daveh on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
I wonder what an independent Scotland would look like right now?
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I'm just waiting for one of the big oil companies to bomb the Saudis of their own volition.
View Articleoldmanmtb on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
I know four people at the sharp end and one saw this coming so built a big war chest and has retired the other three were all given jobs by the first guy (no skills roughnecks) years ago and they have...
View Articlekcal on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
plenty of jittery folk around here, and I know several local businesses really suffered with folk leaving for rough jobs offshore; not sure how they'll be getting on..we are on the periphery in some...
View Articlebenz on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
My ex employer of ~ 30 years started the shedding process mid-2014. I was fortunate to an extent - redundancy followed by another job with a similar but bigger locally similar company. Still there for...
View Articlerudebwoy on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
sorry reading on this thread--i'm in construction ,which has been very patchy these last ten years.Not any chance of a war chest in our game--rates are just about making a weekly wage....i suppose its...
View Articleprototype on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
Subsea engineer here. It's a grim outlook right now. Given the extravagance of the industry in recent years, not to mention our contribution to wrecking the planet, I don't think we are collectively...
View Articlecornholio98 on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
It will only get worse before it gets better but the consensus is that when it comes back it will always be a much smaller workforce.... Some of our suppliers and machine shops have laid off 80% of...
View Articlestevemuzzy on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
About a year ago we started seeing o&g workers trying to get into consulting engineering. The overinflated salary expectations were unbeliveable (2 years post grad looking for 40k thats 25k in real...
View ArticleFunkyDunc on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
It all sounds a bit grim.However it does sound like wages have been way over inflated and the industry swimming in profit in the good years (I know that's not the industry in Scotland's fault, supply...
View Articlemetalheart on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
I was speaking with a climber mate who does consultancy work for various firms. He was saying that the main problem is as all the big finds have been found there's only smaller stuff left. Their...
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http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/23/aberdeen-once-rich-oil-city-now-relying-on-food-banksSounds very grim, my wife did well out of the industry, fortunately she's very good with money, we...
View Articleburko73 on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
I bet Alex Salmond is secretly breathing a sigh of relief with the NO vote........ Oil and gas industry on the skids, he would be just now getting rid of the subs....
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BruceWee on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
I bet Alex Salmond is secretly breathing a sigh of relief with the NO vote........ Oil and gas industry on the skids, he would be just now getting rid of the subs.... Surprised at how long it took for...
View ArticleDrJ on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
we are pregnant with twinsOne each, I assume?
View Articlethisisnotaspoon on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
It may be a 'bonus' but its a huge bonus. What we're seeing now is the effect of the recedsion diluted across the UK. Imagine if all that hurt was on Scotland which is 1/10 of the population.
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I'd imagine it would be a less severe version of what is happening in Norway which is in the process of going from being disgustingly rich to merely very very rich.Although the effect would probably be...
View Articleproject on "Oil industry workers - how is it where you are?"
Amazon are recruiting and our local RNLI are recruiting lifeguards, so theres jobs out there for all those unemployed oil and gas staff and theyll provide training. and as norman tebbit once said get...
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