job openings that sounded too good to be true. Yet before I stopped looking for jobs on Craigslist, I must say I came across a lot of jobs that sounded too good to be true. Yet I'm glad that I gave up looking for jobs on Craigslist before I got wise to the scam jobs there and before I got taken. Yet I will never use Craigslist again as far as trying to find a job. Craigslist jobs are bad news to me, as far as I am concerned.

[ElkHunter]

You know, that makes sense about Craigs List. Scams can run all over the country, but if you think about the Bakken Oil Patch where a year ago they said they had 7000 job openings, it kind of made it a target for scammer.

Good info to have.