Anyone has an experience or something to share about this? I have a health issue and will have to slow down. I am 38 yo. Does not need to be EM. Thank you.
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@ar and in Midkand you haven’t noticed all of the Indians who are now close to the valve? Your job isn’t safe. Also the Guyana model can be rolled out at any time in any BU replacing operations employees with contractors. You aren’t safe at the valve.
@OP Are you hourly or salaried?
If you’re hourly you might end up taking a pay cut depending on your role, but you’ll have a set schedule and you won’t have to deal with the oilfield (chem spills, pump failures, injury reports, etc.)
Any office job at any O&G company is easy AF. What makes it hard is the people and their BS, and this could really start to eat away at you after a while if you don’t shield yourself from it.
I’d say if you have the opportunity, take it. The oilfield isn’t going anywhere, you can always go back if you want to.
You may be surprised to see that your skills learned on the job out in the field can transfer to office/desk jobs.
Add a bunch of "soft skills" onto your resume, such as how your communication skills in working with people of different strata within the organization helped with (fill in the blank) project you were working on. Use descriptive words and phrases to describe your talents/skills in sentences which use action items/words to show how you applied those skills/talents in tangible ways on the job.
- Did you manage or were you a lead in any capacity?
Mention it in your resume. - Did you save the company money, streamline processes, train others/create training manuals so others can share knowledge, etc.?
Mention it on your resume.
When looking at job ads/descriptions, make note of certain words and phrases used, and use those same words and phrases somewhere on your resume. It's time consuming up front when applying, but worth it to customize each resume sent when applying online, since AI is doing most of the initial screenings for job applications these days. You need to make sure it picks up on what it "thinks" would be a good match, when deciding if your application goes instantly byebye, or if it's forwarded to a hiring manager.
Don't count out temping as a way to get your foot in the door to office jobs. Some placements are temp. to. perm., so if you do good work and the co. likes you, they'll hire you on as a full time employee. Reach out to them, there are tons of temp. agencies/placement options.
This place has a lot of openings, and a lot of them are hybrid or fully remote:
builtin.com
I always say the closer to the valves the safer your Job. Office jobs can be and will be done overseas before AI takes over
Again, safer closer to the valves than the office chair
Depends on your personality. Some like it some do not. A couple of guys I know have done really well in the office after starting in the field.