Good way to lose a lot of good talent requiring field engineers to relocate to Houston. Just to save on flights and hotels, claiming they are going to have us work on planning in between projects. Basically we are going to be in the office as cheap labor doing the planning work, and we will not get full rotational benefits. F*ck this, and it's not encouraged for us to apply for D/WSR roles, writing on the wall!!!
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Some of us lived in Houston in the late 80’s when oil went bust. The place was a ghost town. Cypress was just empty home after empty home. Chevron was floating how they were glad they were let in Houston. Our LT has short memories and are now all just liars and conmen.
Talent? Get real! Field engineer is a development position that isn't really necessary. That drill bit is going to turn with our without them.
There may be a decline in “Oil Field Women” Tik-Tok videos. How will we ever survive?
Lol, now all that schadenfreude about people going back to the office bites you? Toughen up, slacker, Your days off part time work are OVER.
Buh Bye. there's people over here looking for work who can do all that and more.
Yeah, if you take a moment to consider, u would agree the flight tickets from XYZ locations do constitute of lot of waste build up in cost. U can’t be flying from Honolulu for a job in the gulf just because your says he is going to pay, where does it stop? Fly from Greenland to LA? I would understand a move for a split ratio of cost bearing where it is benchmarked to primary job location vs employees location and there is cost sharing. That way folks don’t have to relocate
Plenty of talent in Houston that they can hire.
Are field engineers not lower PSG and lower experience, thus cheap labor role is to be expected while being developed and paying their dues? You're encouraged so as to not be disappointed when competing against a career D/W who has more experience and a greater skillset, resulting in you wasting one or more of your postings. They're doing you a favor in being candid in that regard.