Whats it like to work in the Natural gas company?
October 312009
Friend has a friend that hires for Chesapeake the natural gas company, hires people with any or no experience at $20 an hour, since they giving so much an hour w/o experience i know its got to be 1 hell of a hard job.
If i get lucky and get the job i know ill be outside probably building something to get the gas with, does anyone know what id be doing?
Chesapeake is an independent oil and natural gas company that is and has been extremely successful to at least the past 2 decades. No, i do not work for them…….. Their primary function is oil and gas exploration and production. They may have downstream gas distribution capabilities, but i am more aware of their upstream activities.
From the limited information you have provided ($20/hr and no experience), i am assuming that you would either be in the pipeline gang with the function of installing pipeline or in a roustabout gang doing routine maintenance on machinery and such. It is hard work, but it is rewarding work financially. And Chesapeake is WELL KNOWN and jobs with them are highly desired.
If you are lucky enough to get an interview with them, wear work clothes, steel toed boots and have a pair of cotton gloves and your lunch pail with you…… that impresses the field managers. and DONT ask about days off, holidays and vacations….. let them tell YOU when they are (they are fair, but when the first question someone asks is…… when do i get off, can i take off such and such a date, etc, red flags and sirens go off in managers heads…….)
Good luck….. it is a hard job, but if you have the moxie, you will be glad you did it……. and if counts? Been there, done that and GLAD I DID!
October 31st, 2009 at 1:40 pm
There are MANY aspects to the natural gas industry. It would all depend on exactly what you are hiring on for. And if they say they are starting you out at $20 an hour with no experience …. I would make SURE I got that in writing.
Also is is actually working for chesapeake or just one of the 100’s of companies that are doing work for the drilling or pipelines associated with chesapeake?
Way too may variables to give an exact answer.
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October 31st, 2009 at 2:07 pm
I don’t know where Chesapeake is but her in Wisconsin the guys that run the services into the houses work outside all winter, so be prepared for that. From what I’ve seen they don’t have to work all that hard. One guy (the supervisor) stand around all day watching the other guys do very little work. That pay sounds about right, it’s a good job to have here.
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October 31st, 2009 at 2:35 pm
This is a "friend of a friend" issue and, I wouldn’t put to much stock in the $20.00 an hour with no experience. In this day they’d have more people then they can handle signing up. Think about it.
Don’t give up your job, don’t leave your family or put to much into it until you talk to the horses mouth.
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October 31st, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Chesapeake is an independent oil and natural gas company that is and has been extremely successful to at least the past 2 decades. No, i do not work for them…….. Their primary function is oil and gas exploration and production. They may have downstream gas distribution capabilities, but i am more aware of their upstream activities.
From the limited information you have provided ($20/hr and no experience), i am assuming that you would either be in the pipeline gang with the function of installing pipeline or in a roustabout gang doing routine maintenance on machinery and such. It is hard work, but it is rewarding work financially. And Chesapeake is WELL KNOWN and jobs with them are highly desired.
If you are lucky enough to get an interview with them, wear work clothes, steel toed boots and have a pair of cotton gloves and your lunch pail with you…… that impresses the field managers. and DONT ask about days off, holidays and vacations….. let them tell YOU when they are (they are fair, but when the first question someone asks is…… when do i get off, can i take off such and such a date, etc, red flags and sirens go off in managers heads…….)
Good luck….. it is a hard job, but if you have the moxie, you will be glad you did it……. and if counts? Been there, done that and GLAD I DID!
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