Not for those expecting workers' rights
Pros
- Relationships between MWD field engineers is cooperative and friendly - Money is decent if you are on a full time contract and NOT hired as a consultant. Consultants DO NOT get a basic salary. - Good time off if you fight for it and stand up for yourself. - Good medical coverage
Cons
Where to begin? - Expect days where you will work for more than 24+ hours continuously without any sleep in the middle of the summer desert where temperatures reach 50 deg Celsius. - Severe lack of organization from the office. Your contract may say that your rotation is 60/30 or 40/20 but that is never the case. Engineers are expected to stay for more than thirty days beyond their contracted rotation. - Toxic relationship between the office and the field engineers. Lots of half truths/full lies to get the engineers to work more and more and more. - Expect to jump from rig to rig throughout your entire hitch without any breaks in between. - Expect to work single man jobs and put the effort of two/three men on your own. - Nothing will be handed to you. You will not get promoted if you do not fight, constantly remind the office of your personal development and pester the management for a promotion. - Expect to get incessant phone calls when on days off to come back early even after staying for weeks beyond your scheduled hitch. - The field engineers are the first ones that get blamed for any mishaps that occur on the job. Self preservation is key.
