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Old 11-13-2018, 10:48 PM
 
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I came across this article tonight: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/28/energ...bia/index.html and Texas is a gigantic oil producer and the epicenter of the shale boom. Given this information, how's the hiring going on in Texas? Are there hiring signs everywhere? This article says they are in dire need of workers. Is this true? Or is it all smoke and mirrors.
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Old 11-13-2018, 11:23 PM
 
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the oil companies are hiring like krazy here in Midland.It is true.
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Old 11-14-2018, 08:22 AM
 
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It's true - it's really a boom. Very low unemployment everywhere but especially in the Midland area.

Great if you work in oil and gas - not so great if you want good customer service elsewhere. Just my observation! We have both because my husband works in oil and gas, but we are also consumers.
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Old 11-15-2018, 03:42 PM
 
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Sadly, there are always people who live their lives thinking the boom will last forever. It never does.
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Old 11-15-2018, 04:36 PM
 
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Great, now let’s use this boom cycle to invest to where we don’t need to import any energy. Heck, maybe the oil industry could maybe even restrain themselves from speculation territory and even out the cycles.

LOL, one can dream.
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Old 11-19-2018, 05:36 AM
 
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Sadly, there are always people who live their lives thinking the boom will last forever. It never does.
Most people who have a long career in oil and gas know that booms don't last forever, believe me.
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Old 12-06-2018, 11:59 PM
 
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I came across this article tonight: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/28/energ...bia/index.html and Texas is a gigantic oil producer and the epicenter of the shale boom. Given this information, how's the hiring going on in Texas? Are there hiring signs everywhere? This article says they are in dire need of workers. Is this true? Or is it all smoke and mirrors.
well im trying to find a job in the oil industry and i heard things are getting tight as far as hiring goes because of the lower WTI prices.
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Old 12-07-2018, 12:24 AM
 
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Most people who have a long career in oil and gas know that booms don't last forever, believe me.
I was naive when I started working in oil and gas. Unfortunately my home state where all my family is is a heavy oil and gas state. I was eventually laid off but had no idea how crappy and unstable the oil industry is when I started.

But getting out is EXTREMELY difficult. I have one buddy who was able to do it, mostly because he is a mechanical engineer and got lucky enough to pick up some experience as a military contractor after one of his oil lay offs.

He then went back to oil for a bit and then managed to land a permanent position with a company that contracts to the military/DOD. I was really trying to see if he could get me on but being a chemical engineer myself (even though I have mechanical experience and significant electrical engineering course work) they just dont want to try to transition me in.

All I can do is keep working at it. Its not unheard of for an oil and gas lay off to cost some people several years of income due to the precieved "niche" of oil and gas engineering. When really all the fundamentals are the same as anywhere else.
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Old 12-07-2018, 12:33 AM
 
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It's true - it's really a boom. Very low unemployment everywhere but especially in the Midland area.

Great if you work in oil and gas - not so great if you want good customer service elsewhere. Just my observation! We have both because my husband works in oil and gas, but we are also consumers.
If oil and gas is good, everything should be good. I cant understand what you are talking about with customer service? There is no customer service with oil and gas, you drill and pump, its a commodity like soy beans or pork belly.
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Old 12-07-2018, 01:36 AM
 
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If oil and gas is good, everything should be good. I cant understand what you are talking about with customer service? There is no customer service with oil and gas, you drill and pump, its a commodity like soy beans or pork belly.
customer service suffers during boom times in oil towns cuz the McJob places cant find good workers since they cant compete with oilfield wages.
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