Whats up with WY?

[Manicmechnic]

Why is there driver shortage when they are willing to pay big bucks?
http://truecos.com./Human_Resources/BHT.htm
http://232.careersite.com/candidate/...&resume-title=
http://www.energytran.com/
http://www.rocketminer.com/classifieds/index.htm
There is no shortage for "KBR", or The Yucon, or Canada

[Manicmechnic]

WoW, nobody?

[GMAN]

Those are not typical driver positions. Most companies don't pay that well. I doubt if they will pay that much to an inexperienced driver. I am sure these drivers earn their money. I am not sure we really have a true shortage of drivers. We do seem to have a revolving door of drivers moving from one carrier to another. Many people get into this business with the wrong expectations and think they can work their 8 hours and shut it down for the night. During their day, they can stop and see some of the sites along the way. When they have been at this for a few months they come to realize this is a demanding job. They aren't going to be paid to be a tourist. They will need to be productive. Schedules must be met. Some adjust, others do not. The first year can be a difficult adjustment for a new driver. Pay will generally be lower during that time. Once a driver has a couple of years behind him, more doors will open and compensation will rise. Most companies will not start a driver out at $50,000 or more. They need to have experience before most carriers can justify paying that much money to an individual.

[brian]

most of those jobs involve crane and rigging experience, how many truckers do you know with experience driving, and operating a crane, and the inner workings of a drilling rig?


well besides me of course O/O`s don`t do anything but deliver for oil field companies.

[Brown67]

Wyoming is in one of its oil boom times. Hard to find workers who want to come up and work in Wyoming. Pay is great, but working conditions are terrible. Think I-80 in the winter and instead of being in a truck your driving across some field with an oil rig, and then getting out and working outside in the snow, wind (always windy there), and cold. Long hours. Long time away from home. Live in bunk house with a bunch of other oil hands.

One of our supervisors had to go to Rock Springs for a couple of weeks and said its worse than any big city in the country. Assaults, prostitution, bar fights, etc. He was afraid to go out out night. Town can't have more than 10,000 to 15,000 people. He said the local c-store was paying $12hr to work as a clerk. They can't find help, because everyone who lives there is working for the oil companies or companies that service the oil companies. Big shortage of labor. Its a little like the old gold rush days.


This isn't the first time Wyoming has gone through this. Sooner or later the oil boom will bust and the towns will turn into ghost towns again. That c-store clerk will get minimum wage and be glad to have a job.

[yoopr]

My understanding is that the Jobs in the Fields in Wyoming are paying very well.

[Jackrabbit379]

I thought Texas was the oil boom state. :|

[yoopr]

I thought Texas was the oil boom state. :|

Used to be

[Jackrabbit379]

Ahh man.

[brian]

as far as pay goes, a floorhand could make anywhere from 1300 to 2200$ depending on company per week with NO experience, its a rough life but you start to love it, if I drove for a company in the oil patch I could clear close to 6 figures a year but I don`t wanna be away from my family for weeks at a time.


right now`s the prime time to get a job out there, when it warms up around may all the girls who couldn`t handle the cold come back to get on a rig or a service company and it can be pretty difficult finding work, well good paying work anyway, lots of smaller companies and dangerous loner rigs out there that dont pay crap.

[Manicmechnic]

Hmmm six figures to drive a truck?

[kjax]

Hmmm six figures to drive a truck?

Dreaming. Yes, there are some high pay CDL opportunities out here. But that's a stretch. Between the work, the weather, and the place you'll live (most likely Rock Springs or Green River, assuming you can even find a place to live), it won't be no picnic, though.