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They do not mentor new people. If you come from outside the industry, beware before taking a position here. Expect to learn everything on your own.

If work slows down in you area, you will travel. North Dakota is common , alaska, texas, to name a few. Sometimes they pay for your travel, if it's a permanent position out of town sometimes they cut deals with you on air fair and hotels. You commonly have to stay in man camps, share hotel rooms. The pay is compared to Mc Donalds at first, but you work tons of hours. The work can be tough, shoveling sand, swinging hammers, "humping" water hoses. Sometimes, you can sit for days on location waiting for coil tubing . Rigging up and down sucks, this company seems to promote rude mean people, a lot of two faced people on crews. Watch out for yourself , people will try and squash you for advancement. You spend more time with these rude people than your family . The crews have groups and bullying similar to high school at times. The work is hard on your body, there is no time and sometimes nowhere to prepare a healthy diet. Eating out, and gas stations is where you will be buying food. A few people on my crew compared the lifestyle to prison, but with a paycheck and a chance to go home. The equipment you work around is loud, they use countless chemicals that are dangerous to handle. High pressure iron every where. Your days off and vacation is time for you, the rest of the time they own your sorry soul. I've worked on location for 3 days straight without a shower and only 2 trips to the gas station for food. I was sent to 6 different states in 2 1/2 years for work. My wife hardly seen me, I was exhausted almost always, stressed, I got burned by there chemicals, bullied, pushed to my limit, I've had frost bite , sleep deprived, lost friends , sometimes money isn't worth it for me. So I quit .