[Closed] ive got out !

The oil business is great - you'll love it.

LOADSAMONEY!

i have been in the industry for 12 years now and cannot reccomend it highly enough BTW who are you working for

im on a graduate scheme working towards sand screen technology for weatherford

you may also remember such threads as WTF am i going to do with my life no one wants an engineer with a 2:2

i was voted most unemployable by my classmates at uni (largely because i was going traveling) .....

Good for you!
just remember "money will not make you happy"

all i wanted was a stable career with prospects - id already reached the top of my current path other than if id owned a shop .... been a mechanic , sales man and manager of shop and didnt fancy repping. Currently back at base level in a bike shop as a mechanic working for a mate - hes helping me by giving me work up here and im helping him by cutting down his queue of work ...

trust me im not motivated by money for this move , salary wasnt even discussed till yesterday and even then it was ok thats fine - didnt bother trying to negotiate just grateful to get a job !

i have been out of work for ayear.
waited and i think have found my place in cycling...do what you love so you love what you do

Again, good for you,trail_rat
cos your doing it for the right reasons
jumping ship for money didn't work for me!
also good on ya Jedi,i think you found your calling

cheers 🙂

Good work Terry! I was worried about the ol' 2:2 as well, but my (new) employers seemed convinced that 3 years working in bikes would give me an edge that some of the 2:1 candidates didn't have.

I've no idea what that edge is, but the boss still seems convinced i have it, happy days!

Boss may well be a cyclist - you never know! Congratulations, Terry.

good job. hope it works out. good luck

Well done mate. I too work in the oil game, work for a major based in Dyce, you in Weatherford there? I know some senior bods in Weatherford too good guys.

aye out there. Couldnt have been better for me as i live in bucksburn. Wouldnt have been so good to be based in altens :S

Congrats on the new job Terry.

Happy for you. I know what a great feeling it is to get out of a job you hate.

However your post does cast some doubt on your qualifications for working in such a critical and potentially dangerous industry

You'd better hope that the next doctor who operates on you, the next teacher your kids have, the next lawyer who defends you, the next engineer who designs that bridge you've got to cross, didn't get THEIR jobs because they have

always had a knack of being able to waffle shite to people.

😀

well done Terry,

i'd far rather be an engineer than a chemist, think yourself lucky!

trailrat, didn't someone tell you oil runs out next year. 😉

i spent 5 years in oil & gas working for Aker Kvaerner, its a good industry to get quals and experience and as I've found it carries a fair bit of kudos when you move to another business sector.

[i]the next [b]lawyer[/b] who defends you, the next engineer who designs that bridge you've got to cross, didn't get THEIR jobs because they have

always had a knack of being able to waffle shite to people. [/i]

I would have thought it was a pre-requisite myself.